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Paducah leaders flag $2.2M personnel pressure, rising fuel and insurance costs for 2027 budget
Summary
Finance staff outlined the fiscal 2026 general-fund baseline and warned of a projected $2.2 million personnel-cost increase for fiscal 2027, rising insurance and fuel costs and the need to identify efficiencies before the budget message and first reading in May.
The city's finance presenter walked commissioners through fiscal 2026 general-fund appropriations and the major pressure points shaping the fiscal 2027 budget.
"Personnel is the city's largest expense. It makes up about 68% or approximately 35,000,000 in the current year," the presenter said, noting that public safety accounts for roughly 63% of personnel costs and that retirement contributions total roughly…
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