City Council  
City of Baltimore  
City Hall, Room 408  
100 North Holliday Street  
Baltimore, Maryland 21202  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Public Safety and Government Operations  
Wednesday, March 22, 2023  
1:00 PM  
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CALL TO ORDER  
INTRODUCTIONS  
ATTENDANCE  
6 -  
Present  
Mark Conway, Kristerfer Burnett, Zeke Cohen, Eric T. Costello, Antonio Glover, and  
Odette Ramos  
1 - Phylicia Porter  
Absent  
ITEM SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING  
21-0074  
Office of Emergency Management - Independent Agency  
For the purpose of repealing Article 1, Subtitle 18 {“Disaster Control and Civil  
Defense”} as obsolete; establishing an Office of Emergency Management as an  
independent agency; defining certain terms; providing for the appointment of an  
Executive Director of the Office; setting forth certain duties of the Executive Director;  
providing for a staff and budget for the Office; requiring the Office to include specific  
Emergency Support Functions in the Emergency Operations Plan; requiring the Office  
to coordinate with certain City agencies in writing the Emergency Operations Plan;  
requiring the Office to update the City Emergency Operations Plan quadrennially and  
submit the updated Plan and a memorandum regarding changes made to the Plan to  
the Mayor and the City Council; requiring the Office to report annually to the Mayor  
and the City Council on certain activities and metrics; and providing for a special  
effective date.  
Mark Conway, James Torrence, Phylicia Porter  
Sponsors:  
Hearing recessed.