City Council  
City of Baltimore  
City Hall, Room 408  
100 North Holliday Street  
Baltimore, Maryland 21202  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Economic and Community Development  
Tuesday, March 26, 2024  
2:00 PM  
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CALL TO ORDER  
INTRODUCTIONS  
ATTENDANCE  
7 -  
Present  
Sharon Green Middleton, John T. Bullock, Mark Conway, Ryan Dorsey, Antonio  
Glover, Odette Ramos, and Robert Stokes Sr.  
ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING  
23-0357  
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  
Hearing was recessed  
ADJOURNMENT  
THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC