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Georgetown work session previews requested 2026–27 budget with 3.7% COLA and staffing, capital asks
Summary
City staff presented a requested fiscal 2026–27 budget on April 14 that includes a recommended 3.7% cost-of-living adjustment, about $1.8 million in new position requests (including eight police officers and a crime analyst), a proposed five-person stormwater crew, and multi-million-dollar capital placeholders for police/911 projects and parks; staff emphasized the figures are requests, not the mayor's final proposal.
Georgetown City staff presented council members with the initial departmental requests for the fiscal 2026–27 budget at a work session on April 14, laying out staffing proposals, equipment and capital placeholders, and conservative revenue assumptions ahead of the mayor's proposed budget scheduled for May 11.
Stacy, the presenting staff member, said the requested budget includes a recommended 3.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) and reflects a change by the Kentucky Public Pension Authority that will increase employee retirement/insurance contributions for many workers by roughly 1%. "This is information only," Stacy said, and stressed the figures are a starting point rather than a final recommendation.
Major staffing requests in the packet total roughly $1.8 million in new positions. The police department requested eight…
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