First the "bailout". Now the spending begins!---------Kevyn Orr Boosts Funding For Detroit City Council To Expand Staff

Kevyn Orr Boosts Funding For Detroit City Council To Expand Staff –  Deadline Detroit:
"Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr has increased funding this fiscal year for operation of Detroit City Council offices, allowing members to expand the size and pay of their staffs, even as their authority has been limited, Christine Ferretti reports in the Detroit News.
Orr’s spokesman Bill Nowling said the bump, which increases council members’ office budgets by up to 66 percent, will help the council implement Detroit’s debt-cutting plan when the city emerges from bankruptcy, which may not be until fall.
The move also is tied in part to the council’s move to district representation for the first time in nearly a century, Nowling said.
Council members can spend the allotted money as they wish. 
They currently employ between four and 14 staffers each, with a combination of full-time workers and part-timers ranging from interns and fellows to consultants, legislative assistants and policy analysts."