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Administration defends fines-and-fees study; cites outdated tipping and EMS rates as revenue modernization targets
Summary
CAO Faith P. Leach told the council the administration launched a comprehensive fines-and-fees review to modernize long-unchanged rates, citing landfill tipping fees and ambulance transport charges among the items under review and comparing Baltimore's current rates to peer counties.
At the Ways and Means hearing, City Administrator Faith P. Leach outlined the administration's rationale for a fines-and-fees review and explained why some fees are being considered for modernization rather than ad hoc increases.
Leach said the city has not done a comprehensive fee study in nearly two decades and that some line items are far out of step with neighboring jurisdictions. "There are fees like that landfill tipping fee. That fee hasn't been…
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