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85,736 MARYLANDERS HAVE ALREADY
CAST EARLY BALLOTS.
>> THE BALTIMORE CITY COUNCIL
WILL DISCUSS PROPOSED CHANGES
THAT WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND A PROSED
MINIMUM WAGE.
FIRST HOW MUCH ARE THEY
PROPOSING TO ACTUALLY RAISE THE
MINIMUM WAGE?
>> WELL JASON THE PROPOSAL WILL
TAKE IT TO $15 AN HOUR BY THE
YEAR 2020.
MARY PAT CLARK WILL INTRODUCE
THE PROPOSAL, AND IT'S A
PROPOSAL THAT SHE SAYS COULD
WORKFORCE.
THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PASSED A BILL DURING THE 2014
SESSION TO RAISE THE MINIMUM
OF 2018.
IT'S AT $8.25, A DOLLAR HIGHER
THAN THE FEDERAL RATE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD VOTE ON AN
AMENDMENT THAT WOULD CHANGE THE
MAKEUP OF CITY COUNCIL.
IT WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CREATE
DISTRICTS THAT WOULD ALSO BE
REPRESENTED BY SEVERAL MEMBERS.
IF PASSED IT WOULD BE PLACED ON
A NOVEMBER BALLOT FOR CITY
RESIDENTS TO VOTE ON.
ALSO ON THE TABLE A PROPOSAL TO
CHANGE THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD
OF ESTIMATES.
RIGHT NOW THE BOARD OF ESTIMATES
HAS FIVE VOTING MEMBERS.
THE CHANGE WOULD LIMIT THE BOARD
TO THE MAYOR, COMP TROLLER AND
CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
TO CITY RESIDENTS FOR NOVEMBER