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This concludes my coverage of the Apr. 8, 2026 DCC Budget, Finance and Audit Standing Committee meeting. For more meeting coverage, check out www.documenters.org

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Meeting adjourned at 3:15 p.m.

Also at 3:15 p.m., a motion is made to adjourn. The motion is passed.

At 3:15 p.m., a motion is made and passed to suspend member reports.

CORRECTION: 6.6 also is motioned to bring back in two weeks.

CORRECTION: 6.15 hasn't been dealt with. It is motioned to bring back in two weeks. This contradicts the previous comment was that there is no meeting in two weeks.

6.13 is motioned to bring back in three weeks. There is no meeting in two weeks.

6.5 through 6.12 and 6.14 through 6.22 are motioned to bring back in one week.

6.4 is motioned to bring back in a week.

6.3 is motioned to approve and passed.

They haven't figured out how to build duplexes to be profitable by drawing interest in buying them.

Matt Temkin says that while their homes are (to the best of his recollection) too expensive to qualify for Detroit's own home-buying assistance, they have a system giving $10,000 in mortgage help to renters in their company wanting to buy one of their homes.

They are up to helping the mayor with the promise to sell 1000 single-family houses.

About 40 houses have been sold. People are buying to specification instead of already built, which is very encouraging.

Missed part of the proposal before this.

6.3 from the Office of the City Clerk/City Planning Commission

6.2 is to be discussed. Motion to bring it back in one week.

New business 6.1 will be discussed next week with a motion to do so which is raised and passed.

Motion to bring 5.15 back in three weeks. The motion is passed. This concludes old business.

Chairperson thanks the auditors for a very thorough audit. He echoes the concern about so many of the recommendations that did not get a response at all.

The Auditor General says she hopes the audit can show where improvements are needed.

Waters asks what's the one sentence summary? The response: Opportunities for improvement. There are a lot of areas for improvement.

Member Waters asks which finding produce the highest risk of fraud. They respond the manual work (recommendations 1–7) are the largest source for errors.

The Standing Committee will look into the audit recommendations. Further discussion will occur in the April 29 meeting.