So the Detroit News (Shawntay Lewis & Mark Hicks) reported yesterday:
City officials said the resolution was not rooted in division.
"It basically is council's attempt to keep the city's flag poles neutral," City Manager Max Garbarino said Tuesday.
"Last year there was a pride flag up there, and there was a dust-up in the community in regard to that. There was a lot of the community that was for it. There was a lot of the community that was against it.
"The thought process, I believe, is that it potentially could go up here again this summer. And this is basically a resolution specifically just saying these are the only flags we want in an attempt to stay neutral on the topic." …
[Garbarino] added he has "received some verbal requests from people representing some religious groups, and I expect more requests if we allow the flag of one group to be flown."
In 2022, Hamtramck seated its first all-Muslim city council and mayor. The council raised eyebrows in January when it approved updates to the city's ordinance outlining how residents can perform religious slaughters privately.
Here is the resolution:
