City of Baltimore - File #: 19-0452

• File #: 19-0452
• Version: 0
• Name: Employee-Owned Businesses - Reporting
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 10/7/2019
• In control: Mayor
• Final action: 11/2/2020
• Enactment #: 20-429
• Title: Employee-Owned Businesses - Reporting For the purpose of requiring the Director of Finance to provide annual reports to the Mayor and the City Council regarding certain Baltimore City employee-owned businesses; defining certain terms; and specifying the contents of the required reports.
• Sponsors: Bill Henry, Ryan Dorsey, Zeke Cohen, Mary Pat Clarke, Kristerfer Burnett
• Indexes: Business, Employee, Reporting Requirements

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/2/2020	0	City Council	Enacted with no signature from Mayor (passage of 3 council meetings)
9/21/2020	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
8/17/2020	0	Labor Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
8/17/2020	0	City Council	3rd Reader, for final passage
8/13/2020	0	Labor Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment	Pass
7/30/2020	0	Labor Committee	Worksession
7/6/2020	0	Labor Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/10/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Minority and Women's Business Oppertunity Office
10/10/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation
10/10/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
10/10/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
10/10/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Recreation and Parks
10/10/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Public Works
10/10/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of General Services
10/10/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Transportation
10/7/2019	0	City Council	Assigned
10/7/2019	0	City Council	Introduced

Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill

Introduced by: Councilmember Henry
A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Employee-Owned Businesses - Reporting
For the purpose of requiring the Director of Finance to provide annual reports to the Mayor and the City Council regarding certain Baltimore City employee-owned businesses; defining certain terms; and specifying the contents of the required reports.
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By adding
Article 5 - Finance, Property, and Procurement
Section(s) 14-1 to 14-5,to be under the new subtitle,
“Subtitle 14. Employee-Owned Businesses”
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:

Baltimore City Code

Article 5. Finance, Property, and Procurement

Subtitle 14. Employee-Owned Businesses

§ 14-1. Definitions.

(a) In general.

In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

(b) Director.

“Director” means the Director of the Department of Finance or the Director’s designee.

(c) Employee-owned business.

“Employee-owned business” means a business in which:

(1) the business’s employees are represented on the board of directors and the business’s employees control the majority of the voting stock; or

(2) the trustees are elected by the business’s employees, if the business is held in trust that controls the majority of the voting stock.

§ 14-2. Director of Finance to report.

(a) In general.

No later than 3 months after the end of each fiscal year, the Director shall submit a report to the Mayor and the City Council regarding employee-owned businesses in Baltimore City...