Battle lines were drawn Monday as Wayne County Executive Warren Evans rolled out a "recovery plan" to fix the county's finances by cutting $230 million over four years — a proposal a key union leader called "essentially a nonstarter."Evans' package includes pay and benefit cuts for current employees; the end of health care coverage for future retirees; and a restructured pension system. He called the plan "strong medicine" that's needed to cure an annual structural deficit of $70 million and a pension fund that's funded at less than 50 percent.
"I know it's a tough pill to swallow," Evans said. "But it's a tough pill for all of us to swallow."
Without action, the county executive warned, Wayne County will run out of money by August 2016. He announced his plan at a news conference after briefing union leaders and other county elected officials. "... The county is in a very dire financial situation," Evans said Monday. "[[The plan), in my opinion, represents the most equitable and efficient attempt to eliminate the county's deficit."


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