COSTELLO GETS ANSWERS AND CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR LIEN CERTIFICATE PRINTER ISSUE

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When Councilman Costello discovered that the City’s only real estate lien certificate printer had broken down n early-July, disrupting and delaying more than 1,000 real estate transactions in Baltimore City, he wrote a letter to Henry Raymond, Director of the Department of Finance, expressing his concerns and requesting an immediate response, including a contingency plan. On September 3, Councilman Costello received the response (attached below).

This response outlines actions taken by the Department of Finance, which included purchasing a second printer and establishing a contingency plan. The actions directly:

  • reduce the risk of our real estate market being unnecessarily hampered;
  • enable the Department of Finance to meet its Charter requirement to issue lien certificates necessary to complete real estate transactions; and
  • help restore the public’s confidence in the role local government plays in the real estate market.

 

Department of Finance Response to Costello – 2015.09.03
Costello Letter to Department of Finance – 2015.08.17