City Council
City of Baltimore
City Hall, Room 408
100 North Holliday Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Meeting Minutes - Final
Economic and Community Development
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
2:00 PM
Virtual/Du Burns Chambers, 4th Floor, City Hall, Phone:
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CALL TO ORDER
INTRODUCTIONS
ROLL CALL
5 -
Present
John T. Bullock, Ryan Dorsey, Antonio Glover, Odette Ramos, and Robert Stokes
Sr.
2 - Sharon Green Middleton, and Mark Conway
Excused
ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
Strengthening Renters’ Safety Act
For the purpose of establishing a priority inspection; establishing criteria for priority
dwellings and priority inspections; requiring the Commissioner of the Department of
Housing and Community Development to post certain notices; amending certain rental
dwelling license application requirements; amending certain prerequisites for new and
renewed rental dwelling licenses; amending license fees; updating inspection
requirements; requiring the posting of license numbers; updating causes for denial,
suspension, or revocation of a license; bolstering public access to information;
authorizing the initiation of enforcement of the subtitle by complaint; providing for
certain data collection; establishing the Baltimore City Rental Licensing and Inspection
Task Force; providing for the composition, terms, and organization of the Task
Force, establishing the duties of the Task Force, adding a civil citation fine for
violating of licensing requirements; requiring annual reporting; amending certain
definitions; providing a time period when the Task Force shall first convene; and
providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: Zeke Cohen, James Torrence, Odette Ramos, Kristerfer Burnett, Ryan Dorsey, John T.
Bullock, Antonio Glover
A motion was made by Dorsey, seconded by Ramos, that this Ordinance be
Recommended Favorably with Amendment. The motion carried by the following
vote:
5 - Bullock, Dorsey, Glover, Ramos, and Stokes Sr.
Yes:
ADJOURNMENT