Post-Bankruptcy Detroit Hasn't A Clue How Much Comp Time It Owes Employees

Post-Bankruptcy Detroit Hasn't A Clue How Much Comp Time It Owes Employees [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"The Detroit News has reported that "glitches" left about 1,600 Detroit city employees without a paycheck in the first week of August.
The city had 8,588 employees as of its last audited statement in June 2015.
A city spokesman said that the problem was caused by an antiquated payroll system, according to The Detroit News.
The city stated an upgrade would be implemented by fiscal year 2017.
ForTheRecord says:
This is a bad sign for anyone who hoped for improved stewardship from Detroit officials following the city's emergence from bankruptcy in 2014, assisted by a state taxpayer bailout.
In 2012, Detroit and the state Treasury department agreed that the city needed to upgrade its payroll system.
According to bankruptcy-related filings by the city in June 2013, Detroit contracted with a vendor to transition to a modern payroll system with the work to be completed in March 2014.
Two years after that deadline passed and more than four years after the city and state agreed that the city needed to modernize, the last word from Detroit is "wait until next year..."