A joint statement from Mayor Duggan and Detroit City Council regarding the tenure of Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr: 9/25/2014 - On March 28, 2013, Governor Rick Snyder appointed Kevyn Orr as the Emergency Manager for the City of Detroit. For the past eighteen (18) months, the City Council, the Mayor, and the Emergency Manager have worked collaboratively to provide residents with the highest level of service possible in the midst of financial receivership. In accordance with the provisions of the Local Financial Stability and Choice Act, Public Act 436 of 2012, the City Council has the ability to remove the Emergency Manager from office by a 2/3 vote of City Council, with the approval of the Mayor. The earliest date that this could occur is Sunday, September 28, 2014. As the City approaches the end of its historic bankruptcy proceedings, it is absolutely imperative that the next steps continue to move the city towards an expedient emergence from bankruptcy. For that reason, Detroit City Council approved a resolution to remove Kevyn Orr upon the effective date of the Plan of Adjustment and remove the City from receivership. The resolution allows Orr to stay on through this date solely for the purpose of executing documents and overseeing litigation related to the bankruptcy proceedings. The Mayor will send a letter to Governor Snyder approving the Council’s resolution. The move will allow the City to finalize key agreements such as the Grand Bargain And secure hundreds of millions of dollars in financing to protect our pensioners and fund improvements to critical city services. We, Detroit’s elected leadership, are determined to do what’s in the best interest of our city and remove the emergency manager quickly and responsibly.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 22:48:02 +0000
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