BALTIMORE CITY, MARYLAND

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BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
Under City Council.

EDUCATION & YOUTH COMMITTEE
Under City Council, in Dec. 2020, reformed as Education, Workforce and Youth Committee.

EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
Under City Council, Executive Appointments Committee had organized by 1994.

HEALTH COMMITTEE
Under City Council, Health Committee originated as Health and Environment Committee, which had formed by 1992. It reorganized as Public Safety and Health Committee, and reformed as Health Committee in 2010. Discontinued in Dec. 2016.

HEALTH COMMITTEE
Under City Council, reorganized in Dec. 2020 as Health, Environment and Technology Committee.

HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Under City Council, merged with Urban Affairs and Aging Committee to form Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in Dec. 2016.

HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Under City Council, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee started as Housing Committee, which had organized by 1992. Some of its functions were assumed by Education, Housing, Health and Human Services Committee. Others were carried out by Community Development Subcommittee of Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee. Functions of that subcommittee were restructured as part of Housing and Community Development Committee in 2011.

In Dec. 2016, Housing and Community Development Committee merged with Urban Affairs and Aging Committee to form Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE
Under City Council, functions of Investigation Committee became responsibility of Judiciary and Legislative Investigation Committee by 2007. That committee's work was divided between Judiciary Committee and separate Investigations Committee in June 2019.

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Under City Council, Judiciary Committee started as Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Committee, which formed by 2007. It reformed as Judiciary Committee in June 2019.

LABOR COMMITTEE
Under City Council, formerly a subcommittee under Budget and Appropriations Committee, Labor Committee was reconstituted under its present name in 2011.

LAND USE COMMITTEE
Under City Council, Land Use Committee was created by 1992. Later reorganized as Land Use and Transportation Committee, it adopted its present name in June 2019.

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Under City Council, Public Safety Committee started as Public Safety and Health Committee. It reformed as Public Safety Committee in 2010, and as Public Safety and Government Operations Committee in Dec. 2020.

RECREATION & PARKS COMMITTEE
Under City Council and formerly a subcommittee of Public Safety Committee, reorganized as Recreation and Parks Committee in 2011. Discontinued in Dec. 2016.

TASK FORCE ON BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC/PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT FINANCING EFFORTS
Appointed by City Council:
Wendy Blair, Co-Chair
Calman J. (Buddy) Zamoski, Jr., Co-Chair
Peter G. Angelos; Paul Bernard; Robert C. Embry, Jr.; Andrew B. Frank; Ronald M. Kreitner; Joseph T. (Jody) Landers; Linda Loubert, Ph.D.; Robert Manekin; Jonathan Melnick; Gary D. Rodwell, Ph.D.; Mark Sissman; Mark L. Wasserman; Maria Welch.

City Council staff: Carl R. Stokes, Sr.

In Jan. 2011, Task Force on Baltimore City Public/Private Development Financing Efforts was convened by City Council member Carl R. Stokes, Jr. Task Force charge was to review Baltimore's process for awarding and then monitoring tax increment financing (fits) and payment in lieu of taxes (pilots). Task Force also was to consider whether these "tifs" and "pilots" were being committed at expense of neighborhood priorities.

Report submitted Oct. 2011.

TAXATION, FINANCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Under City Council, Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee started as Taxation and Finance Committee, which functioned from approximately 1992 to 2007. It reorganized in 2007 as Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee. In Dec. 2020, functions of this committee were reassigned to Economic and Community Development Committee, and Ways and Means Committee.

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Under City Council, Starting as Land Use and Transportation Committee, Transportation Committee reformed under its present name in June 2019.

URBAN AFFAIRS & AGING COMMITTEE
Under City Council, Urban Affairs and Aging Committee began by 1994 as Urban and Governmental Affairs Committee. By 2005, it was renamed Urban and Aging Committee. It merged with Housing and Community Development Committee to form Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in Dec. 2016.

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