City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0096R

• File #: 09-0096R
• Version: 0
• Name: Legislative Oversight - Departments of City Government
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 1/12/2009
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 1/11/2010
• Title: Legislative Oversight - Departments of City Government FOR the purpose of instituting a system of regular review of all City agencies, and the Baltimore City Public School System, to ensure that the agencies are operating in line with the stated missions, that there is no duplication of services provided, that the number of employees is consistent with the delivery of services, and to monitor the expenditure of funds to make certain agencies are on task to adhere to their Fiscal Year 2009 and 2010 operating budget targets.
• Sponsors: President Young, Bill Henry, William H. Cole, IV, Warren Branch, James B. Kraft, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger, Mary Pat Clarke, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: City Government, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/11/2010	0	City Council	Withdrawn
1/15/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/15/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/12/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
1/12/2009	0	City Council
1/12/2009	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/12/2009	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
1/12/2009	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 Young

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Legislative Oversight - Departments of City Government

FOR the purpose of instituting a system of regular review of all City agencies, and the Baltimore City Public School System, to ensure that the agencies are operating in line with the stated missions, that there is no duplication of services provided, that the number of employees is consistent with the delivery of services, and to monitor the expenditure of funds to make certain agencies are on task to adhere to their Fiscal Year 2009 and 2010 operating budget targets.
Body Recitals

CC Bill 08-80R– Budget Reconciliation Measures – Out of Town Travel for City Employees, October 27, 2008, stated, in part, that “the downturn in the national economy, the associated local recession, and an increase in public safety efforts are 2 contributing factors leading to a projected $36.5 million shortfall in Baltimore City’s budget. To date, the existing shortfall is the result of a projected $15 million drop in recordation and transfer tax revenue combined with a projected $21 million outlay for increased fire and police overtime.”

The purpose of the Resolution was to examine the expenditures for, and necessity of, out-of-town travel of City employees to determine if curtailing the practice could result in cost savings that could be substituted for some of the measures that...