BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND

DEFUNCT AGENCIES

CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
Appointed by County Council:
Theodore G. Venetoulis, Chair
James R. Benjamin, Jr., Esq.; Antonio (Tony) Campbell, D.Min; Michael E. Field, Esq.; Edward J. Gilliss, Esq.; John B. Gontrum, Esq.; David H. Karceski, Esq.; William A. McComas, Esq.; John W. Murphy, Esq.; Nedda I. Pray, Esq.; Michael Paul Smith, Esq..

Final Report & Recommendations, November 6, 2017

At Nov. 8, 2016 general election, voters approved creation of decennial Charter Review Commission.

Appointed by County Council Feb. 2017, Commission consisted of eleven members.

Report submitted to County Executive and County Council, Nov. 6, 2017.

COMMUNITY & SCHOOL RESOURCES SECTION
Under Police Department and Community Resources Bureau, Section was reorganized in June 2015 as Youth and Community Services Section under Operations Bureau.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES BUREAU
Under Police Department, disbanded in June 2015.

COUNCILMANIC REDISTRICTING COMMISSION
The Baltimore County Charter requires that the County Council revise the County's seven councilmanic districts after each decennial census of the United States. The Charter also requires the County Council to initiate the redistricting process by establishing a commission to hold public hearings and recommend to the County Council legislation for revising the councilmanic districts in accordance with requirements of the County Charter(County Charter, Article II, sec. 207).

Authorized by County Council Resolution no. 26-11, the last Councilmanic Redistricting Commission was initiated in March 2011. It consisted on five members who were appointed by the County Council. The Commission reported its recommendations to the County Council in July 2011.

Thereafter, the County Council revised and reconstituted the councilmanic districts in accordance with the 2010 census by Bill no. 59-11, sec. 1, adopted in October 2011. The new concilmanic districts become effective with the election of Council members in 2014.

STRATEGIC PLANNING & PROGRAM EVALUATION
Under Department of Education, renamed Research and Strategic Planning.

TASK FORCE ON LIQUOR LICENSE LAWS
Final report submitted Nov. 22, 2011.