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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
title
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Department of General Services - $2,500,000
For the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $2,500,000 to the Department of General Services - Service 726 (Administration - General Services), to provide funding to balance the budget for Fiscal Year 2020, due to unanticipated expenditures because of the COVID-19 pandemic; 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)
Recitals
The revenue appropriated by this Ordinance represents funds from the Budget Stabilization Reserve 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 2020.
This additional revenue could not have been reasonably anticipated when the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2020 was formulated.
This appropriation is made necessary by a material change in circumstances since the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2020 was formulated or is for a new program that could not have been reasonably anticipated when that Ordinance of Estimates was formulated.
On September 16, 2020, 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 $2,500,000 shall be made available to the Department of General Services - Service 726 (Administration - General Services) as a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2020, to provide funding for unanticipated expenditures because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The source of revenue for this appropriation is funds from the Budget Stabilization Reserve in excess of the amount from this source that was relied on by the Board of Estimates in determining the tax levy required to balance the budget for Fiscal Year 2020.
Section 2. And be it further ordained, That this Ordinance takes effect on the date it is enacted.