Editing Hamtramck, Michigan (section)

==Government==
[[File:HamtramckCityHall.jpg|thumb|Hamtramck City Hall]]
Hamtramck is governed under a [[council-manager]] form of government in which the elected [[mayor]] of the city is the chief executive officer. The city council consists of six seats. Though part of the council, the mayor is elected separately and votes only in the case of a tie and on ordinances and contracts. The city council hires a [[city manager]], who becomes the city's chief [[Public administration|administrative]] officer. The city manager has the vested powers and responsibility to appoint and remove all city employees and department heads, prepare the city's budget, and other city functions.<ref name="gov">{{cite web |url=http://www.hamtramck.us/government/index.php |title=City Of Hamtramck : Government |website=Hamtramck.us |access-date=January 26, 2017 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401112352/http://www.hamtramck.us/government/index.php |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The current Hamtramck City Hall is a former hospital building. In 1927, the Hamtramck Municipal Hospital, housed in a Georgian Revival building, opened. The mayor of Hamtramck asked the [[Felician Sisters|Sisters of Saint Francis]] to operate the hospital. In 1931, the religious order began leasing the hospital from the city government for $1 per year. The hospital was renamed the Saint Francis Hospital. During its lifetime it offered services to Polish speakers. In 1969, the hospital closed and the building became the city's city hall.<ref>Ashlee, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Xd-mh9r0zEkC&dq=Hamtramck+Polish&pg=PA504 504].</ref>

In November 2015, Hamtramck became the first American city to elect a Muslim-majority city council.<ref name=Bailey/><ref name=Felton/> In 2022, it became the first American city to have an all-Muslim government.<ref name=government_21>{{cite news|last1=Burr |first1=Alyssa |title=Michigan city becomes first in the country to inaugurate all-Muslim government |url=https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/01/michigan-city-becomes-first-in-the-country-to-inaugurate-all-muslim-government.html |newspaper=Mlive |date=January 18, 2022 |access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref> It also now has an all male elected government which has been said to "not reflect the city's makeup."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Perkins |first=Tom |date=June 17, 2023 |title='A sense of betrayal': liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/17/hamtramck-michigan-muslim-council-lgbtq-pride-flags-banned |access-date=July 12, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The Wayne County Jail Division operates the William Dickerson Detention Facility in Hamtramck.<ref>"[http://www.co.wayne.mi.us/sheriff_jail.htm Jail Division] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029041511/http://www.co.wayne.mi.us/sheriff_jail.htm |date=October 29, 2012}}." Wayne County. Retrieved on November 5, 2012. "3501 Hamtramck Dr, Hamtramck, MI 48212"</ref> The city levies a city income tax of 1 percent on residents and 0.5 percent on nonresidents.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gibbons|first1=Lauren|title=Michigan State University, city of East Lansing at odds over proposed income tax|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/michigan_state_university_city.html|access-date=August 16, 2017|work=MLive Lansing|publisher=Mlive Media Group|date=August 16, 2017}}</ref>