Baltimore approves approximately $4.9 billion FY2027 city budget

Baltimore City Council approved the city’s approximately $4.9 billion fiscal year 2027 budget on June 24, 2026, sending the measure to Mayor Brandon M. Scott after a reported unanimous 14-0 final vote.

Scott signed the budget the next day, June 25, according to the council’s legislative record. The measure took effect July 1, moving the city’s annual spending plan from legislative approval and mayoral action into effect for FY2027.

Final action on the city spending plan

The council’s legislative history records approval and transmission of the budget to the mayor on June 24. Its record then lists the mayor’s signature on June 25, completing the sequence of actions documented for the measure.

WBAL-TV reported the final council vote as 14-0 and described the adopted plan as an approximately $4.9 billion city government spending measure. That vote total applies to final council passage; the available material does not identify votes on individual budget provisions.

The available sources do not provide the underlying budget document or a full breakdown of the approximately $4.9 billion figure. As a result, the total should not be characterized as operating spending alone or assigned to particular spending categories based on the material reviewed.

Selected education and family-support funding

The adopted plan includes funding for positions supporting Baltimore’s pre-kindergarten expansion, according to WBAL-TV’s summary of selected program funding. The plan also reestablishes the Family Resource Program.

The available reporting does not state how many pre-kindergarten positions are funded, the dollar amounts associated with those positions or the Family Resource Program, or an implementation schedule for either item. The record therefore establishes their inclusion in the adopted plan but not the scale or timing of the underlying work.

What takes effect for FY2027

With the July 1 effective date, the budget serves as Baltimore municipal government’s central annual financial decision for the fiscal year. It establishes the overall framework for city spending and staffing priorities, including the selected education-related and family-support items identified in the reporting.

The known timeline is complete in the available record: council approval on June 24, mayoral signature on June 25 and an effective date of July 1. The supplied materials do not identify a further council deadline, later implementation action or a comprehensive accounting of all allocations in the FY2027 budget.