(WEAA) Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is adjusting the COVID-19 Phase 1 restrictions.
Starting at 6 a.m. Friday, restaurants can reopen for indoor and outdoor dining with a one hour time limit for diners.
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Circuit judge upheld indoor dining ban on Dec. 23 By Dan Schere |
January 22, 2021
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Another hearing in a lawsuit by dozens of Montgomery County restaurants seeking to overturn the county’s indoor dining ban might happen next month, according to a law clerk for the presiding judge.
The restaurateurs, represented by the Restaurant Association of Maryland, filed the lawsuit in Montgomery County Circuit Court last month.
They sued, seeking an injunction and a temporary restraining order, after the County Council approved the dining ban on Dec. 15. The ban was a response to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths this winter. The order allows outdoor dining, as well as takeout and delivery service.
Updated: 3:21 PM EST Jan 22, 2021
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Show Transcript thank you for joining us. We are outside of the Baltimore City Department of Works Meter shop. Back in October, it was announced by the last administration that 68 DPW workers from the meter shop will be laid off and their jobs will be outsourced to a private company. I Tron. At that time, I stood outside of City Hall with our workers and express my grave concerns with a rush plan to privatize a core function of D. P W operations during a pandemic. For almost four months, DPW meter shop employees have been in a state of limbo, unsure if they have a job during a global pandemic that we know has had economic fallout in hardships for everyone. No one should be left in a state of limbo for that period of time. That s not how we should treat our city employees in particular a division where 92% of them 92% of them off Baltimore residents. Yesterday I personally met with the employees and President Ron Joh
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Baltimore will not outsource its water meter operations, city leaders announced Friday afternoon.
On Friday, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, City Administrator Chris Shorter and Acting DPW Director Matthew Garbark the city will not outsource meter shop operations. The city is not moving forward with the Itron contract and they will not be laid off, Scott said. Our meter shop workers are a part of our Baltimore family. They have my support as mayor, especially in this time of transition when we recognize the change in technology and change in scope of their work.
The meter shop manages the placement and maintenance of all city and Baltimore County water meters. Sixty-nine City employees are currently assigned to the Meter Shop, 92% being residents of Baltimore City, the mayor said.
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