The charter amendment that would have stripped mayoral control of Baltimore's powerful spending board is dead, 11 News Investigates has learned. Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby, who introduced the legislation in May after he lost his reelection campaign, told 11 News Investigates on Wednesday that the next City Council should get the amendment over the finish line. Baltimore's powerful five-member Board of Estimates provides oversight for city spending, approving millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded contracts for city services at every meeting.