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Updated: 3:21 PM EST Jan 22, 2021 Hide Transcript 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 ...

Credit: thad/Getty Images 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 o...