Committee recesses FY2027 revenue hearing; recommends ordinance on property tax installment plans
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At the April 14, 2026 Budget & Appropriations Committee meeting (virtual/Du Burns Council Chamber), five members were recorded present. The FY2027 Preliminary Revenue Estimate hearing was recessed. The Committee Recommended Favorably Ordinance 26-0152 establishing installment payment plans for residential property tax arrearages.
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- FY2027 Preliminary Revenue Estimate hearing was recessed (no briefing recorded in the minutes).
- Ordinance 26-0152 (Installment Payment Plans – Property Taxes in Arrears – Residential Property) was Recommended Favorably by the Committee.
- Recommendation carried by the following vote: Yes – 4 (McCray, Schleifer, Middleton, Glover); Out-of-Chamber – 1 (Gray).
- Motion to recommend the ordinance favorably was made by Councilmember Sharon Green Middleton.
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Budget & Appropriations Committee
LO26-0047, FY 2027 Preliminary Revenue Estimate & 26-0152, Installment Payment Plans – Property Taxes in Arrears – Residential Property
Agenda
- CALL TO ORDER
- INTRODUCTIONS
- ATTENDANCE
- ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
- Installment Payment Plans – Property Taxes in Arrears – Residential Property FOR the purpose of authorizing certain property tax arrearages to be paid through an installment payment plan; requiring the Director of Finance to establish an installment payment program; setting eligibility requirements for the program; prohibiting the Director from taking certain action against a person if compliant with a plan; establishing the effect of non-compliance with a plan; specifying the contents of the notice of an offer of a plan; specifying certain terms of the installment payment plan; requiring the publication of certain information on the City Tax Sale Ombudsman’s website; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to installment payments of certain property taxes in Baltimore City.
- ADJOURNMENT
- THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
- FY 2027 Preliminary Revenue Estimate FOR THE PURPOSE OF calling on the Department of the Finance – Bureaus of Revenue and Collections and Budget and Management Research (BBMR), to brief the City Council on the Preliminary Revenue Estimates for Fiscal Year 2027, and to provide a comparison to Fiscal Year 2026 and Fiscal Year 2025.
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