DETROIT (AP) — A day after an unprecedented deal to fix Detroit's finances was approved, the deputy mayor said the payroll must be reduced to help get the city on a path to stability.
Meanwhile, Mayor Dave Bing, who had been recuperating at home from a perforated colon, was treated at a hospital for blood clots in his lungs. Officials predicted a full recovery, but it was another piece of dramatic news at a time of extraordinary change for a city weighed down by a legacy of deficits, debt and significant population loss.
The city council approved an agreement with the state Wednesday aimed at slowly turning around the city's finances and preventing the appointment of an emergency manager who would have far-reaching authority to run Detroit. The city now will get a financial advisory board, a chief financial officer and a program manager charged with overseeing certain reforms.
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