Elected officials in Baltimore will receive a pay raise at the beginning of the new year.
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Read More »December 19, 2017 Comments Off on Baltimore elected officials to receive raises Jan. 1
Elected officials in Baltimore will receive a pay raise at the beginning of the new year.
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Read More »March 25, 2015 Comments Off on Detente reached in battle over city’s phone system
Baltimore city government telecom upgrade finally moves forward after mayor and comptroller end long-running spat.
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Read More »July 3, 2013 Comments Off on City water rates to rise 42 percent over three years
Despite a report from the city’s audit department that called for lower increases and protests from a packed room of residents about a lack of collection of $25 million in delinquent water bills, the Board of Estimates, Baltimore’s spending board. voted Wednesday to approve a three consecutive years of rate hikes for city water and sewage bills.
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Read More »May 22, 2013 Comments Off on Hearing on water rate hike set for June
As the city comptroller criticized a plan by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to raise the water rates for Baltimore residents, Baltimore’s spending board on Wednesday set a June 26 public hearing date to discuss the three-year, 37 percent hike.
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Read More »May 22, 2013 Comments Off on Poor accounting costs city $1.4 million
Baltimore and its taxpayers had to pay an additional $1.4 million in fiscal 2011 due to faulty accounting procedures, auditors told the Board of Estimates on Wednesday.
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Read More »March 21, 2013 Comments Off on Pratt won’t try to revive phone contract suit
Baltimore City Comptroller Joan Pratt will not appeal the dismissal of her lawsuit over Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s plan to work with Rockville-based Digicon Corp. to install an Internet-based phone system for city employees.
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Read More »October 25, 2012 2 Comments
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake can continue with her plan to install an internet-based phone system for city employees while fighting a lawsuit by Comptroller Joan Pratt, a judge has ruled.
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Read More »July 11, 2012 Comments Off on Mayor, comptroller spar over phone contract
After a heated and at times bitter debate between Baltimore’s mayor and comptroller, the city Board of Estimates Wednesday voted down a proposal for a new telephone system with IBM under a $7.4 million contract. At one point, Mayor Stephanie ...
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Read More »June 21, 2012 1 Comment
More than two dozen consultants in the Baltimore mayor’s information technology office work for a Rockville company that sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of phone-related equipment to the office under a no-bid contract. City Comptroller Joan Pratt raised concerns ...
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Read More »December 14, 2011 Comments Off on Pay hike for elected officials kicks in quietly
The Baltimore Board of Estimates on Wednesday noted no objections to an automatic 2.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment for elected officials including the City Council, mayor and comptroller. The board, whose membership includes the comptroller, mayor and the president of the ...
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