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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Finance)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Supplementary Federal Fund Operating Appropriation -
Baltimore City Police Department - $4,081,157
Title
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Federal Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $4,081,157 to the Baltimore City Police Department - Program 201 (Field Operations), to provide funding for planning, equipment, training, exercises, management and administration to enhance the ability of State and local agencies to prevent, respond to, and recover from incidents of terrorism; and providing for a special effective date.
Body
BY authority of
Article VI - Board of Estimates
Section 8(b)(2) and (c)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
Recitals
The revenue appropriated by this Ordinance represents a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Homeland Domestic Preparedness in excess of the revenue relied on by the Board of Estimates in determining the tax levy required to balance the budget for Fiscal Year 2006.
That grant could not have been expected with reasonable certainty when the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2006 was formulated.
On June 29, 2005, the Board of Estimates recommended this appropriation to the City Council.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That $4,081,157 shall be made available to the Baltimore City Police Department - Program 201 (Field Operations) as a Supplementar...
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