Council approves multiple appropriations and wages bill on third reading; summary of votes and spending
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Summary
On third reading the council approved a package of capital appropriations and approved a security officers' compensation ordinance; several appropriation bills carry allocations for IT, transportation, planning, convention center and neighborhood traffic calming.
Baltimore — During third-reader consideration the Baltimore City Council approved several bills and appropriations, including measures funding information technology work, transportation projects, planning, and neighborhood traffic calming, and it approved an ordinance on security officers’ compensation.
The council approved City Council Bill 25-0120, a supplementary mayorality capital appropriation providing $13,650,000 for Baltimore City Information Technology. It also approved a $200,000 supplementary appropriation for the Convention Center (City Council Bill 25-0121).
Department of Transportation appropriations approved included $2,000,000 (City Council Bill 25-0122), $15,500,000 (City Council Bill 25-0123), and $498,000 (City Council Bill 25-0124). The council also approved a $17,000,000 supplementary planning appropriation (City Council Bill 25-0125) and approved a $1,000,000 transfer for neighborhood traffic calming (City Council Bill 25-0143).
Separately, City Council Bill 25-0116 on security officers' compensation (as amended in committee) was approved on third reading; committee amendments clarified definitions, removed a local-wage determination from the first phase, required reporting and posting, set a delayed effective date for some provisions and specified implementation timelines. Chair Jones summarized nine amendments and the council adopted them before moving the bill forward. The sponsor framed the ordinance as raising compensation for workers who provide safety services across city facilities.
The meeting record shows multiple bills were approved by voice and roll call; where a no vote was noted in the transcript, councilmember Schleifer was recorded as voting no on at least one appropriation item. Several bills were printed for third reading earlier in the meeting and then approved on third reading after floor consideration.
Next steps: Approved appropriations proceed to implementation through the responsible departments. The security officers' compensation ordinance will proceed according to the enacted timetable in the ordinance text.
