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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
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Chairperson William Donald Schaefer, Governor
Louis L Goldstein, Comptroller of the Treasury
Lucille Maurer, State Treasurer
James J McGinty, Jr , Secretary to the Board
Goldstein Treasury Building, Room 213
60 Calvert St
Annapolis, MD 21401
BUDGET (CODE 23 05 01)
FY1991 Total Appropriation
General Funds
Special Funds
FY1991 Total Authorized Positions
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974-3443
$6,271,258
$6,096.258
$ 175,000
3
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__________________________MANDATED REPORTS_________________________
Report to General Assembly on expenditures from Contingent Fund due by first day of 1992 legislative session
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Chairperson William Donald Schaefer, Governor
Louis L Goldstein, Comptroller of the Treasury
Lucille Maurer, State Treasurer
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
James J McGinty, Jr , Secretary 974 3443
Vacancy, Assistant Secretary 9743651
PROCUREMENT ADVISOKf COUNCIL
Chairperson James J McGinty, Jr ,
Secretary, Board of Public Works
974 3443
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PROCUREMENT ADVISOR
Sandra K Reynold, Procurement
Advisor (appointed by Board of
Public Works) 974 2375
WETLANDS ADMINISTRATION
(23 05 01.05)
FY1991 appropriation $140,216
FY1991 authorized positions 3
Harold Casscll, Wetlands Administrator
974 2664
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__________________________ORIGIN 8c FUNCTIONS__________________________
Maryland's first Board of Public Works, a nine member body, was created in 1825 and abolished three
years later (Chapter 166, Acts of 1825, Chapter 64, Acts of 1828) The Constitution of 1851 provided
that four Commissioners of Public Works would be popularly elected to represent four regional districts
of the State (Const 1851, Art VII, sees 13) The Constititution of 1864 established the three-member
Board of Public Works (Consr 1864, Art VII, sees 1-3)
The Board of Public Works is composed of the Governor, the Comptroller of the Treasury and the State
Treasurer The Constitution requires the Board to meet on the first Wednesday of January Apnl, July and October
in Annapolis and more often when necessary (Const, Art XII, sees 1 3) Usually meenngs are held weekly
The Board exercises such powers and duties as are prescribed in the Constitution or delegated to it from
nme to nme by the General Assembly The Board approves the expenditures of all sums appropnated through
State loans authorized by the General Assembly, as well as the expenditures of all general and other funds
appropnated for capital improvements except those appropnated for State roads, bridges, and highways The
Board approves every new lease or renewal for land, buildings, or office spce before such contracts are executed
by any department, board, commission, State officer, onnstitunonofrhe State It also may designate the location
of any State agency after review by the Secretary of Budget and Fiscal Planning
The Board may borrow upon the credit of the State, at any time between the sessions of the General
Assembly, sums not to exceed $50,000 to meet temporary deficits in the Treasury In addition, the Board
may borrow upon the credit of the State total amounts not exceeding $1,000,000 in anticipation of the
collection of taxes or other revenues, including the proceeds from the sale of bonds All such loans bear
interest at a rate determined by the Board, and must mature and be repaid at or before the end of the fiscal
year in which the money is borrowed (Const, Art III, sec 34)
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