Amid intense public opposition to extending Baltimore’s contract to burn trash at the BRESCO incinerator for another 10 years, city officials last month assured Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke that before any contract went up for a vote, a public hearing would be held and the City Council would be briefed.

Today Clarke and others reacted angrily to news that a Board of Estimates vote is on the routine agenda for Wednesday – the day after the election – even though no briefing or hearing has been scheduled, as City Solicitor Dana Moore promised at an October 2 City Council hearing.

“I asked her repeatedly, and repeatedly she assured me,” Clarke said. “I expected the city solicitor to keep her word to explain the terms of the contract, explain the negotiations behind this agreement to the full Council.”

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