Baltimore City Council presses for answers on American Rescue Plan spending as director pleads for public to ignore ‘misinformation’

The members of the Baltimore City Council kicked off a week of budget hearings Tuesday with inquiries about the city’s American Rescue Plan spending, a topic that the group has scrutinized repeatedly. Over the course of several hours, council members questioned whether any of the city’s backlogged or stalled services will be restored by the funds, expressed concern about the various agencies that are handing out the money and pressed for answers about how the remaining money will be spent.