City of Baltimore - File #: 15-0214R

• File #: 15-0214R
• Version: 0
• Name: Council Oversight Hearing - CitiStat Changes
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/23/2015
• In control: Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
• Final action: 5/4/2015
• Title: Council Oversight Hearing - CitiStat Changes FOR the purpose of convening a City Council oversight hearing to assess the current status, proposed future direction, cost effectiveness, and appropriate mission of Baltimore City's CitiStat program.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, President Young, Robert Curran, Sharon Green Middleton, Brandon M. Scott, Helen L. Holton, James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, Edward Reisinger, Nick Mosby, Carl Stokes, William "Pete" Welch
• Indexes: CitiStat Changes, Council Oversight Hearing

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/4/2015	0	City Council	Adopted
5/4/2015	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
4/28/2015	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment	Pass
3/30/2015	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/26/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to CitiStat
3/26/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
3/23/2015	0	City Council	Assigned
3/23/2015	0	City Council	Introduced

* 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 R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Council Oversight Hearing - CitiStat Changes
FOR the purpose of convening a City Council oversight hearing to assess the current status, proposed future direction, cost effectiveness, and appropriate mission of Baltimore City's CitiStat program.
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Recitals

Baltimore?s CitiStat program was initiated 15 years ago by thenMayor Martin O?Malley who initially brought the New York City Police Department?s Comstat program to the Baltimore Police Department, and subsequently adapted that model as an accountability and tracking system for about a dozen other City agencies.

CitiStat is best known as accounting for progress in completion of quantifiable agency and interagency tasks. While often tedious and timeconsuming, such accountability ties directly into our citizens? expectations when seeking help and lodging complaints through the City?s 311 system and when demanding cost effectiveness in the delivery of City services in general.

?According to research by Harvard University and the Center for American Progress,? as cited in The Sun?s recent review of this program, ?CitiStat?s tenets ? such as ?accurate and timely information shared by all? and ?relentless followup and assessment? ? are crucial to the program?s effectiveness.? Equally important is the involvement and support of the Mayor and other top City leaders.

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