At this morning's ceremony were Dave Bing, City Clerk Janice Winfrey, Federal Judge Patrick Duggan (mayor's father) and Mike Duggan. (Twitter photo/WDIV)

The transition is over as Detroit begins a new year with new leadership.

Mayor Mike Duggan and City Council members officially took office at noon. Council members were sworn in last month at a Wayne State University ceremony and Duggan took his oath of office while placing his hand on a family heirloom Bible this morning, tweets Lauren Podell of WDIV. 

He was sworn in by City Clerk Janice Winfrey and  U.S. District Judge Patrick Duggan, his father.

Mayoral predecessor Dave Bing stood alongside. "He's always been a role model," Mayor Duggan said, according to Podell. 

The mayor and council also will have a public "investiture" ceremony in City Hall’s 13th floor auditorium on Tuesday at 10 a.m..


Mike Duggan, Detroit's 75th mayor, was sworn in today. (Photo via WXYZ)

Duggan is No. 75 on the list of Detroit mayors dating to 1824, and the first white mayor in 40 years in a city with an 83 percent African-American population.

He'll work with the council and Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr "to address high crime and poor services to stem the tide of massive population losses during the last 60 years," Darren Nichols writes in The Detroit News.

Starting today, Duggan is set to assume control over most of the city’s day-to-day operations. Orr will maintain authority over financial matters related to the city’s bankruptcy restructuring and supervise the Police Department. Duggan will oversee other operations, including the Fire Department, blight removal and lighting. Duggan also has agreed not to undercut Orr’s plan of adjustment to cut debt in bankruptcy court.

But Orr will have veto power over some decisions, according to the memorandum signed by the emergency manager and Duggan. They include department restructurings, outsourcing of city services and infrastructure investments exceeding $50,000, as well as hiring and firings of full-time employees earning more than $50,000 a year.

After Wednesday morning's ceremony, according to Podell, Duggan referred to Orr by saying: "He's got the office next door. We'll be working closely every day."