Lexington city leaders are putting $26 million into additional pay for public safety employees. Council members made that decision Tuesday as they were deciding how to spend budget surplus dollars. The money would go toward police, corrections, E-9-1-1, and fire salaries. Vice Mayor Steve Kay said there is a council commitment to address retention and recruitment challenges.
“There’s a perception that if we don’t give one or more of the bargaining units every single thing they want, that we don’t support them. I think that’s unfair. I don’t think it’s true,” said Kay.
