Baltimore City budget

Released early Wednesday morning, Mayor Brandon Scott’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2026 tries to close an $85M budget gap without cutting services.

Nearly half of that, about $33 million, went to the Baltimore City Fire Department to cover overtime for sworn positions and unexpected contracting costs for fire and EMS services.

The Baltimore City Council on Monday passed Mayor Brandon Scott’s 2025 budget without amendments.

Baltimore City Comptroller Bill Henry, who sits on the city's financial decision-making committee, joins Midday to discuss the critical components of the proposed 2025 city budget, which the City Council has until June 26 to adopt.

Mayor Scott called reforming electronic home monitoring his “biggest priority” for this session.

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.