City of Baltimore - File #: 18-0091R

• File #: 18-0091R
• Version: 0
• Name: Budget Oversight Hearings for Baltimore City Police Department
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 7/9/2018
• In control: Budget and Appropriations Committee
• Final action: 12/7/2020
• Title: Budget Oversight Hearings for Baltimore City Police Department For the purpose of calling for monthly budget oversight hearings for the Baltimore Police Department regarding staffing, payroll, and overtime to improve transparency and accountability in the allocation of more than $500 million in public funding for the vital task of protecting Baltimore’s residents.
• Sponsors: Leon F. Pinkett, III, Bill Henry, Brandon M. Scott, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Kristerfer Burnett, John T. Bullock, President Young, Eric T. Costello, Mary Pat Clarke, Ryan Dorsey, Shannon Sneed, Robert Stokes, Sr., Zeke Cohen, Sharon Green Middleton
• Indexes: Baltimore City Police Department, Budget, Hearings, Oversight

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/7/2020	0	City Council	Failed - End of Term
8/7/2019	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee
7/22/2019	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/30/2019	2	Budget and Appropriations Committee
4/15/2019	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
2/28/2019	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
2/11/2019	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
2/6/2019	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee
1/14/2019	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
11/26/2018	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee
10/15/2018	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/10/2018	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee
9/17/2018	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
8/20/2018	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
8/13/2018	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee
7/12/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice
7/12/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Mayor's Office of Sustainable Solutions
7/12/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Police Department
7/12/2018	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
7/9/2018	0	City Council	Assigned
7/9/2018	0	City Council	Introduced
7/9/2018	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
7/9/2018	0	Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
7/9/2018	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 Pinkett


A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Budget Oversight Hearings for Baltimore City Police Department
For the purpose of calling for monthly budget oversight hearings for the Baltimore Police Department regarding staffing, payroll, and overtime to improve transparency and accountability in the allocation of more than $500 million in public funding for the vital task of protecting Baltimore’s residents.
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Recitals

Whereas, In Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2019, the Baltimore City Council approved an appropriation of $509,618,142 to the Baltimore Police Department.

Whereas, The City Council has been asked to approve a $21 million Supplemental General Fund Appropriation to cover costs associated with the Baltimore Police Department’s overtime in Fiscal Year 2018.

Whereas, The City Council has been presented with no indication that the Baltimore
Police Department has instituted any controls on the main drivers of its annual budget
increases.

Whereas, A large driver of The Baltimore Police Department’s budget increases is overtime costs. An audit of police overtime for Fiscal Year 2017 is pending, and the Council has yet to see the results of that audit.

Whereas, Public safety is one of our most important tasks and responsibilities. It requires and deserves the mobilization of vast resources from all levels of government and the private sector. It also requires and deserves transparency and accountability in the process of al...