City of Baltimore - File #: 19-0139R

• File #: 19-0139R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Municipal Composting
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 2/25/2019
• In control: Judiciary Committee
• Final action: 12/7/2020
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Municipal Composting For the purpose of inviting the Director of the Department of Public Works, the Head of the Bureau of Solid Waste, the Director of the Office of Sustainability, the Coordinator of the Office of Sustainability, and the City Arborist to update the City Council on the City’s progress toward creating a municipal composting program, to provide a fiscal impact statement on creating the program, and to estimate a time line for Citywide implementation of municipal composting.
• Sponsors: Bill Henry, John T. Bullock, Kristerfer Burnett, Zeke Cohen, Leon F. Pinkett, III, President Young, Brandon M. Scott, Robert Stokes, Sr., Shannon Sneed, Sharon Green Middleton, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Investigative Hearing, Municipal Composting

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/7/2020	0	City Council	Failed - End of Term
7/22/2019	0	City Council	Reassigned
4/22/2019	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
2/28/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Recreation and Parks
2/28/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Office of Sustainability
2/28/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
2/28/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
2/28/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Public Works
2/28/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Planning
2/25/2019	0	City Council	Assigned
2/25/2019	0	City Council	Introduced

* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Henry


A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Municipal Composting
For the purpose of inviting the Director of the Department of Public Works, the Head of the Bureau of Solid Waste, the Director of the Office of Sustainability, the Coordinator of the Office of Sustainability, and the City Arborist to update the City Council on the City’s progress toward creating a municipal composting program, to provide a fiscal impact statement on creating the program, and to estimate a time line for Citywide implementation of municipal composting.
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Recitals

Composting is the process of making vegetable matter (or manure) into compost, which is a mixture of decayed or decaying organic matter, such as food scraps and leaves, that can be used to fertilize soil. Composting can improve soil, protect wetlands, reduce waste, and create jobs for communities. Because of the many benefits of composting, in Article 23, _16-2 of the Baltimore City Code provides that the Baltimore City Commission on Sustainability shall prepare and implement a comprehensive recycling plan for recycling and composting in the City. The Office of Sustainability’s Commission on Sustainability has created several programs related to composting in the City, while the Department of Public Works does not seem to be active in creating a composting plan for the City. The Baltimore City Arborist helps lead ...