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Baltimore budget office outlines FY26 plan, cites Workday transition and calls to reduce retroactive supplementals
Summary
The Bureau of Budget and Management Research presented a $3.1 million FY26 proposal and performance targets; council members pressed for earlier warnings about agency overspending, transparency on fee increases and follow-ups on TIF and affordable-housing revenues.
The Baltimore City Bureau of Budget and Management Research (BBMR) presented its FY26 recommendations and performance targets on day one of the Budget & Appropriations Committee.
Laura Larson, the city’s budget director, said BBMR’s recommended budget for the bureau is $3,100,000 to fund 19 positions and outlined performance goals including publishing five management research reports, achieving 2% accuracy in revenue forecasts and turning around Board of Estimates items in three days. Larson described BBMR’s role in quarterly budget-to-actual forecasting and said her service ended FY24 with a surplus even as some city agencies ran deficits.
Council President Zeke Cohen opened a line of questioning by noting the Department of Finance…
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