City Council
City of Baltimore
City Hall, Room 408
100 North Holliday Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Meeting Minutes
Charter Review Special Committee
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
1:00 PM
Virtual/Du Burns Council Chamber, 4th floor, City Hall, Phone:
1-408-418-9388, Access code: 2348 260 0354, Password:
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26-0202 – Charter Amendment – Department of Water and Wastewater & 26-0201 –
Charter Amendment – Parking Benefits District – Local Fund
CALL TO ORDER
INTRODUCTIONS
ATTENDANCE
5 -
Present
Chair Ryan Dorsey, Vice Chair John Bullock, Member Zac Blanchard, Member
Odette Ramos, and Member Jermaine Jones
ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR VOTING SESSIONS
Charter Amendment – Department of Water and Wastewater
FOR the purpose of establishing a Department of Water and Wastewater
among the Executive Departments; providing for the powers and duties of
the Department of Water and Wastewater; transferring certain powers and
duties from the Department of Public Works to the Department of Water
and Wastewater; repealing certain obsolete provisions; conforming,
correcting, and clarifying related provisions; and submitting this
amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
A motion was made by Chair Dorsey that this Mayor and City Council Res. be
Recommended Favorably with Amendment to the Baltimore City Council. The
motion carried by the following vote:
5 -
Yes:
Chair Dorsey, Vice Chair Bullock, Member Blanchard, Member Ramos, and
Member Jones
Charter Amendment – Parking Benefits District – Local Fund
FOR the purpose of establishing a continuing, nonlapsing parking benefits
district fund to return a portion of parking meter revenues to a certain
geographic area; specifying the allowed uses of the fund; and submitting
this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
The Committee did not take a vote on this matter.