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Baltimore committee debates Board of Estimates changes and moving procurement out of the charter
Summary
A Baltimore City Charter Review committee discussed proposals to alter the Board of Estimates’ composition and to strip prescriptive procurement rules from the charter, directing staff to research legal and fiscal implications and to prepare draft ordinance language setting new procurement thresholds.
Baltimore City’s Charter Review Special Committee spent much of its session discussing whether to alter the Board of Estimates and to remove detailed procurement rules from the city charter.
Chair Bridal Dorsey opened the discussion by noting public interest in changing the Board of Estimates’ membership and in making procurement rules less prescriptive. Staff reported a public submission calling for elimination of the mayor’s two appointed members on the Board of Estimates so that the mayor, council president and comptroller would share authority more equally. Committee members said the suggestion reflects a…
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