Detroit paid $60K to Abernathy MacGregor Group and $25K Duffey & Petrosky during the six-month period ending Aug. 31 for PR services related to the city's bankruptcy filing, according to an interim report released Sept. 30.
D&P's Bill Nowling is serving as spokesman for bankruptcy manager Kevyn Orr. Abernathy MacGregor has handled outreach to the finance sector and Wall Street.
The latest report from Orr covered the period from March 25-Aug. 31 and shows payments to Abernathy for $25K for work with the budget department and $36,640 for the mayor's office. The report says Abernathy received a pact capped at $90K on May 31 for "strategic counseling services" through July 31. The firm told O'Dwyer's it continues to work with Detroit.
Duffey's $25K contract is for PR consulting for the emergency manager at a rate of $36.06 per hour.
The report lists city obligations of at least $15B.
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