From the Detroit Free Press:
The City of Detroit has been spending property tax money intended for Detroit Public Library employees’ benefits on city operations instead, a library official said Friday. . .
. . . The library is a separate municipal corporation from the city with a dedicated millage that provides most of its $48-million annual budget.
On Friday, Library Commissioner Jonathan Kinloch said library staff learned this week that the city spent $6.2 million in property tax money that was supposed to go to the library, dating back to July 1.