City of Baltimore - File #: 19-0150R

• File #: 19-0150R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Entities Receiving City Funds: Are They Holding Up Their End of the Bargain?
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/15/2019
• In control: Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee
• Final action: 10/28/2019
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Entities Receiving City Funds: Are They Holding Up Their End of the Bargain? For the purpose of inviting representatives of certain organizations located within Baltimore that both receive public funds from the City of Baltimore and lease any portion of their venue to the public for catered events, the Director of the Department of Finance, the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Development, the President and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corporation, and other City officials responsible for the development and contracting of diversity in minority small businesses and responsible for the achievement of the City MBE/WBE goals, and representatives of the Baltimore minority hospitality and event industry to appear before the City Council to discuss the capital funding subsidies that the City of Baltimore has provided to certain organizations that lease any portion of their venue to the public for catered events; to discuss why so...
• Sponsors: Leon F. Pinkett, III, Kristerfer Burnett, John T. Bullock, Zeke Cohen, Robert Stokes, Sr., Bill Henry, Shannon Sneed, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Ryan Dorsey, Sharon Green Middleton, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Eric T. Costello
• Indexes: City, Funds, Investigative Hearing

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/28/2019	0	City Council	Adopted
10/28/2019	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably
10/10/2019	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably	Pass
9/23/2019	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/18/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Mayor's Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Development
4/18/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Minority and Women's Business Oppertunity Office
4/18/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
4/18/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation
4/18/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
4/18/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Housing and Community Development
4/15/2019	0	City Council	Assigned
4/15/2019	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 Pinkett
A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Entities Receiving City Funds: Are They Holding Up Their End of the Bargain?
For the purpose of inviting representatives of certain organizations located within Baltimore that both receive public funds from the City of Baltimore and lease any portion of their venue to the public for catered events, the Director of the Department of Finance, the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Development, the President and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corporation, and other City officials responsible for the development and contracting of diversity in minority small businesses and responsible for the achievement of the City MBE/WBE goals, and representatives of the Baltimore minority hospitality and event industry to appear before the City Council to discuss the capital funding subsidies that the City of Baltimore has provided to certain organizations that lease any portion of their venue to the public for catered events; to discuss why some of these organizations utilize exclusive vendor lists without any minority business representation; to discuss the selection criteria, if any, for the creation of the exclusive lists; and to discuss what solutions, legislative or otherwise, can be implemented for the inclusion of MBE/WBE businesses on the exclusive lists.
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Recitals

Baltimore presently supports with public funds many vitally important institutions...