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Covington council directs staff to include police officer in proposed 2026 budget
Summary
After a detailed review of proposed cuts and revenue options, the Covington City Council gave consensus direction to include funding for an additional police officer in the draft 2026 budget and asked staff to return the full budget for final adoption on Dec. 9.
Covington’s City Council gave staff direction to include funding for one additional police officer in the proposed 2026 budget, even as members debated whether to wait for final B&O (business & occupation) tax reconciliation and the outcome of House Bill 2015.
At a Nov. 25 public hearing, Finance Director Casey presented the council with three options for obtaining the roughly $300,000 needed for one officer: wait and adopt the budget after final B&O collections are measured; hire now and offset the cost with cuts; or hire now using projected…
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