Board of Estimates

Sewer rates would go up 15% and water by 3% in February under a plan before the board.

The Board of Estimates OK’d $14.6 million in a recent meeting.

The sophomore councilman is ready for a promotion. He hopes voters elect him to Council President, the city’s second highest elected position.

“It is not nearly enough to cover all the businesses and all the workers who will be impacted, but is an important first step,” said Mayor Brandon Scott.

The policy allows the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to sell vacant lots and houses — in the most distressed neighborhoods — for as little as $1, to individuals and community land trusts.

Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart and Ransom Watkins were exonerated of murder in 2019 after each spending 36 years in prison. Each individual will receive $14.9 million with $3.3 million of that going to the attorneys.

But both council members and residents wanted to know how a longtime veteran of the force can change the department's culture. During three hours of questioning, council members repeatedly shared concerns about officer apathy and “indifference” that they’ve heard from their constituents.

“It's one of the last linchpins on technology for getting us over the finish line when it comes to having the tools to be able to demonstrate compliance.”

"We're not going to tolerate prime contractors abusing and mistreating our minority and women's business community,” said Christopher Lundy, chief of the minority and women’s business opportunity office for Baltimore City.

The Board of Estimates unanimously approved a settlement for the family of a man killed in a high-speed chase instigated by the infamous Baltimore City Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force.