No extra compensation shall be granted or allowed by the Mayor and City Council to any officer, agent, or servant of the corporation, or of any other corporation the expenses of which are borne in whole or in part by the City, after the services have been rendered. Nor shall the salary or compensation of any of said officers, agents, or servants be increased or diminished during the term for which they may be or may have been elected, appointed, or employed. Provided, that should an increase of duties be required by any subsequent ordinance or resolution of the Mayor and City Council, an extra compensation in proportion for the increase of labor, to the original compensation, may be allowed, in the discretion of the said Mayor and City Council. City Code, 1879, art. 1, §47 1893, art. 1, §52 1927, art. 1, §61 1950, art. 1, §10 1966, art. 1, §12 1976/83, art. 1, §15 Ord. 1863-058

If an applicant for employment with the City is also required by federal law to register with the Federal Selective Service, the applicant must submit, before appointment, evidence of registration or of prior or current service in the Armed Forces of the United States. A male born after December 31, 1959, may not be employed by the City until any documentation required by subsection (a) of this section has been submitted. City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §15A Ord. 98-328

All employees of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore who shall be members of the organized militia of the State of Maryland created by the Constitution or laws of this State shall be entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties, without loss or deduction from pay, regular vacation, time, or efficiency rating for all days during which they shall attend field or coast defense training camps as required by law or military regulation passed pursuant to law; and whenever any such employees shall be engaged in active military duty within the State of Maryland they shall likewise be entitled to the privileges herein conferred. City Code, 1927, art. 1, §65 1950, art. 1, §11 1966, art. 1, §13 1976/83, art. 1, §16 Ord. 27-956

All municipal offices shall remain open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays for the entire year, with a 40-minutes luncheon period. Provided, however, that any department head may, with the approval of the Mayor, establish hours other than those above specified for such employees as may be needed to meet emergencies or to promote the public service, and the Board of Estimates shall have the power, in its discretion, to modify or change the hours during which municipal offices shall be open whenever such change or changes shall seem desirable. City Code, 1950, art. 1, §12 1966, art. 1, §14 1976/83, art. 1, §17 Ord. 46-543

Every employee of the Police Department, including crossing guards, every employee of the Fire Department, and every public health nurse of the City of Baltimore whose duties require him or her to have and use, at any time, a uniform or other distinctive garb, shall either be provided with that uniform or other distinctive garb, free of cost, or shall be provided with an annual allowance in lieu thereof. City Code, 1966, art. 19, §175 1976/83, art. 19, §215 Ord. 55-1416 Ord. 99-526

The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall present a Baltimore municipal flag to the family of any City employee killed in the line of duty. The flag may be presented to the family of the deceased by the Councilmembers of the Councilmanic district in which the deceased resided. City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §16A Ord. 82-635

On appointment, each officer or employee of the City must submit to the Department of Finance, Payroll Division, the full street address of his or her legal residence. Within 10 days after an officer or employee of the City changes her or his legal residence, the officer or employee must submit to the Department of Finance, Payroll Division, the full street address of the new residence. Subject to Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”} of the <cite data-path="|general">City General Provisions Article</cite>, the Director of Finance must adopt rules and regulations to carry out this section. Ord. 01-244 Text Conformed 02/09/21 By authority of Ordinance 20-431, Section 5, the Director of Legislative Reference, in consultation with the Law Department, has conformed the text of subsection (c) to refer expressly to the requirements of the recently-enacted Administrative Procedure Act that, effective January 15, 2021, governs the proposal, adoption, and publication of administrative rules and regulations.

