Baltimore City Council
File #: 21-0152    Version: 0 Name: Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - State’s Attorney Office - $638,963.67
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 9/20/2021 In control: Baltimore City Council
On agenda: Final action: 12/8/2021
Enactment #: 21-093
Title: Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - State’s Attorney Office - $638,963.67 For the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $638,963.67 to the State's Attorney Office - Service 781 (State's Attorney), to provide funding for telework technology and virtual courtroom software expenses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
Indexes: States Attorney, Supplementary
Attachments: 1. Page 77 Service #781, 2. 21-0152~1st Reader, 3. Law 21-0152, 4. Finance 21-0152, 5. Final Synopsis 21-0126 t 21-0153, 6. Hearing Notes 152, 7. 21-0152~3rd Reader, 8. 21-0152_3rd Reader.pdfSigned, 9. Completed Ordinance 21-0152

Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill

Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Finance)

A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - State’s Attorney Office - $638,963.67
For the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $638,963.67 to the State's Attorney Office - Service 781 (State's Attorney), to provide funding for telework technology and virtual courtroom software expenses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic; and providing for a special effective date.
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By authority of
Article VI - Board of Estimates
Section 8(b)(3) and (c)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)

Recitals

The revenue appropriated by this Ordinance represents funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES”) in excess of the revenue relied on by the Board of Estimates in determining the tax levy required to balance the budget for Fiscal Year 2021.

This additional revenue could not have been reasonably anticipated when the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2021 was formulated.

This appropriation is made necessary by a material change in circumstances since the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2021 was formulated or is for a new program that could not have been reasonably anticipated when that Ordinance of Estimates was formulated.

On September 15, 2021, the Board of Estimates recommended this appropriation to the City Council.








Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That $638,963.67 shall be made available to the State's Attorney Office - Service 781 (State's Attorney) as a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation f...

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