Baltimore City Council
File #: 18-0110R    Version: 0 Name: Investigative Hearing - Residency Requirements for City Officials
Type: City Council Resolution Status: Failed - End of Term
File created: 10/15/2018 In control: Labor Committee
On agenda: Final action: 12/7/2020
Enactment #:
Title: Investigative Hearing - Residency Requirements for City Officials For the purpose of having a hearing to measure the compliance of City Officials with residency and voting registration requirements, and to determine how to move forward so that 100% compliance is reached.
Sponsors: Shannon Sneed, President Young, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Brandon M. Scott, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Ryan Dorsey, Kristerfer Burnett, Zeke Cohen, Robert Stokes, Sr., Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, John T. Bullock
Indexes: City Officials, Investigative Hearing, Requirement, Residences
Attachments: 1. 18-0110R~1st Reader, 2. DHR 18-0110R, 3. Law 18-0110R, 4. Agenda 18-0110R, 5. Council Bill 18-0110R Investigative Hearing - Residency Requirements for City Officials, 6. Labor - Hearing Notes Bill 18-0110R (3), 7. Minutes - 18-0110R
* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
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City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Sneed


A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Residency Requirements for City Officials
For the purpose of having a hearing to measure the compliance of City Officials with residency and voting registration requirements, and to determine how to move forward so that 100% compliance is reached.
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Under Article 1 of the Baltimore City Code, the heads of agencies that report directly to the Mayor and at-will supervisory employees who report to an agency head or directly to the Mayor must, with one caveat, be a resident of and registered to vote in Baltimore City at the time of their appointment and must remain a resident and registered voter throughout their entire office term. This provision does not apply to heads of agencies or at-will supervisory employees who, before their appointment, sign a declaration of intent to become a City resident and registered voter within 6 months of the effective date of their employment. If the agency head or at-will supervisory employee does not become a City resident and registered voter within 6 months of the effective date of their employment, their employment is automatically terminated at the end of the 6 month period.

It is important that those who make major decisions for Baltimore City reside and vote in Baltimore City. City residents should be governed by those who have made a similar commitment to live...

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