City Council Aproves Funding to Keep Ch. 25 Alive at Minimal Level to Cover Government Hearings
Fri., Jun. 25, 2010 Filed in: Baltimore
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The
Baltimore City Council approved yesterday, June 24,
2010, an ordinance
that will
restore $481,681 for operating expenses to the
Mayor's Office of Cable and Communications which runs
the government channel, Channel 25. According to
a letter
from the
city's budget office to the City Council, the money
will fund four positions. An earlier version of the
budget had cut all operating funds for the MOCC. Its
employees received pink slips on June 1, 2010, and
their last day was to be June 30, 2010.
The documents:
http://legistar.baltimorecitycouncil.com/attachments/6292.pdf (if not available, use Finance_letter_10-0569.pdf)
http://legistar.baltimorecitycouncil.com/attachments/6321.pdf (if not available, use Baltimore_City_Council_10-0569_3rd_Reader.pdf)
A Baltimore Sun article today (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-bottle-tax-approval-20100624,0,2656041.story) described it as follows:
"Council members also voted Thursday to approve supplemental funding for 10 programs, including the office of cable and communication. That office's budget was gutted in a preliminary budget but will now be able to operate at a minimal level, airing council meetings and hearings and planning commission meetings, officials said."
The documents:
http://legistar.baltimorecitycouncil.com/attachments/6292.pdf (if not available, use Finance_letter_10-0569.pdf)
http://legistar.baltimorecitycouncil.com/attachments/6321.pdf (if not available, use Baltimore_City_Council_10-0569_3rd_Reader.pdf)
A Baltimore Sun article today (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-bottle-tax-approval-20100624,0,2656041.story) described it as follows:
"Council members also voted Thursday to approve supplemental funding for 10 programs, including the office of cable and communication. That office's budget was gutted in a preliminary budget but will now be able to operate at a minimal level, airing council meetings and hearings and planning commission meetings, officials said."