Budget & Appropriations Committee meeting — February 17, 2026: supplementary appropriation recommended favorably; budget and tax hearings recessed

CALL TO ORDER

INTRODUCTIONS

ATTENDANCE

ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING

Quarterly Budget Briefings For the purpose of calling on representatives from the Finance Department's Bureau of Budget and Management Research (BBMR), the Department of Planning (Capital Budget), and Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS) to provide a briefing to the City Council on the financial performance and level of spending against the approved budgets.

Supplementary State Fund Operating Appropriation – Department of Recreation and Parks (Service 654 - Urban Forestry) – $415,146 FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary State Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $415,146 to the Department of Recreation and Parks – Service 654 (Urban Forestry), to provide funding for 2 positions, a job training program, and a green building class to expand the Camp Small wood recycling operations in hopes of advancing Baltimore’s sustainability and equity goals; and providing for a special effective date.

Taxes – Property Tax – Increase of Homestead Tax Credit Percentage FOR the purpose of increasing the homestead tax credit percentage for the taxable year beginning in July, 2026.

ADJOURNMENT

THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC