Plymyer: Baltimore City Council should pass bill to ban elected officials from overseeing IG’s office. Here’s why.

Baltimore City Council Bill 22-0238 seeks to place on the November ballot a proposed amendment to the city charter that would bar elected officials, their designees, state or government employees, and lobbyists from serving on a board that oversees the city’s Office of the Inspector General. It is meant to reduce conflicts of interest that could arise, given that investigation of any one of those individuals could come under the IG’s purview. Baltimore needs an independent and effective OIG. Council members who care about the city will vote in favor of the bill.