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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
(Charter Amendment)
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Finance)
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL concerning
Title
Charter Amendment - Supplementary Appropriations
FOR the purpose of conforming procedures for approving supplementary appropriations; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
Body
BY proposing an amendment to
Article VI - Board of Estimates
Section(s) 8(b) and (c)
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 VI. Board of Estimates
§ 8. Deficiencies; supplementary appropriations.
(b) (1) Except as provided [herein] IN THIS SECTION, the Ordinance of Estimates shall include all OF the [moneys] MONEY to be appropriated by the City for all purposes for the fiscal year for which the [ordinance is applicable] ORDINANCE OF ESTIMATES APPLIES.
(2) Additional appropriations [shall be] ARE permitted during the fiscal year only AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD OF ESTIMATES AND AUTHORIZED BY A SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE in the following circumstances and under the following conditions:
(I) [(2)] Grants from private or governmental sources [which] THAT could not be expected with reasonable certainty at the time [of the formulation of] the proposed Ordinance of Estimates WAS FORMULATED may be made available FOR EXPENDITURE [to] BY the appropriate municipal agency [for expenditure by a supplementary appropriation ordinance recommended to the City Council by the Board of Estimates, duly passed by the City Council by a majority vote of its members and approved by the Mayor].
(II) [(1)] Revenues from any source, other than the full rate property tax and other taxes imposed under the authority of Article II, in excess of or in addition to those relied [upon] ON by the Board of Estimates in determining the tax levy required to balance the budget[,] may be made available for expenditure by the APPROPRIATE municipal agency [responsible for the production of such revenues by a supplementary appropriation ordinance recommended to the City Council by the Board of Estimates, duly passed by the City Council by a majority vote of its members and approved by the Mayor].
[(3) Further appropriations for programs included in the proposed Ordinance of Estimates made necessary by a material change in circumstances, or additional appropriations for new programs which could not reasonably be anticipated at the time of the formulation of the proposed Ordinance of Estimates, may be made available to the appropriate municipal agency for expenditure by a supplementary appropriation ordinance recommended to the City Council by the Board of Estimates, duly passed by the City Council by a vote of three-fourths of its members and approved by the Mayor.]
(c) (1) Every [such further or additional] SUPPLEMENTARY appropriation shall be embodied in a separate ordinance limited to a single program, purpose, activity, or project [therein] AS stated IN THE ORDINANCE[,].
(2) [and] NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHARTER, each [such] supplementary appropriation ordinance shall also[, anything contained in the Charter to the contrary notwithstanding,] provide the revenue necessary to pay the appropriation by a source, other than the full rate property tax, imposed under the authority of Article II. The revenue shall be levied and collected as directed in the ordinance. The estimate of the revenues to be derived from any source proposed in a supplementary appropriation ordinance shall be made by the Board of Estimates.
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.
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