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Sheila M. Cockrel née Sheila Murphy (born November 3, 1947) [2] is an American politician and consultant. She was a member of the Detroit City Council from 1994 to 2009. [3] The widow of Kenneth Cockrel, Sr. and stepmother of Kenneth Cockrel, Jr., she "had [a] fractious relationship with" Monica Conyers, whose resignation she called "an appropriate decision". [4]
The Detroit City Council is the legislative body of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The full-time council is required to meet every business day for at least 10 months of the year, with at least eight of these meetings occurring at a location besides city hall. The Detroit City Council has elected Mary Sheffield to be its president. [2]
Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. is the son of Kenneth Cockrel Sr. (November 5, 1938 – April 25, 1989), a former Detroit city council member and attorney. He was a self-proclaimed Marxist-Leninist who died from a heart attack. [9]
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The city has planned a reduced workforce and more consolidated operations. [20] In addition, Detroit had asked for pay cuts and other "give backs" from the municipal unions that represent city employees. [21] On March 1, 2013, Governor Rick Snyder announced the state was taking over the financial control of the city from the local government. [22]
The Detroit City Hall was the seat of government for the city of Detroit, Michigan from 1871 to 1961. The building sat on the west side of Campus Martius bounded by Griswold Street to the west, Michigan Avenue to the north, Woodward Avenue to the east, and Fort Street to the south where One Kennedy Square stands today.
Harmon served as an alderman of the city of Detroit in 1847 and two years as mayor, [13] as well as representing Michigan on the 1848 Democratic National Committee, [37] and serving as Collector for the Port of Detroit. After he left the office of Collector, Harmon spent much of his time in Washington, DC, during congressional sessions. [38] 27
In 2013, she ran for the Detroit City Council seat for the fifth district. She defeated Adam Hollier in the non-partisan November general election. [8] [9] At age 26, Sheffield became the youngest Detroit council member in history. [10]