Wayne County commissioners will officially decide Thursday how to tackle the county’s financial emergency.
Michigan’s largest county has reported a running budget gap of around $50 million a year, prompting Wayne County Executive Warren Evans to ask the state to step in.
Last week, as expected, Governor Snyder confirmed a state review team’s determination of financial emergency.
Michigan’s emergency manager law lays out the options commissioners can consider moving forward — bankruptcy, an emergency manager, a consent agreement worked out with the state, or a neutral evaluation/mediation process.
Evans has pushed for a consent agreement from the start, and told Commissioners it was the county's "only rational option" Wednesday.
The commission must vote on the matter at its regularly-scheduled meeting Thursday, within seven days of the governor’s confirmation.
