Baltimore Mayor's budget plan includes layoffs of more than 600
More than 600 city workers — including 120 police officers — would be laid off under a stark budget presented by Mayor Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake’s administration to the city’s spending board Wednesday morning.
Seven fire companies would close, 90 firefighters would be axed and more than half of the city’s recreation centers would be shuttered under the plan, which eviscerates key services to slash $121 million from the city’s $2.2 billion budget.
The proposal carves deeply into programs that aim to enhance city life — shutting down seven swimming pools, halting tree planting and curtailing bulk trash pickups — and dries up public funds for beloved traditions such as the Preakness Parade and Fourth of July fireworks.
