Baltimore City Council
File #: 23-0457    Version: 0 Name: Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Board of Elections - $1,300,000
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 12/4/2023 In control: Baltimore City Council
On agenda: Final action: 1/17/2024
Enactment #: 24-301
Title: Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Board of Elections - $1,300,000 For the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $1,300,000 to the Board of Elections - Service 899 (Fair Conduct of Elections), to provide funding for balancing the Board of Elections budget for Fiscal Year 2023 due to costs associated with the 2022 Primary Election; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
Indexes: Board of Elections , General Fund, Operating Appropriation, Supplementary
Attachments: 1. BOE - Approved-Supplemental-Board of Elections-SB-23-14118, 2. Law 23-0457, 3. Fiscal 2023 Closeout Bill Response, 4. 23-0457~1st Reader, 5. XX Final Synopsis 8 supplemental 23 0457 thru 23 0464, 6. XX Final Hearing Notes 1 23-0457, 7. 23-0457~3rd Reader.pdf, 8. 23-0457 Signed, 9. 23-0457 Completed Ordinance 24-301

                     * 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          

                                                                                                                                                           

Introduced by: The Council President

At the request of: The Administration (Department of Finance)                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

                     A Bill Entitled

 

An Ordinance concerning

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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Board of Elections - $1,300,000

For the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $1,300,000 to the Board of Elections - Service 899 (Fair Conduct of Elections), to provide funding for balancing the Board of Elections budget for Fiscal Year 2023 due to costs associated with the 2022 Primary Election; 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)

 

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The revenue appropriated by this Ordinance represents $1,300,000 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 2023 was formulated.

 

This appropriation is made necessary by a material change in circumstances since the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2023 was formulated or is for a new program that could not have been reasonably anticipated when that Ordinance of Estimates was formulated.

 

On November 15, 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 $1,300,000 shall be made available to the Board of Elections - Service 899 (Fair Conduct of Elections) as a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2023, to provide funding for balancing the Board of Elections budget for Fiscal Year 2023 due to costs associated with the 2022 Primary Election.  The source of revenue for this appropriation is 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.