City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0721

• File #: 11-0721
• Version: 0
• Name: Charter Amendment - Board of Estimates - Local, Small, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
• Type: Mayor and City Council Res.
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 6/20/2011
• In control: City Council
• Title: Charter Amendment - Board of Estimates - Local, Small, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program FOR the purpose of authorizing the waiver or modification of certain procedures in order to assist local, small, or disadvantaged businesses; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, Bill Henry, Warren Branch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert Curran, President Young, James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Rochelle Spector, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, William "Pete" Welch
• Indexes: Board of Estimates, Charter Amendment, Mayor and City Council Resolution, Resolution-Mayor and City Council

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/23/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/23/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/23/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/20/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
6/20/2011	0	City Council	Assigned

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: Councilmember Holton

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL concerning
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Charter Amendment - Board of Estimates - Local, Small, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program

FOR the purpose of authorizing the waiver or modification of certain procedures in order to assist local, small, or disadvantaged businesses; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
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BY amending
Article VI - Board of Estimates
Section(s) 11
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

§ 11. Procurement.

(a) Board of Estimates responsible.

The Board of Estimates shall be responsible for awarding contracts and supervising all purchasing by the City as provided in this section and elsewhere in the Charter.

(I) LOCAL, SMALL, AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS.

THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MAY, BY ORDINANCE, ESTABLISH PROGRAMS THAT GRANT PURCHASING PREFERENCES TO LOCAL, SMALL, OR DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES AND, FOR THAT PURPOSE, WAIVE OR MODIFY THE APPLICATION OF THIS SECTION (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF...