Appointed by Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners: Ralph S. Tyler, Esq.
Appointed by Mayor: Matthew D. Gallagher
Ex officio: Mary E. Clapsaddle, designee of State Superintendent of Schools; Beatrice L. Tripps, designee of Baltimore City Council President.
Established March 17, 2004 by Mayor, City Council, and Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, Committee completed its work on May 10, 2006.
FOOD POLICY TASK FORCE
In Nov. 2008, Food Policy Task Force was organized.
MAYOR'S ANTI-ANIMAL ABUSE TASK FORCE
Appointed by Mayor:
Caroline A. Griffin, Esq., Chair
Robert Anderson; Jennifer Etheridge, Esq.; Olivia D. Farrow, Esq.; Aileen Gabbey; Ann Gearhart; Sheryl Goldstein, Esq.; Rev Charles Goods; George Hurd; Robert Johnson; Randall Lockwood, Ph.D.; Kimberly McConkey; Jennifer Mead-Brause; Zoe Michal; Chris Muldowney; Karen Reese; Edward L. Reisinger; Lt. Col. Paul Sheppard.
Created in July 2009 in response to burning death of a dog named Phoenix, Mayor's Anti-Animal Abuse Task Force was to make recommendations on ending animal cruelty and dogfighting in Baltimore.
In its final report of July 30, 2010, Task Force recommended creation of a commission to carry on its work.
NEW AMERICANS TASK FORCE
Appointed by Mayor:
Mayor established New Americans Task Force in 2013 to develop a plan to retain and attract immigrants to Baltimore.
TASK FORCE ON BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC/PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT FINANCING EFFORTS
Appointed by City Council:
Wendy Blair, Co-Chair
Calman J. (Buddy) Zamoski, Jr., Co-Chair
Peter G. Angelos; Paul Bernard; Robert C. Embry, Jr.; Andrew B. Frank; Ronald M. Kreitner; Joseph T. (Jody) Landers; Linda Loubert, Ph.D.; Robert Manekin; Jonathan Melnick; Gary D. Rodwell, Ph.D.; Mark Sissman; Mark L. Wasserman; Maria Welch.
City Council staff: Carl Stokes
In Jan. 2011, Task Force on Baltimore City Public/Private Development Financing Efforts was convened by City Council Member Carl Stokes. Task Force charge was to review Baltimore's process for awarding and then monitoring tax increment financing (fits) and payment in lieu of taxes (pilots). Task Force also was to consider whether these "tifs" and "pilots" were being committed at expense of neighborhood priorities.
Report submitted Oct. 2011.
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