City of Baltimore - File #: 22-0115R

• File #: 22-0115R
• Version: 0
• Name: Reduction to the Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2023 - Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 6/27/2022
• In control: Baltimore City Council
• Final action: 6/26/2023
• Title: Reduction to the Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2023 - Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts For the purpose of requesting that the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts take certain necessary actions to ensure strict compliance with its September 2020 contract with the City of Baltimore; and generally relating to a reduction to the Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2023 from the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Service 824.
• Sponsors: James Torrence, Eric T. Costello, Antonio Glover, Phylicia Porter, Ryan Dorsey, Odette Ramos, Zeke Cohen, Kristerfer Burnett
• Indexes: Arts, Baltimore Office of Promotion, Ordinance of Estimates

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/26/2023	0	Baltimore City Council	Withdrawn
6/30/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
6/30/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
6/30/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
6/27/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Assigned
6/27/2022	0	Baltimore 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.
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City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Torrence



A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Reduction to the Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2023 - Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
For the purpose of requesting that the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts take certain necessary actions to ensure strict compliance with its September 2020 contract with the City of Baltimore; and generally relating to a reduction to the Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2023 from the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Service 824.
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The Baltimore City Council reduced Service 824 under the Baltimore Office for Promotion and the Arts by $196,000 in Council Bill 22-0235, the Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2023, enacted June 23, 2022.

Members of the Baltimore City Council have concerns about the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts regarding its board membership, the Film Office, and Artscape. The Baltimore City Council now requests that the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts take the following actions:

1. Expand the membership of the Office’s Board of Directors with a focus on reflecting the diversity of the artists living and working in the City.

2. Establish Mayoral appointments to the Office’s Board of Directors.

3. Modernize the policies and procedures of the Film Office to make the City a viable center for entert...