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Atlanta budget plans personnel increases and full cost of compensation study; vacancy review board to limit backfills
Summary
The FY26 proposal includes higher personnel costs tied to completing a multi‑year compensation and classification study, premium pay integration, and targeted public safety staffing; city leaders said they reinstated a vacancy review board and required departments to take minimum cuts in FY25 to align spending with revenue.
Chief Operating Officer Lashandra Burks and budget staff told council that personnel and employee benefits drive much of the general fund change in FY26. Burks said the administration is completing phase two of its compensation and classification study and that “everyone had to take a minimum of a 5% cut in order in this fiscal year” to right‑size operations.
Budget chief Gabriel told council that personnel services and…
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