Overview
- A 4-2 council vote on June 9 removed City Manager Adel Al-Adlani after a 33-minute meeting that erupted into a shouting match between Mayor Adam Alharbi and Mayor pro tem Mohammad Hassan.
- Mayor Alharbi filed a lawsuit Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court seeking a temporary restraining order to reverse the June 9 vote and reinstate Al-Adlani.
- City Controller and CFO Syed Aamir Ahsan was named interim city manager after the firing and is handling day-to-day operations at City Hall.
- Council members who supported the firing say adding the item and voting was lawful because the manager ‘‘serves at the pleasure of the Council,’’ while opponents say the council violated the city charter and Michigan open-meetings law.
- The move deepens a year of turnover and litigation at Hamtramck City Hall and could prompt further lawsuits, outside investigations, and financial costs for the city if courts find procedural violations.