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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Stokes
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Audit of the Recreation and Parks Department
FOR the purpose of requesting that the Comptroller and the Administration contract with an outside accounting firm to perform a thorough audit of the Recreation and Parks Department in order to provide City policymakers with an accurate and complete picture of how that Department is using the funds entrusted to it.
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Baltimore's Recreation and Parks Department is responsible for providing a variety of services that significantly improve the quality of life for many Baltimoreans. Yet, this Department has long struggled to adequately fund all of its activities. In recent years, the City's financial difficulties have led the Department to close numerous recreation centers and pools while curtailing the hours of many others.
In light of these closures, and continued City-wide financial strains, it is important to ensure that the Recreation and Parks Department is making the best possible use of the funds available to it to maximize the City's return on those funds and minimize service reductions. Last April, 2010, the Comptroller's office was asked to audit the Recreation and Parks Department to help in determining whether or not the Department was in fact making the best use out of its funds.
Surprisingly, the Comptroller's office found Recreatio...
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