Overview
- Scott's FY2027 plan, unveiled Wednesday, totals about $4.9 billion, keeps property tax rates level, and centers infrastructure upgrades and public safety.
- The proposal boosts capital spending to about $1.1 billion through more borrowing, with funding for bridges, street resurfacing, traffic signals, solid waste sites, a 911 dispatch system, and a new youth sports complex.
- City officials say the plan closes a $12.1 million structural gap by bringing some IT work in-house, ending extra trash collection contracts, trimming Rainy Day contributions, and cutting 204 vacant water and wastewater jobs.
- Public safety funding reaches about $1.3 billion, including $4.35 million for violence prevention through MONSE and the Group Violence Reduction Strategy and $35 million to replace the Northeast Police District station.
- With federal rescue aid winding down, the budget scales back some programs such as Clean Corps to $3 million and launches a $15 million Baltimore Development Corporation fund to help attract and keep employers.