The Baltimore City Council will decide next month whether to increase the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. The council’s labor committee voted 4-0 last week to send the bill to the 15-member council. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has said she would sign the bill if it reaches her desk. The city is the latest jurisdiction nationwide to consider an increase. Washington, D.C., Seattle and San Francisco have approved increases to $15 an hour. California and New York have approved statewide increases to $15. Baltimore workers are presently subject to the state minimum wage, which is $8.75.