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Vacancy, Chair (chosen jointly by Baltimore City Mayor & Baltimore County Executive)
Appointed by Governor: two vacancies
Appointed by Senate President: one vacancy
Appointed by House Speaker: one vacancy
Appointed by Baltimore City Mayor: five vacancies
Appointed by Baltimore County Executive: three vacancies
Appointed by Chair, Baltimore Metropolitn Council: one vacancy
Staff:
City Hall, 100 North Holliday St., Baltimore, Maryland, September 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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c/o Office of County Excutive
Historic Courthouse, mezzanine, 400 Washington Ave., Towson, MD 21204
(410) 887-2450
Historic Courthouse, 400 Washington Ave., Towson, Maryland, March 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
In July 2024, the Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup was authorized by the General Assembly (Chapters 503, Acts of 2024).
The Workgroup is to review the January 30, 2024 report of the Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force; and analyze issues relevant to implementing a regional water governance model in the Baltimore region, including: developing an equity analysis to analyze how the shift to a regional water governance model affects vulnerable residents in the area; and recommending programs to assist potentially affected residents during the implementation. It also will consider issus relavent to developing a financial transition plan to analyze how implementing a regional water governance model affects the finances of each jurisdiction within the governance area, including pension and benefit commitments and debt service. In addition, it will assess the available workforce for a regional water governance model, including hiring new employees and transitioning existing employees from Baltimore City and applicable counties to a regional water governance model; review any legal and legislative actions required for transitioning to a regional water governance model, including analyzing changes needed to the applicable city and county codes and charters; and assess the administrative and operational changes required to implement a regional water governance model, including whether stormwater management would fall under the purview of a regional water governance model.
Further, the Workgroup will analyze whether creating a City–County Rate Board is necessary to ensure fairness for consumers; balance city and county rates; and review the regional governance models recommended in the January 30, 2024 report of the Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force. It will consider other existing and potential regional water and wastewater governance models to assess how different regional approaches may improve management, operations, employee recruitment, retention and training, billing and collections, planning for capital improvements, emergency management, and rate stability for customers.
Thirteen members constitute the Workgroup. Two members are appointed by the Governor, and the Senate President and House Speaker each appoint one member. Five members are appointed by the Baltimore City Mayor, and three by the Baltimore County Executive. The Chair of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council appoints one member.
Authorization for the Workgroup ends June 30, 2027.
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