* 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
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 - Police Department - $16,000,000
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $16,000,000 to the Police Department - Service 622 (Police Patrol), to provide funding for additional operating expenses due to the new contract with the Fraternal Order of Police and to overtime expenditures that include targeted crime reduction initiatives; 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 the Transfer Tax ($8,000,000), the Recordation Tax ($3,000,000), Miscellaneous Revenue ($2,000,000), the Solid Waste Surcharge ($1,500,000), and Off-Street Parking ($1,500,000) 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 2015.
This additional revenue could not have been reasonably anticipated when the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2015 was formulated.
This appropriation is made necessary by a material change in circumstances since the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2015 was formulated or is for a new program that could not have been reasonably anticipated when that Ordinance of Estimates was formulated.
On May 27, 2015, 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 $16,000,000 shall be made available to the Police Department � Service 622 (Police Patrol) as a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2015, to provide funding for additional operating expenses due to the new contract with the Fraternal Order of Police and to overtime expenditures that include targeted crime reduction initiatives. The source of revenue for this appropriation is funds from the Transfer Tax ($8,000,000), the Recordation Tax ($3,000,000), Miscellaneous Revenue ($2,000,000), the Solid Waste Surcharge ($1,500,000), and Off-Street Parking ($1,500,000), in excess of the amount from these sources that were relied on by the Board of Estimates in determining the tax levy required to balance the budget for Fiscal Year 2015.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the date it is enacted.
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