A three-day orientation for Detroit's new City Council is under way on the campus of Wayne State University. The program kicked off Monday morning, providing attendees with an overview of the council's divisions, commissions and boards and legal policies. The orientation, at the Wayne State University Public Safety building on Cass, is set to resume Tuesday with presentations from the City Council's Legislative Policy Division on contract procurement and approval processes, ordinances and resolutions, zoning, economic development and Community Development Block Grant funding. Other topics to be touched on include emergency manager orders, budgeting processes and ethics. The event will culminate Wednesday at the university's Alumni House with remarks from Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr and Mayor-elect Mike Duggan prior to the new City Council being sworn in by City Clerk Janice Winfrey.

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