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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Finance)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Fire Department - $1,100,000
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $1,100,000 to the Fire Department - Program 602 (Fire Suppression and Emergency Rescue), to provide funding for additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date.
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BY authority of
Article VI - Board of Estimates
Section 8(b)(3) and (c)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
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The revenue appropriated by this Ordinance represents funds from overdue admissions and amusement taxes from the 2011 Grand Prix ($500,000), from admissions and amusement taxes from the 2012 Grand Prix ($300,000), and from fees from the race organizers ($300,000) in excess of the revenue relied on by the Board of Estimates in determining the tax levy required to balance the budget for Fiscal Year 2013.
This additional revenue could not have been reasonably anticipated when the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2013 was formulated.
This appropriation is made necessary by a material change in circumstances since the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2013 was formulated or is for a new program that could not have been reasonably anticipated when that Ordinance of Estimates was formulated.
On October 24, 2012, the Board of Estimates recommended this appropria...
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