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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 THECOUNCIL 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 COUNCILREPRESENT? ___________________________________________________________7.ONCE A BILL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED, WHEN IS IT CALLED FOR FINALREADING AND VOTE?___________________________________________________8.ONCE A RESOLUTION IS INTRODUCED, WHEN IS IT VOTED ON?________________________________________________________________________9.WHAT IS A FISCAL MATTER? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10. WHAT IS THE TIME LIMIT FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO SIGN A BILLONCE 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?________________________________________________________________________14.IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTED BY THEREGISTERED VOTERS DURING AN ELECTION? _________________15.MUST A CANDIDATE FOR A COUNTY COUNCIL SEAT LIVE IN THE DISTRICTTHEY WISH TO REPRESENT? _____________

Page 2 of 416.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, BEAMENDED (IF ALL MEMBERS ARE IN AGREEMENT) WITHOUT A FORMALVOTE ON THE AMENDMENT? ___________________________________________20.WHO IS THE FRANCHISING AUTHORITY FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY?________________________________________________________________________21. HOW MANY COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE THERE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY?________________________________________________________________________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 THECOUNTY COUNCIL? ____________________________________________________26.HOW OFTEN IS THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING MAP PROCESS HELD? ______________________________________________________________________________27.HOW OFTEN DOES THE COUNCIL CONSIDER REDISTRICTING? _____________28.WHAT MEMBER OF THE CURRENT COUNCIL HAS BEEN IN OFFICE THELONGEST? _____________________________________________________________29.WHAT MEMBER OF THE CURRENT COUNCIL IS IN HIS SECOND TERM?________________________________________________________________________30.DOES A CHARTER AMENDMENT REQUIRE APPROVAL OF THE VOTERSONCE PASSED BY THE COUNCIL? ________________________________________31.WHAT DEPARTMENT HEAD APPOINTMENTS MUST BE APPROVED BY THECOUNCIL?________________________________________________________________________32.WHO IS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER? ________________________

Page 3 of 433.WHAT ARE THE 3 BRANCHES OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT? ________________________________________________________________________________________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?________________________________________________________________________36.IN REFERENCE TO THE COUNCIL AGENDA’S, WHAT DOES “PAM” MEAN?________________________________________________________________________37.WHAT DOES “CEB” MEAN IN REFERENCE TO LEGISLATION? _______________________________________________________________________________________38.IS THE COUNTY AUDITOR ELECTED BY THE VOTERS? ____________________39.IF A BILL PASSES WITHOUT A SPECIFIC EFFECTIVE DATE, WHEN DOES ITTAKE EFFECT? _________________________________________________________40.WHAT DOES A COUNTY EMPLOYEE HAVE TO FILE WITH THE COUNTYCOUNCIL WHEN THEY ARE APPLYING FOR A VARIANCE? _________________________________________________________________________________________41.CAN THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL SERVE MORE THAN ONECONSECUTIVE YEAR IN THE POSITION OF CHAIRMAN?____________________________________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 GOVERNMENTBEFORE BECOMING A JUDGE? _____________ IF SO, WHAT WAS HISPOSITION?_______________________46.IF A COUNCILMEMBER WERE TO RESIGN, WHO MAKES THE DECISION ASTO HIS REPLACEMENT? _________________________________________________47.WHO WAS THE LAST COUNCILMEMBER TO RESIGN? ______________________WHO WAS HIS REPLACEMENT? __________________________________________