Baltimore City Council
File #: 24-0528    Version: 0 Name: Charter Amendment - Board of Estimates - Budget Schedule
Type: Mayor and City Council Res. Status: In Committee
File created: 5/16/2024 In control: Rules and Legislative Oversight
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment #:
Title: Charter Amendment - Board of Estimates - Budget Schedule For the purpose of establishing a date certain when the Board of Estimates shall deliver the Ordinance of Estimates to the City Council; making conforming changes; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
Sponsors: President Nicholas J. Mosby
Indexes: Board of Estimates, Budget, Charter Amendment
Attachments: 1. 24-0528~1st Reader
Explanation: Capitals indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* 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
(Charter Amendment)

Introduced by: President Mosby


A Resolution Entitled

A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council concerning
title
Charter Amendment - Board of Estimates - Budget Schedule
For the purpose of establishing a date certain when the Board of Estimates shall deliver the Ordinance of Estimates to the City Council; making conforming changes; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
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By proposing to amend
Article VI - Board of Estimates
Section 3(c) and (d)
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

ยง 3. Fiscal year; Budget schedule.

(c) Submission to Council.

[The Board of Estimates shall submit to the City Council the proposed Ordinance of Estimates for the next fiscal year at least forty-five days before the beginning of that fiscal year.]

(1) In general.

Not later than May 1 of each calendar year:

(i) the Board of Estimates shall submit to the City Council the proposed Ordinance of Estimates;

(ii) the Director of Finance shall furnish the City Council with the recommended operating budget; and

(iii) the Planning Commission shall furnish the City Council with the
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