In an amended complaint, IG Isabel Mercedes Cumming asks how her office can root out fraud and waste if it cannot access city records.

The council also lays out proposed amendments to Baltimore’s charter that would end the practice of awarding contracts to the lowest bidder and allow lawmakers to “create discrete funds to benefit specific programs.”

Report by Inspector General Cumming, who referred her findings to law enforcement, says it shows the importance of “direct access to city records and emails” that the Brandon Scott administration is trying to restrict.