# § 10 Procedures; Council officers.

Current through 2026-10-01. Source: Laws of Md., ch. 485 (2026 Session Md. Gen. Assembly). Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.

## § 10 Procedures; Council officers.

Balt., Md., Charter art. III, § 10 (2026)

(a) The City Council may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as it may provide by ordinance.

(b) The City Council, by a majority vote of its members, shall appoint from its members a Vice-President, who in the absence, sickness or disqualification of the President shall preside at all its meetings.  The Vice-President also shall be an acting member of the Board of Estimates in the absence, sickness or temporary disqualification of the President.

(c) In case of, and during, necessary absence, sickness or the temporary disqualification of both the Mayor and the President of the City Council, the Vice-President shall be acting Mayor.

(d) The City Council shall be judge of the election and qualifications of its members, subject to appeal by petition of the party aggrieved as provided by law.

(e) The City Council shall adopt rules of procedure not inconsistent with the Charter, appoint its own officers, regulate their respective compensation, not to exceed in the aggregate the amount appropriated therefor in the Ordinance of Estimates, and remove them at pleasure.

(f) The City Council shall keep a journal of its proceedings and enter yeas and nays on any question, resolution or ordinance at the request of any member, and the deliberations of the City Council shall be public.

*History: Res. 20-024, ratified Nov. 3, 2020*