Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says she has found money to fund youth programs and avert a city shutdown. However, she says the move came at a cost.
The shutdown was threatened by City Council members including council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young.
The revised budget adds $4.2 million to after school and community programs, but does so with funds originally set to go to public health, tree maintenance, graffiti removal, libraries, code enforcement inspections, grants to arts institutions and merit pay raises for employees.
In a statement, Rawlings-Blake said the original budget "represented months of hard discussions" to close a $60 million budget gap while trimming police costs, funding police body-worn cameras and increasing the amount billed to insurers for emergency services.
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Rawlings-Blake and the Baltimore City Council, however, will not be directly contributing a nickel from their bloated salaries to accomplish this.
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