City of Baltimore - File #: 15-0228R

• File #: 15-0228R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Costs Incurred and Potential Costs to be Incurred by the City that Result from the Recent Unrest and Civil Emergency
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 5/11/2015
• In control: Budget and Appropriations Committee
• Final action: 6/15/2015
• Title: Informational Hearing - Costs Incurred and Potential Costs to be Incurred by the City that Result from the Recent Unrest and Civil Emergency FOR the purpose of requesting the Police Department, the Fire Department, and the Department of Finance to report to the City Council about the overtime costs incurred by the Police Department and other City agencies; the potential, future workmen's compensation costs for claims, by members of the Police Department and other City agencies, that may arise from injuries sustained during the recent period of unrest and civil emergency; the reimbursement costs to other jurisdictions for the services of their law enforcement personnel; how all these costs will be paid; and the impact of these costs on the City's budget.
• Sponsors: Edward Reisinger, Warren Branch, President Young, Eric T. Costello, Carl Stokes, James B. Kraft, Brandon M. Scott, Mary Pat Clarke, Rochelle Spector, Sharon Green Middleton, Nick Mosby, William "Pete" Welch
• Indexes: Civil Emergency, Costs, Informational Hearing, Recent Unrest

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/15/2015	0	City Council	Adopted
6/15/2015	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Recommended Favorably
6/9/2015	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Recommended Favorably	Pass
5/14/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Transportation
5/14/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Public Works
5/14/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
5/14/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Fire Department
5/14/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Police Department
5/11/2015	0	City Council	Assigned
5/11/2015	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
5/11/2015	0	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.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Reisinger


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Costs Incurred and Potential Costs to be Incurred by the City that Result from the Recent Unrest and Civil Emergency
FOR the purpose of requesting the Police Department, the Fire Department, and the Department of Finance to report to the City Council about the overtime costs incurred by the Police Department and other City agencies; the potential, future workmen's compensation costs for claims, by members of the Police Department and other City agencies, that may arise from injuries sustained during the recent period of unrest and civil emergency; the reimbursement costs to other jurisdictions for the services of their law enforcement personnel; how all these costs will be paid; and the impact of these costs on the City's budget.
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The recent unrest and civil emergency in Baltimore required many members of the Police Department and other City agencies to put in extra hours of duty, which will result in overtime pay by the City. If there were injuries sustained in the course of duty, claims may arise for workmen?s compensation, which has the potential to cost the City a lot of money. When the Fiscal Year 2015 Ordinance of Estimates was formulated, no one could anticipate the events that recently occurred, and thus no funds were set aside for them.

Another potential cost to the City is for the services of thos...