The question is: When will Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr leave and what will he do when he does?
Discussions are intensifying over the removal of Orr as the EM before month's end, Matt Helms and Joe Guillen of the Detroit Free Press report.
But the Freep reports that city officials said Monday that he'll likely continue to have a role in the bankruptcy case.
Orr has indicated previously that he'll leave Detroit, but might maintain some role with the city. He lives in suburban D.C.
The Freep writes:
One of the final unresolved issues about Orr's departure is exactly what powers he would keep in his new role. A central question: If Detroit's bankruptcy judge were to order major changes to the city's plan to emerge from Chapter 9, would Orr have enough power to see those changes through without approval of the mayor and City Council?
"It's all technical issues like that," Councilman Andre Spivey said Monday as he and other council members and Mayor Mike Duggan prepared to hash out details on the transition of power back to local elected officials as the 18-month mark of Orr's tenure approaches.
The council is expected to meet in a private session Tuesday to discuss the matter.
Councilman George Cushingberry Jr. said Monday Orr could leave as soon as Sunday and then remain the city's bankruptcy attorney to see the city through confirmation and to execute contracts spelled out in bankruptcy agreements, the Freep writes.
