Baltimore Checkbook: Pugh's $3.4B budget for fiscal 2019 focuses on violence reduction, growing police department

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Pugh's $3.4B budget for fiscal 2019 focuses on violence reduction, growing police department

Mayor Catherine Pugh unveiled a $3.4 billion budget proposal for fiscal 2019 at City Hall on Wednesday, highlighting spending on safety, violence reduction and funding for schools. The preliminary plan is $433 million less than Baltimore City’s total budget for fiscal year 2018. The proposed general fund budget totals $1.88 billion and includes a $10 million spending surplus to be invested in one-time projects. The plan recommends a $48 million budget increase over last year and the addition of…