Baltimore City budget

For the first time in 125 years, the council has the power to cut and add from the budget proposal.

Mayor Scott gives an update on Baltimore City's Summer youth engagement strategy, the need for new hires in his administration and the 2024 city budget.

In order to have weekly recycling by the first quarter of 2024, officials from the Department of Public Works say they will need 20 new crews and 30 new garbage trucks.

“This is crucial for Baltimore renters in this moment.”

With a bit of creativity, undergraduate students built and designed complete escape room kits that can go out and be kept in libraries.

Guest host Emily Sullivan of the Baltimore Banner recaps Wednesday night's public City Hall forum on the Baltimore budget, with perspectives from Banner reporter Adam Willis and political analyst Sophia Silbergeld.

“We know this budget doesn’t prioritize the needs of the people.”

Baltimore City's budget director and the CEO of a leading grant organization explain why they oppose the Renew Baltimore plan, discussed here last week, to cut city property taxes by 40% over the next six years.

Many argued that at least part of the $560.4 million allocation to the department in Mayor Brandon Scott’s proposed budget could be put to better use.

Though some of the financial uncertainty caused by the pandemic remains, Baltimore finance officials project nearly $60 million budget surplus for fiscal year 2022.