City Council

City of Baltimore

City Hall, Room 408

100 North Holliday Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Meeting Minutes - Final

Budget & Appropriations Committee

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

9:00 AM

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CALL TO ORDER

INTRODUCTIONS

ATTENDANCE

5 -

Present

Danielle McCray, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Sharon Green Middleton, Paris Gray, and

Antonio "Tony" Glover

ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING

LO26-0047

FY 2027 Preliminary Revenue Estimate

FOR THE PURPOSE OF calling on the Department of the Finance –

Bureaus of Revenue and Collections and Budget and Management

Research (BBMR), to brief the City Council on the Preliminary Revenue

Estimates for Fiscal Year 2027, and to provide a comparison to Fiscal

Year 2026 and Fiscal Year 2025.

Hearing was recessed

26-0152

Installment Payment Plans – Property Taxes in Arrears – Residential

Property

FOR the purpose of authorizing certain property tax arrearages to be paid

through an installment payment plan; requiring the Director of Finance to

establish an installment payment program; setting eligibility requirements

for the program; prohibiting the Director from taking certain action against

a person if compliant with a plan; establishing the effect of non-compliance

with a plan; specifying the contents of the notice of an offer of a plan;

specifying certain terms of the installment payment plan; requiring the

publication of certain information on the City Tax Sale Ombudsman’s

website; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to

installment payments of certain property taxes in Baltimore City.

Sponsors: Odette Ramos, Sharon Green Middleton, Phylicia Porter, Paris Gray, Mark Parker, Mark

Conway, James Torrence, John Bullock, Zac Blanchard, Jermaine Jones, Zeke Cohen

A motion was made by Middleton that this Ordinance be Recommended

Favorably. The motion carried by the following vote:

4 - McCray, Schleifer, Middleton, and Glover

1 - Gray

Yes:

Out-Chamber:

ADJOURNMENT

THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC