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City to settle with former officer for $228K
The Baltimore City Board of Estimates on Wednesday is set to approve a $228,000 settlement with a former police officer who filed an administrative complaint against the Baltimore Police Department with the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights.
Baltimore to pay $250K to man who shot video of Preakness arrest
The city’s Board of Estimates is set to approve a $250,000 settlement with an Owings Mills man who alleged police seized his cellphone and deleted video he took of his friend being arrested during the 2010 Preakness Stakes.
A salty situation
The city is tossing around millions of dollars and lots of it is going right down the drain.
Protest guidelines formalized at Board of Estimates
A resolution will go into effect at Wednesday's meeting concerning "the regulation of Board of Estimates meetings and protests."
Park Heights Renaissance gets more city money
Baltimore’s spending board has approved a request from the city’s housing department to continue funding administration and operations at Park Heights Renaissance Inc., a nonprofit that opened in 2008 to redevelop the community in the northwest part of the city that includes Pimlico Race Track.
Mayor draws the line: No Schmoking
She won’t wave the “Schmoke flag.” That’s how Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake responded Wednesday to a question about her stance on a budding debate in the General Assembly over decriminalizing marijuana in Maryland.
Board of Estimates awards $1.3M grant to Lipscomb
In its last meeting of the year, Baltimore’s spending board awarded a $1.3 million grant for the company of a controversial developer who once dated former Mayor Sheila Dixon and pled guilty to campaign finance violations.
‘Mayor of Poppleton’ gets settlement
The city’s Board of Estimates is scheduled Wednesday to approve a $63,000 settlement with a West Baltimore man nicknamed the “Mayor of Poppleton” who alleged police broke his arm and used excessive force during a traffic stop.
12 companies to be honored by mayor
Twelve winners of the 39th annual Mayor’s Business Recognition Awards have been selected and will be presented with awards on Dec. 10 during a luncheon at the Baltimore Convention Center.
Raises on tap for mayor, other top elected officials
Three members of Baltimore’s Board of Estimates — the mayor, the City Council president and the comptroller — will vote Wednesday on a proposal that would increase their pay by 2.5 percent on New Year’s Day.
City accepts low bid on electronic water meters
Baltimore’s spending panel voted Wednesday for an $81.3 million contract for installation of new electronic water meters for dwellings and buildings in the city and some in Baltimore County, where the city supplies water. The vote by the Board of Estimates to grant Itron Inc. the contract for 400,000 new water meters was taken despite rigorous opposition from an attorney for the competing bidder[...]
Should city solicitor be an elected office?
In the midst of the City Council's debate on having its own counsel, another idea about the city solicitor's office was proposed.
