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Decision day looms for the city of Detroit

State and city leaders have been working to avoid an emergency manager appointment in Detroit, but so far, no deal has been reached.
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State and city leaders have been working to avoid an emergency manager appointment in Detroit, but so far, no deal has been reached.

Today is deadline day, according to Gov. Rick Snyder. He wants the state financial review team to tell him whether they recommend an emergency manager for the city of Detroit.

After the financial review team makes its recommendation, Snyder has ten days to make his decision on whether or not to appoint an emergency manager, something he's repeatedly said he does not want to do.

He'd rather reach a consent agreement with the city, but so far, city leaders and state officials have not reached a deal.

State Treasurer Andy Dillon and city leaders have been working over the weekend to come up with an agreement. They've been meeting despite Detroit Mayor Bing's hospitalization for a perforated intestine.

The Detroit Free Press reports Kirk Lewis, Bing's chief of staff, "has been made deputy mayor and will act as mayor until Bing is able to resume his normal activities."

The mayor is in regular contact with Lewis, who is talking with Dillon and his officials, so Bing's hospital stay is not expected to prohibit an agreement from being reached, she said.

The Free Press reports Gov. Snyder will be in Detroit today to meet with council members and other officials.

Snyder is expected to talk to the media at 1:30 p.m. today about Detroit's financial crisis. We'll have an update for you then.

Much has happened on this story in the last few weeks. For a look back, you can check out all the stories we've produced here. And you can check out a quick list of recent events published this morning by MLive's Jonathan Oosting.

 

 

Mark Brush was the station's Digital Media Director. He succumbed to a year-long battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, in March 2018. He was 49 years old.
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