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The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
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 - Department of General Services - $8,700,000
For the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $8,700,000 to the Department of General Services - Service 734 (Capital Projects Division - Design and Construction), to provide funding for emergency repairs to the Baltimore Police Department headquarters’ parking garage; and providing for a special effective date.
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By authority of
Article VI - Board of Estimates
Section 8(b)(2)(iii) and (c)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
Recitals
The revenue appropriated by this Ordinance represents a general fund surplus generated from investment earnings 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 2023.
This additional revenue could not have been reasonably anticipated when the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2024 was formulated.
This appropriation is made necessary by a material change in circumstances since the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2024 was formulated or is for a new program that could not have been reasonably anticipated when that Ordinance of Estimates was formulated.
On December 20, 2023, 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 $8,700,000 shall be made available to the Department of General Services - Service 734 (Capital Projects Division - Design and Construction) as a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2024, to provide funding for emergency repairs to the Baltimore Police Department headquarters’ parking garage. The source of revenue for this appropriation is the general fund surplus generated from investment earnings in excess of the amount from this source that was relied on by the Board of Estimates in determining the tax levy required to balance the budget for Fiscal Year 2023.
Section 2. And be it further ordained, That this Ordinance takes effect on the date it is enacted.