City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0161R

• File #: 09-0161R
• Version: 0
• Name: Emergency Hearing - Fire Department Lay-Offs
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 10/5/2009
• In control: City Council
• Title: Emergency Hearing - Fire Department Lay-Offs FOR the purpose of calling for an immediate emergency hearing on the purposed layoff of Fire Department personnel to determine if such personnel actions are the most prudent approach to budget shortfalls, to make certain that any necessary lay-offs are governed by fair, objective, and consistent criteria, and to ensure that all proposed personnel actions are treated with strict confidentiality and are not open to public scrutiny.
• Sponsors: Belinda Conaway, Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke, Agnes Welch, Warren Branch, Helen L. Holton
• Indexes: Fire Department, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/6/2010	0	The City Council	Reassigned
10/8/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/5/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
10/5/2009	0	City Council	Assigned

* 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 Conaway

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Emergency Hearing - Fire Department Lay-Offs

FOR the purpose of calling for an immediate emergency hearing on the purposed layoff of Fire Department personnel to determine if such personnel actions are the most prudent approach to budget shortfalls, to make certain that any necessary lay-offs are governed by fair, objective, and consistent criteria, and to ensure that all proposed personnel actions are treated with strict confidentiality and are not open to public scrutiny.
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In order to address an anticipated $60.2 million budget shortfall in City government coffers, it is expected there will be reductions in funding for libraries, senior centers, elections, and health services. In addition, there will be across-the-board furloughs for non-public safety personnel and 27 City employee lay-offs in 6 agencies. The Police and Fire Unions that object to the lay-off or furlough of their members were given some leeway to present a an alternative plan to reach departmental budget reduction requirements.

In a letter to the Mayor and the Board of Estimates, Fire Fighters Local 734, Fire Officers Local 964 and Police Lodge 3 stated that the members of bargaining units they represented were being asked to suffer larger cuts than the rest of City government: “They are being asked to contribute more than others, ...