City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0114R

• File #: 09-0114R
• Version: 0
• Name: Legislative Oversight - City of Baltimore’s Youth Opportunities Budget - FY 2009
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 3/2/2009
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 1/11/2010
• Title: Legislative Oversight - City of Baltimore’s Youth Opportunities Budget - FY 2009 FOR the purpose of requesting that the City Council Budget and Appropriations Committee conduct a mid-year legislative oversight hearing to determine the expenditures of the Youth Opportunities budget to date, the number of youth served, and any balance accruing.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Warren Branch, President Young, William H. Cole, IV, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger, Belinda Conaway, James B. Kraft
• Indexes: Resolution, Youth Opportunities

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/11/2010	0	City Council	Withdrawn
3/5/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/2/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
3/2/2009	0	City Council	Assigned
3/2/2009	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

* 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
Title
Legislative Oversight - City of Baltimore’s Youth Opportunities Budget - FY 2009

FOR the purpose of requesting that the City Council Budget and Appropriations Committee conduct a mid-year legislative oversight hearing to determine the expenditures of the Youth Opportunities budget to date, the number of youth served, and any balance accruing.
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WHEREAS, In FY 2009, the City’s Youth Opportunity budget became “a page in the book”, that is, a line-item expenditure of the City’s annual Ordinance of Estimates; and

WHEREAS, The object of youth advocates is to annually increase this youth budget from the previous year’s baseline of revenues and expenditures; and

WHEREAS, Regrettably the FY 2009 youth budget represents a reduction of 18 programs and a reduction of 2,480 youth served from FY 2008; and

WHEREAS, The FY 2009 youth budget of $5,876,768 represents $4.9 million in City contributions, $703,768 from the Governor’s Office of Children (GOC), and $200,000 in Family League carryover funds from FY 2007; and

WHEREAS, The Family League of Baltimore City, Inc., is the City’s agent for drafting “requests for proposals” (RFPs) for BOOST, A-TEAM, and Youthplace after school programs, for awarding these grants, and for overseeing and evaluating programs funded; and

WHEREAS, In these tough economic ti...