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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
(Charter Amendment)
Introduced by: Councilmember Mitchell
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL concerning
Title
Charter Amendment - Board of Estimates - Composition
FOR the purpose of reconstituting the Board of Estimates to comprise the Mayor, Comptroller, and City Council President; correcting, conforming, and clarifying related provisions; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
Body
BY proposing an amendment to
Article VI - Board of Estimates
Section(s) 1(a) and 10
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows:
Baltimore City Charter
Article VI. Board of Estimates
ยง 1. Establishment and organization.
(a) (1) There [shall be] IS a Board of Estimates, composed of the Mayor, THE President of the City Council, AND THE Comptroller, [City Solicitor, and Director of Public Works,] none of whom [shall] MAY receive any additional salary as members of the Board.
(2) The President of the City Council [shall be] IS President of the Board, and one of the members [shall act] ACTS as Secretary.
(3) The Board may employ [such] THE employees [as may be] necessary to discharge its duties[;]. [their] THEIR number and compensation shall be [fixed] AS PROVI...
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