WDIV is reporting that active workers and retirees have overwhelmingly approved the Detroit Plan of Adjustment, which includes the much talked about grand bargain. The station cited unnamed sources.
The deadline to vote was 5 p.m. EDT Friday.
Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr had urged people to vote for the plan. He said the money for the grand bargain would go away and workers would face deeper pension cuts if they rejected the plan. The city has not officially tabulated and confirmed the votes.
WDIV reported that Orr spokesman Bill Nowling said Friday that the city will "tabulate and check the results." An affidavit on the results is expected to be filed July 21 in bankruptcy court.
WDIV writes on its website that about 32,000 retirees, current and former city workers, were asked to vote "yes" or "no" on a proposal to cut pensions for non-uniformed retirees by 4.5 percent and erase cost-of-living allowances. The proposal also eliminates some cost-of-living payments for retired police and firefighters.
Foundations and other organizations had donated money for the grand bargain to ease the pension cuts under the proposal that was voted on.
The city's bankruptcy trial on the city's plan starts next month.
