Detroit City Council v. Detroit Mayor

Plaintiff, Detroit City Council, appeals as of right from the trial court’s order and opinion partially granting both parties’ motions for summary disposition in this action brought pursuant to the Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act (ubaa), MCL 141.421 et seq.; MSA 5.3228(21) et seq. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

We are called to decide, first, whether defendants (City of Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and Budget Director Walter Stecher) were required to obtain plaintiffs approval of their recommendations for eliminating the budget deficit for the 1989-90 fiscal year before…