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The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: President Mosby and Councilmembers Middleton, Costello, Bullock, Conway, Glover, McCray, Schleifer, Stokes
A Resolution Entitled
A Council Resolution concerning
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Amendments to the Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2024
For the purpose of articulating the intent of the amendments to the Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2024, Council Bill 23-0281; and generally relating to the reallocation of monies in the Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2024, Council Bill 23-0281.
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For the first time in 125 years, the City Council was authorized to transfer appropriations in the annual Ordinance of Estimates. During the 2020 general election, Baltimore City voters overwhelmingly supported Question F, the amendment to the City’s Charter that authorized the City Council to make increases to items in the City’s budget. Until this year, the City Council has had a limited role in the budget process. Before the passage of Question F, the Council could reduce budgeted items, but not make additions to them. Considering the new authority Baltimore City voters granted to the Council, Councilmembers approached this year’s process with great care and diligence.
The Council’s Ways and Means Committee conducted rigorous agency hearings from Tuesday, May 30, 2023 through Tuesday, June 6, 2023. This year’s budget hearings were constructive and led to...
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