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Committee recesses FY2027 revenue hearing; recommends ordinance on property tax installment plans

BaltimoreApr 14, 20261 min read

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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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Apr 14, 2026, 12:00 AMVirtual/Du Burns Council Chamber, 4th floor, City Hall, Phone: 1-408-418-9388, Access code: 2341 638 4773, Password: Public Link: https://bmore.webex.com/bmore/j.php?MTID=me19b515ceb7e617536386d2599db4dfcscheduled

LO26-0047, FY 2027 Preliminary Revenue Estimate & 26-0152, Installment Payment Plans – Property Taxes in Arrears – Residential Property

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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.

Committee recesses FY2027 revenue hearing; recommends ordinance on property tax installment plans

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