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Committee weighs making DLR independent, city seal question and outside‑counsel process

Baltimore City Charter Review Special Committee · November 7, 2025
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Summary

Members discussed proposals to make the Department of Legislative Reference an independent legislative agency merged with council services, to examine where the city seal should reside, and to create a process for entities to petition for outside counsel.

The committee discussed several governance and support‑function proposals that aim to change how the council and staffed offices operate.

Council staff described a proposal to reform the Department of Legislative Reference (DLR) and the Office of Council Services by positioning DLR as an independent legislative branch agency and merging certain operations with council services.…

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