City Council  
City Hall, Room 408  
100 North Holliday Street  
Baltimore, Maryland 21202  
City of Baltimore  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
Budget & Appropriations Committee  
Tuesday, February 17, 2026  
9:00 AM  
Virtual/Du Burns Council Chamber, 4th floor,  
City Hall, Phone: 1-408-418-9388, Access code:  
2341 022 8891, Password: Public Link:  
MTID=m5955b80e0e9ec0dd02325d491b129d3d  
LO25-0001; 25-0129; and 26-0151  
CALL TO ORDER  
INTRODUCTIONS  
ATTENDANCE  
ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING  
Quarterly Budget Briefings  
9:00  
AM  
For the purpose of calling on representatives from the Finance  
Department's Bureau of Budget and Management Research (BBMR),  
the Department of Planning (Capital Budget), and Baltimore City Public  
Schools (BCPS) to provide a briefing to the City Council on the financial  
performance and level of spending against the approved budgets.  
Sponsors:  
Danielle McCray  
Supplementary State Fund Operating Appropriation – Department of  
Recreation and Parks (Service 654 - Urban Forestry) – $415,146  
9:01  
AM  
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary State Fund Operating  
Appropriation in the amount of $415,146 to the Department of  
Recreation and Parks – Service 654 (Urban Forestry), to provide  
funding for 2 positions, a job training program, and a green building  
class to expand the Camp Small wood recycling operations in hopes of  
advancing Baltimore’s sustainability and equity goals; and providing for  
a special effective date.  
Sponsors:  
City Council President (Administration)  
Taxes – Property Tax – Increase of Homestead Tax Credit Percentage  
9:02  
AM  
FOR the purpose of increasing the homestead tax credit percentage for  
the taxable year beginning in July, 2026.  
Sponsors:  
Sharon Green Middleton, Ryan Dorsey, Paris Gray, John Bullock, Phylicia Porter, Zac  
Blanchard, Jermaine Jones, Antonio "Tony" Glover, Zeke Cohen, Mark Parker, Danielle  
McCray, James Torrence  
ADJOURNMENT  
THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC