* 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 - Baltimore City Public Schools - $2,925,582
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $2,925,582 to M-R: Baltimore City Public Schools - Service 352 (Baltimore City Public Schools), to provide the additional funding needed for the certified Maintenance of Effort (MOE) amount that the Baltimore City Public Schools submitted to the Maryland State Department of Education; 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)
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The revenue appropriated by this Ordinance represents funds from the General Fund Balance 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 2014.
This additional revenue could not have been reasonably anticipated when the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2014 was formulated.
This appropriation is made necessary by a material change in circumstances since the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2014 was formulated or is for a new program that could not have been reasonably anticipated when that Ordinance of Estimates was formulated.
On October 9, 2013, 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 $2,925,582 shall be made available to M-R: Baltimore City Public Schools - Service 352 (Baltimore City Public Schools) as a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2014, to provide additional funding needed for the certified Maintenance of Effort (MOE) amount that the Baltimore City Public Schools submitted to the Maryland State Department of Education. The source of revenue for this appropriation is funds from the General Fund Balance 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 2014.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the date it is enacted.
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