Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill
Introduced by: Councilmembers Burnett, Cohen, Dorsey
A Bill Entitled
An Ordinance concerning
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Study and Report - Oversight of the Baltimore City Fire Department
For the purpose of requiring that the Baltimore City Fire Department, in consultation with certain other agencies, submit a report to the Mayor and City Council evaluating the policies, practices, and internal control systems of the Department and evaluating the potential establishment of an office dedicated to compliance and investigations within the Fire Department; and providing for a special effective date.
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Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That:
(a) No later than 120 days from the enactment of this Ordinance, the Baltimore City Fire Department (“Department”), in consultation with the City Board of Fire Commissioners (“Board”), the City Administrator or the Administrator’s designee, the Law Department, the Department of Finance, the Labor Commissioner, the Office of the Inspector General, and the Office of Equity and Civil Rights shall submit a report, as fully described in subsection (b) of this Section, to the Mayor and City Council setting forth a comprehensive evaluation of the cost and feasibility of establishing a compliance and investigations office within the Department.
(b) The report required by this section shall include:
(1) an analysis of the legal parameters regarding the authority that Board of Fire Commissioners has as an oversight body to investigate the conduct of the Department as outlined in Article VII, _ 51(c) of the Baltimore City Charter;
(2) an assessment of the Board’s capacity to conduct investigations and if there is a need to equip it wit...
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