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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 - Miscellaneous General Expenses - $20,000,000
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $20,000,000 to the Miscellaneous General Expenses - Service 122 (Miscellaneous General), to provide funding for the response to the events of the recent civil unrest, which included heightened police presence, fire suppression, waste removal and clean up, sheltering, extended hours of operation at City facilities, and mutual aid from other government agencies; 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 General Fund Budget Stabilization Reserve (?Rainy Day Fund?) 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.
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