COUNTY COUNCIL POP QUIZ

1. DO COUNCILMEMBERS VOTE ON MATTERS AT WORK SESSIONS? __________

2. ARE WORK SESSIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? _____________________________

3. CAN SOMEONE SPEAK AT A WORK SESSION ON AN ISSUE NOT ON THE

COUNCIL AGENDA? ______________________________

4. HOW MANY MEMBERS ARE ON THE COUNCIL? ___________________________

5. HOW MANY DEMOCRATS ARE ON THE CURRENT COUNCIL? ___

REPUBLICANS? _____

6. WHAT BRANCH OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT DOES THE COUNTY COUNCIL

REPRESENT? ___________________________________________________________

7. ONCE A BILL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED, WHEN IS IT CALLED FOR FINAL

READING AND VOTE?
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8. ONCE A RESOLUTION IS INTRODUCED, WHEN IS IT VOTED ON?

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9. WHAT IS A FISCAL MATTER? ____________________________________________

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10. WHAT IS THE TIME LIMIT FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO SIGN A BILL
ONCE IT IS PASSED BY THE COUNCIL? ___________________________________

11. HOW MANY VOTES ARE NEEDED TO PASS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION? ______
AN EMERGENCY PIECE OF LEGISLATION? ____________________

12. CAN A BILL BE INTRODUCED AND VOTED ON AT THE SAME TIME? ________

13. CAN A RESOLUTION BE INTRODUCED AND VOTED ON AT THE SAME TIME?

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14. IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTED BY THE

REGISTERED VOTERS DURING AN ELECTION? _________________

15. MUST A CANDIDATE FOR A COUNTY COUNCIL SEAT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT
THEY WISH TO REPRESENT? _____________

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16. WHAT IS THE COUNTY COUNCIL’S WEBSITE ADDRESS: ___________________

17. IS THE COUNCIL AGENDA ON THE COUNCIL’S WEBSITE? __________________

18. CAN A CONSTITUENT OBTAIN LEGISLATION ELECTRONICALLY? __________

19. CAN A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED, BE

AMENDED (IF ALL MEMBERS ARE IN AGREEMENT) WITHOUT A FORMAL
VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT? ___________________________________________

20. WHO IS THE FRANCHISING AUTHORITY FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY?

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21. HOW MANY COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE THERE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY?

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22. WHAT IS THE SALARY OF A COUNCILMEMBER? __________________________

23. WHAT IS THE SALARY OF THE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN? _____________________

24. THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINS WHEN? _______________________________________

25. WHAT IS THE TIME LIMIT FOR SPEAKERS AT PUBLIC HEARINGS OF THE
COUNTY COUNCIL? ____________________________________________________

26. HOW OFTEN IS THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING MAP PROCESS HELD? ______
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27. HOW OFTEN DOES THE COUNCIL CONSIDER REDISTRICTING? _____________

28. WHAT MEMBER OF THE CURRENT COUNCIL HAS BEEN IN OFFICE THE
LONGEST? _____________________________________________________________

29. WHAT MEMBER OF THE CURRENT COUNCIL IS IN HIS SECOND TERM?

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30. DOES A CHARTER AMENDMENT REQUIRE APPROVAL OF THE VOTERS

ONCE PASSED BY THE COUNCIL? ________________________________________

31. WHAT DEPARTMENT HEAD APPOINTMENTS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE

COUNCIL?
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32. WHO IS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER? ________________________

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33. WHAT ARE THE 3 BRANCHES OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT? ________________
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34. ARE CITIZENS ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT A COUNCIL MEETING? ____________

35. ONCE A BILL IS PASSED BY THE COUNCIL, WHO IS REQUIRED TO SIGN IT?
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36. IN REFERENCE TO THE COUNCIL AGENDA’S, WHAT DOES “PAM” MEAN?

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37. WHAT DOES “CEB” MEAN IN REFERENCE TO LEGISLATION? _______________

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38. IS THE COUNTY AUDITOR ELECTED BY THE VOTERS? ____________________

39. IF A BILL PASSES WITHOUT A SPECIFIC EFFECTIVE DATE, WHEN DOES IT

TAKE EFFECT? _________________________________________________________

40. WHAT DOES A COUNTY EMPLOYEE HAVE TO FILE WITH THE COUNTY
COUNCIL WHEN THEY ARE APPLYING FOR A VARIANCE? _________________
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41. CAN THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL SERVE MORE THAN ONE
CONSECUTIVE YEAR IN THE POSITION OF CHAIRMAN?
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42. ARE COUNCILMEMBERS ELECTED BY COUNCIL DISTRICT OR COUNTY-

WIDE? _________________________________________________________________

43. WHO IS THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE CURRENT COUNCIL? ____________

44. WHO WAS THE LAST WOMAN TO SERVE ON THE COUNCIL? _______________

45. WAS JIM SMITH AN EMPLOYEE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY GOVERNMENT

BEFORE BECOMING A JUDGE? _____________ IF SO, WHAT WAS HIS
POSITION?_______________________

46. IF A COUNCILMEMBER WERE TO RESIGN, WHO MAKES THE DECISION AS

TO HIS REPLACEMENT? _________________________________________________

47. WHO WAS THE LAST COUNCILMEMBER TO RESIGN? ______________________

WHO WAS HIS REPLACEMENT? __________________________________________

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48. IS THE CURRENT COUNTY EXECUTIVE A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT?
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49. WHEN IS THE NEXT ELECTION FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS? _____________

50. EACH COUNCIL TERM IS HOW LONG? ________

51. COULD THE COUNCIL INCREASE ITS MEMBERSHIP WITHOUT APPROVAL BY

THE VOTERS? ____________________________________________________

52. WHAT IS THE MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR A COUNCILMEMBER? ____

53. IS THERE A TERM LIMIT FOR A COUNCILMEMBER? _____________________

54. IS THERE A TERM LIMIT FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE? ________________

55. IF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WERE UNABLE TO PERFORM HIS DUTIES AS

EXECUTIVE WHO WOULD ASSUME HIS DUTIES? __________________________

56. TOWSON IS IN WHAT COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT? _________________________

57. WHAT PREVIOUS MEMBER OF THE BALTIMORE COUNTY COUNCIL HELD

THE HIGHEST POSITION IN GOVERNMENT AFTER LEAVING THE COUNTY?
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58. HOW MANY WOMEN HAVE SERVED ON THE COUNTY COUNCIL?

59. WHO WAS THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL SECRETARY? ____________________

60. CAN A COUNCILMEMBER HAVE 2 SENIOR COUNCIL ASSISTANTS?

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NAME: _______________________

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