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FISCAL 2019

Summary of the Adopted Budget

Catherine E. Pugh, Mayor

City of Baltimore, Maryland

Board of Estimates: Bernard C. "Jack" Young, President Catherine E. Pugh, Mayor Joan M. Pratt, Comptroller Andre M. Davis, City Solicitor Rudy S. Chow, Director of Public Works

City Council: President: Bernard C. "Jack" Young Vice President: Sharon Green Middleton

First District: Zeke Cohen

Second District: Brandon M. Scott

Third District: Ryan Dorsey

Fourth District: Bill Henry

Fifth District: Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer

Sixth District: Sharon Green Middleton

Seventh District: Leon F. Pinkett, III

Eighth District: Kristerfer Burnett

Ninth District: John T. Bullock

Tenth District: Edward L. Reisinger

Eleventh District: Eric T. Costello

Twelfth District: Robert Stokes, Sr.

Thirteenth District: Shannon Sneed

Fourteenth District: Mary Pat Clarke

Department of Finance: Henry J. Raymond, Director

Artwork Credit: Karl Franz - Print Shop

Fiscal 2019

Table of Contents

Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget Award ......................................... v The Mayor's Letter ..........................................................................................................................vii Fiscal 2019 Citizen's Guide to the Budget .........................................................................................ix

Introduction

Fiscal 2019 Budget Overview ............................................................................................................ 3 About Baltimore ................................................................................................................................ 6 Demographic Profile and Trends ...................................................................................................... 7 Municipal Organization Chart............................................................................................................ 8

Fiscal Environment

Economic Outlook .................................................................................................................................. 11 Fixed Costs....................................................................................................................................... 17 Ten-Year Financial Plan ................................................................................................................... 25

Revenue Outlook

Major Revenues Forecast ...................................................................................................................... 35 Summary of Real Property Tax Credit Programs .................................................................................. 49 Property Tax One-Cent Yield ................................................................................................................. 51 Budgetary Funds and Projected Revenues ........................................................................................... 53

Revenue Details

General Fund (Operating and Capital) .................................................................................................. 69 Parking Management Fund (Operating and Capital) ............................................................................ 75 Parking Enterprise Fund (Operating and Capital) ................................................................................. 76 Convention Center Bond Fund (Operating and Capital).......................................................................77 Water Utility Fund (Operating and Capital) .......................................................................................... 78 Waste Water Utility Fund (Operating and Capital)...............................................................................79 Storm Water Utility Fund (Operating and Capital) ............................................................................... 80 Conduit Enterprise Fund (Operating and Capital) ................................................................................ 81 Loan and Guarantee Enterprise Fund (Operating and Capital)............................................................82 Federal Fund (Operating).......................................................................................................................83 State Fund (Operating) .......................................................................................................................... 85 Special Fund (Operating) ....................................................................................................................... 87

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Fiscal 2019 Budget Plan

The Budget Process ......................................................................................................................... 91 Budget Appropriation Levels ........................................................................................................... 93 Description of Operating and Capital Funds ................................................................................... 95 Budget Appropriation by Expense Type .......................................................................................... 97 Pie Charts: Where the Money Comes From and How the Money is Used ..................................... 98 Trends in Operating and Capital Budgets by Fund .......................................................................... 99 Trends in Total Operating and Capital Budgets by Fund............................................................... 100 Total and Net Appropriations by Fund .......................................................................................... 101 Summary of General Fund Budgetary Trends ............................................................................... 103 Trends in Full-Time Positions......................................................................................................... 105 Past and Projected Budgetary Fund Balances ............................................................................... 107

Operating Budget

Operating Budget Fund Distribution....................................................................................................111 Operating Budget compared with Prior Year Budget by Agency, Service, Fund................................115 Operating Budget Changes to Funded Positions by Agency, Service, Fund .......................................129 Highway User Revenue by Agency.......................................................................................................133

Outcome Budgeting

Outcome Budgeting ....................................................................................................................... 137 Annotated One-Pager .......................................................................................................................... 139 Education and Youth Engagement ...................................................................................................... 141 Education and Youth Engagement Operating Budget Compared to Prior Year Budget ...................147 Public Safety ......................................................................................................................................... 149 Public Safety Operating Budget Compared to Prior Year Budget ...................................................... 154 Quality of Life ....................................................................................................................................... 157 Quality of Life Operating Budget Compared to Prior Year Budget .................................................... 164 Economic Development and Jobs........................................................................................................ 169 Economic Development and Jobs Operating Budget Compared to Prior Year Budget.....................173 Accountability and Transparency ........................................................................................................ 175 Accountability and Transparency Operating Budget Compared to Prior Year Budget .....................178 Other Operating Budget Compared to Prior Year Budget ................................................................. 180

Capital Budget

Pie Charts: Capital Budget Appropriations.......................................................................................... 183 Capital Budget Appropriations ............................................................................................................ 185 Capital Budget Distribution by Agency ............................................................................................... 187 Capital Projects Impact on Operating Budget.....................................................................................189 Pie Charts: Six-Year Capital Improvement Program ........................................................................... 190

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Debt Service

Overview............................................................................................................................................... 193 Debt Service Expenses and Appropriations by Fund, Type ................................................................200

Budgetary Policies

Budgetary Authority and Process........................................................................................................203 Key Budgetary and Financial Policies .................................................................................................. 211 Budgetary and Accounting Basis ......................................................................................................... 215 Operating and Capital Plan Budgetary Control...................................................................................217

Appendix

Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2018............................................................223 Annual Property Tax Ordinance for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2018...............................................224 Fiscal 2018 Supplemental Appropriations .......................................................................................... 269 Glossary ................................................................................................................................................ 271

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