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Committee advances amendment to Baltimore Children and Youth Fund ordinance after debate over rapid-response grants
Summary
The Baltimore City CouncilEducation, Youth and Older Adults Committee voted to advance a consolidated amendment to Council Bill 25-0100 after hearing a Comptroller estimate for a BCYF audit, BCYF leadersurging clarity on unexecuted rules, and debate over whether the law should allow narrowly defined invitation-only or emergency grants.
The Education, Youth and Older Adults Committee on Friday advanced a consolidated amendment to the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund ordinance and agreed to return in two weeks for a full vote.
Chair Councilman John Bullock opened the session at 12:36 p.m. and said the hearing would focus on updates to the cityfund that distributes grants for youth programming.
Comptroller Henry told the committee his office had estimated the cost of a performance audit of BCYF at about "$153,000," including salary and fringe, and said it would require "about 2,220 hours of work" from a five-person team. He also said the office would request that two existing frozen PINs (10144 and 10148) be unfrozen to provide capacity for additional audits and offered to provide detailed memos or individual briefings for council members.
The hearing centered on a "clean replacement" amendment described by Vice Chair Councilman Mark Parker that consolidates months of drafting and stakeholder input. Parker highlighted several substantive changes:…
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