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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 Federal Fund Operating Appropriation - Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice - $938,773
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Federal Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $938,773 to the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice - Service 758 (Coordination of Public Safety Strategy), to provide funding for community safety initiatives and revitalization efforts in the McElderry Park neighborhood; and providing for a special effective date.
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BY authority of
Article VI - Board of Estimates
Section 8(b)(2) and (c)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
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The revenue appropriated by this Ordinance represents a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice 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.
That grant could not have been expected with reasonable certainty when the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2013 was formulated.
On February 27, 2013, the Board of Estimates recommended this appropriation to the City Council.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That $938,773 shall be made available to the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice – Service 758 (Coordination of Public Safety Strategy) as a Supplementary Federal Fund Operating Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2013, to provide funding for co...
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