BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

ADMINISTRATION

ORIGIN & FUNCTIONS


COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

Appointed by the County Executive, the County Administrative Officer supervises the offices and departments of County government, and oversees formation of the County budget (County Charter, Art. IV, sec. 403).

OFFICE OF BUDGET & FINANCE
The Office of Budget and Finance is headed by the Director of Budget and Finance. Under supervision of the County Administrative Officer, the Director formulates the County budget. In the preparation of their budgets, the Director assists County agencies, and works to improve budget execution and reduce costs (County Code, Art. 3, secs. 2-201, 2-202).

Under the Director are the 911 Communications Center, and units for Accounting, Insurance Administration, Investment and Debt Management, Payroll, Property Management, Purchasing, Retirement, Taxpayer Services, and Vehicle Operations and Maintenance.

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Media relations, such as press conferences, releases, citations, and proclamations are coordinated by the Office of Communications. The Office hosts special events, and produces video programs and web content to communicate County government actions and issues to the public. Hello Baltimore County, the public-access cable station for the County, is managed by the Office.

Appointed by the County Executive, the Chief of Staff manages the Office of Communications.

OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Under the Executive Office, the Office of Community Engagement works closely with communities and constituents to directly address residents’ concerns, and help them access County services.

OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT REFORM & STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
The Office was created to promote accountability, openness, and transparency throughout County government.

OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Formerly the Office of Personnel, the Office of Human Resources works to develop a county career service. It establishes equitable and uniform procedures for dealing with employees in the classified service, and seeks to attract and retain in the classified service the most qualified and competent individuals available. Following determinations of merit and ability, the Office assigns individuals to jobs in the classified service on the basis of competitive tests of fitness (County Code, Art. 4, secs. 1-101 through 8-102; Art. 3, secs. 2-801, 2-802).

OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Created in 1995, the Office of Information Technology is responsible for data processing and management information; a systems and programming operation; and implementation and maintenance of management information systems. The Office also supervises the geographic information system; machine billing; the 911 center; the planning and developing interdepartmental systems of records retention and retrieval; printing services; and records management (County Code, Art. 3, secs. 2-901 through 2-904).

Under the Office are divisions for Applications; Electronic Services; and Infrastructure.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The Office of Inspector General began as the Office of Ethics and Accountability. It reformed under its present name In July 2020 (County Council Bill no. 70-20).

For County government, the Office provides accountability, integrity and oversight by identifying any instances of fraud, abuse, and illegal acts (County Code, secs. 3-14-101 through 3-14-112).

Heading the Office is the Inspector General, who also serves as Executive Director of the Ethics Commission.

OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
The Office of Government Affairs formerly was named the Office of Legislative Affairs.

The Director of Government Affairs is appointed by the County Executive.

REVENUE AUTHORITY

The Baltimore County Revenue Authority was formed by the General Assembly effective June 1, 1955.

As an instrumentality of Baltimore County and a public corporation, the Authority was created to construct, improve, equip, furnish, maintain, acquire, and operate projects for public uses. These include County public buildings and a District Court facility for the State; airports and landing fields; County institutions; incinerators, bridges, toll bridges and tunnels; parks, swimming pools, arenas, stadiums, and recreational facilities; dams, impounding basins, and flood control projects; parking facilities, including areas, structures, and buildings for office, retail and other uses in conjunction with such facilities; highways, parkways, traffic distribution centers, and facilities necessary or incident thereto; and public transportation facilities and system.

By law, the Authority’s projects must be self-supporting, and it must operate in a business-like manner. No direct funds are received from general purpose units of government.

In its early years, the Authority focused on the management and operation of toll bridges in eastern Baltimore County, and of parking facilities. Currently, the Authority consists of three major businesses: parking, golf, and an indoor recreational facility, which provides ice skating and field sports to the public.

The following projects have been financed and constructed by the Revenue Authority:
1984 – Baltimore Avenue Parking Facility
1989 – Tolbert Parking Facility
1991 – Library Parking Facility
1991 – Towson Library Expansion
1994 – District Court no.8, Towson (for the State of Maryland)
1995 – Greystone Golf Course
1997 – The Woodlands Golf Course
2008 – Reisterstown Sportsplex, an Indoor recreational facility at Reisterstown Regional Park
2009 – Fox Hollow Golf Course and Training Center renovations

The Authority is governed by the Board of Directors whose five members are appointed to five-year terms by the County Executive. Board members are volunteers and receive no compensation for their time or services.

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