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Committee reviews proposals to change Board of Estimates and Board of Finance membership

Baltimore City Council Charter Review Special Committee · November 6, 2025
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Summary

Members discussed proposals to shrink the Board of Estimates to three members (mayor, council president, comptroller) and to expand the Board of Finance from five to seven members by adding the council president and city solicitor; proponents said changes would rebalance decision-making authority.

Committee members reviewed structural amendments to two oversight bodies. Staff presented a proposal to reduce the Board of Estimates from five members to three — the mayor, the council president and the comptroller — and to limit designees to specified officer positions (for example,…

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