Baltimore City Council
File #: 18-0265    Version: 0 Name: Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Police Department - $21,000,000
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed
File created: 6/11/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 11/19/2018
Enactment #:
Title: Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Police Department - $21,000,000 For the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $21,000,000 to the Police Department - Service 622 (Police Patrol), to provide funding for additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
Indexes: General Fund, Operating Appropriation, Police Department, Supplementary
Attachments: 1. 18-0265~1st Reader, 2. Law 18-0265, 3. Finance 18-0265, 4. BPD 18-0265, 5. Completed File_18-0265
* 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
title
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Police Department - $21,000,000
For the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $21,000,000 to the Police Department - Service 622 (Police Patrol), to provide funding for additional operating expenses; 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)

Recitals

The revenue appropriated by this Ordinance represents funds from the Transfer Tax ($11,000,000) and from the Recordation Tax ($10,000,000) 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 2018.

This additional revenue could not have been reasonably anticipated when the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2018 was formulated.

This appropriation is made necessary by a material change in circumstances since the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2018 was formulated or is for a new program that could not have been reasonably anticipated when that Ordinance of Estimates was formulated.

On June 6, 2018, 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 $21,000,000 shall be made available to the Police Department - Service 622 (Police Patrol) as a Supple...

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