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Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill
(Charter Amendment)
Introduced by: President Mosby
A Resolution Entitled
A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council concerning
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Charter Amendment - Dante Barksdale Career Technology Apprenticeship Fund
For the purpose of establishing a continuing, non-lapsing Dante Barksdale Career Technology Education Fund, to be used exclusively to supplement pre-apprenticeship programs and other workforce development programs; requiring a minimum monthly appropriation to this Fund; authorizing the Mayor and City Council, by ordinance, to provide for the oversight, governance, and administration of this Fund; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
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By proposing to add
Article I - General Provisions
Section 17
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That the City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows:
Baltimore City Charter
Article I. General Provisions
§ 17. Special fund for career technology education.
(a) Definitions.
(1) In general.
In this section, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
(2) Apprenticeship training program.
“Apprenticeship training program” means an apprenticeship training program located in Baltimore City that is registered with and approved by the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council or the U.S. Department of Labor.
(3) Covered craft.
“Covered craft” means a classification of workers listed in the prevailing wage determination applicable to the covered project.
(4) Covered project.
“Covered project” means a project for the construction of a public work that is valued at $500,000 or more.
(b) Authorization.
By Ordinance, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore may establish a continuing, nonlapsing fund for purposes of promoting Baltimore City pre-apprenticeship programs and other workforce development programs in Baltimore City’s public secondary schools and community colleges that assist students in preparing for and entering apprenticeship training programs.
(c) Revenue sources.
The fund established under this section shall comprise:
(1) monthly payments by a subcontractor that performs work valued at $100,000 or more for a covered project of at least 25 cents per hour per employee in a covered craft if the subcontractor:
(i) does not participate in an apprenticeship training program for each covered craft in which it will employ persons for the covered project; or
(ii) does not make payments to an apprenticeship training program or to an organization that has an apprenticeship training program;
(2) money appropriated to the fund in the annual Ordinances of Estimates;
(3) grants or donations made to the fund; and
(4) proceeds from fines, fees, surcharges, or other revenues dedicated to the fund by Ordinance.
(d) Continuing nature of fund.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, unspent portions of the fund established under this section:
(1) remain in the fund, to be used exclusively for their ordained purposes;
(2) do not revert to the general revenues of the City; and
(3) their appropriations do not lapse.
Section 2. And be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment to the City Charter be submitted to the legal and qualified voters of Baltimore City, for adoption or rejection, in accordance with Article XI-A, § 5 of the Maryland Constitution, in the form specified by the City Solicitor.