Overview

• Khadija Walker presented her audit and oversight vision to the seven-member council on July 29 and must win a majority vote at the Aug. 4 meeting to replace incumbent Kelly Madigan.
• Hundreds of residents and education leaders rallied outside the courthouse to protest the open search process and call for Madigan’s automatic reappointment.
• Councilman David Marks plans to introduce an Aug. 4 resolution asking state legislators to expand the inspector general’s authority to include Baltimore County Public Schools and boost staffing.
• Councilman Izzy Patoka has filed a charter amendment to create an independent appointment board for future inspector general selections to safeguard the role’s impartiality.
• Opponents of the nomination question whether Walker’s two decades of federal auditing experience match the investigative expertise that defined Madigan’s tenure.