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Detroit — City Council on Tuesday approved 11 contracts to raze hundreds of blighted homes with funds from Detroit's neighborhood revitalization bond a week after it first rejected them.  The reconsideration came after members deadlocked 4-4 last week, turning down half of the agreements in a package of 23 overall valued at $30 million. The contracts cover the removal of the first wave of 1,380 blighted houses under the program.  Councilwoman Raquel Castaneda-Lopez voted in favor of the contracts after being absent last week. Meanwhile, Councilman Roy McCalister flipped his vote to...

City officials: Proposed Detroit charter revisions could spur 'fiscal crisis' Detroit — Proposed revisions to Detroit's City Charter would spur an "imminent fiscal crisis" that would send the city $3.4 billion into debt within four years, trigger placement of an emergency manager and violate terms of its bankruptcy order, city finance officials warned in a memo released late Monday.  The grim financial outlook was detailed in a Feb. 19 memorandum distributed Monday evening to the Detroit City Council from the city's Office of the Chief Financial Officer in response to amendments propose...

The Detroit City Council on Tuesday narrowly approved a controversial contract increase for a law firm helping the city counter-sue anti-police brutality protesters. By a 5-4 vote, the council voted in favor of a $200,000 bump for law firm Clark Hill. That increase was requested by Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration and the city’s top lawyer, Lawrence Garcia. Detroit police responded with force to some protests during the summer of 2020. Credit Lester Graham The group Detroit Will Breathe sued the city first in federal court, saying that Detroit police officers used brutal measures includ...

A full list of the 1380 properties can be found at www.detroitmi.gov/demolition "I am happy about the amount of vendor interest we received in this first release of Proposal N demolition properties,” said Chief Procurement Officer Boysie Jackson. “We received more than 180 Bids from a large number of companies - old and new to the program - and the 7 companies selected scored highest in the process.” Next week, the administration will submit to City Council 23 contracts – each with about 60 properties – for this work. Additionally, each of companies being recommended to City Council...