Persons with disabilities are a largely untapped resource for outstanding candidates for City employment. Persons with disabilities suffer from a high unemployment and underemployment rate in the City due in part to unfounded myths, fears, and stereotypes that are associated with many disabilities. A hiring preference for persons with disabilities is necessary to remedy past discrimination resulting from these unfounded myths, fears, and stereotypes. In this section, “disability” has the meaning stated in the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 USCS § 12101 et seq. The Civil Service Commission must adopt regulations that set standards for establishing and maintaining a preference for the initial appointment of qualified persons with a disability into civil service positions. The standards adopted under this section:must define a person with a disability eligible for the preference as:a person with medical proof of a developmental disability, a severe physical disability, or a psychiatric disability; or a veteran rated by the Department of Veterans Affairs with a compensable service-connected disability; must require medical certification of a qualifying disability; and must establish the following order of preference:a veteran with a disability; and an equal preference for a veteran without a disability and a non- veteran with a disability. The standards adopted under this section may apply the preference to an applicant only after the applicant has been ranked among the highest in merit-based examinations. Ord. 11-424

In this section, the following terms have the meanings indicated. “Agency” means any department, any bureau or division within a department, and any board, commission, authority, council, committee, office, or other unit of City government. “Official” means:the head of an agency who reports directly to the Mayor; and any at-will supervisory employee who reports directly to the Mayor or to the head of an agency. Every official:must be a resident and registered voter of Baltimore City at the time of his or her appointment, except only as otherwise authorized by subsection (c) of this section; and must remain a resident and registered voter of Baltimore City throughout his or her entire term of office. Subsection (b)(1) of this section does not apply to an official who, before her or his appointment, signs a declaration of intent to become a City resident and registered voter within 6 months of the effective date of her or his appointment. If the official fails to abide by this declaration of intent within the 6-month period, the official’s appointment is automatically terminated at the end of that period. Ord. 18-111 Ord. 20-415 State Local Government Article (“LG”) § 1-201 generally prohibits “a county or municipality [from] requir[ing] an employee to reside within the State, county, or municipality ... as a condition of employment” {LG § 1-201(b)(1)}, subject only to exceptions for (1) “an elected official”, (2) “the chief administrative officer of the county or municipality”, (3) “the head of a unit ... who reports directly to: (i) the chief administrative officer...; (ii) an elected executive; or (iii) the governing body of the county or municipality”, and (4) as added by Chapter 776, Acts of 2017, “an at-will supervisory employee [who] reports directly to the head of a unit”. {LG § 1-201(a) and(b)(1)}. This § 7-10 was enacted by Ordinance 18-111, effective April 26, 2018, in accord with and by authority of LG § 1-201, as amended by Ch. 776, Acts of 2017. Section 2 of Ord. 18-111 (based on Section 2 of Ch. 776) contains the following “legacy clause”: [T]his Ordinance applies only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have any effect on or application to the continued employment at the same level of any individual who, before the effective date of this Ordinance, is employed by the City as an “official”, as that term is defined in this Ordinance.

In this section, the following terms have the meanings indicated. “Command staff member” means:a member of the Baltimore Police Department with the rank of colonel; or a member of the Baltimore Police Department with the rank of deputy commissioner. Nothing in this section applies to a command staff member who:on January 1, 2022, held the rank of colonel; and was subsequently promoted to the rank of deputy commissioner. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, each command staff member must:be a resident and registered voter of Baltimore City at the time of the command staff member’s appointment; and remain a resident and registered voter of Baltimore City throughout the command staff member’s entire term of office. An individual has 120 days after the date of hire for or promotion to a command staff member position to begin to reside in Baltimore City. If a command staff member is married to an individual who is employed by a governmental entity that has similar residency requirements as those in subsection (b) of this section, the Police Commissioner or the Police Commissioner’s designee may grant that command staff member a waiver from the requirements in subsection (b) of this section. If a command staff member fails to comply with this section the command staff member is automatically terminated. No later than June 30 of each year, the Police Commissioner or the Police Commissioner’s designee shall submit a report to the Mayor and City Council detailing the residency and voter registration status of all command staff members. Ord. 20-415 This § 7-11 was enacted by Ordinance 20-415, effective January 1, 2022, in accord with and by authority of the PLL of Baltimore City § 16-1(6), (7), and (8), and § 16-2A, as amended by Ch. 512, Acts of 2020. Section 2 of Ord. 20-415 contains the following “legacy clause” [T]his Ordinance applies only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have any effect or application to the continued employment at the same level of any individual who, before the effective date of this Ordinance, is employed by the Baltimore Police Department as a member of its “command staff”, as that term is defined in this Ordinance.