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An Ordinance amending the compensation system salary schedules to provide a one and one-half percent (1.5%) structure movement, applicable to all full-time and part-time positions in the Unified Pay Plan, to the position of Council Administrator, and to two (2) positions of Police and Fire Pension Benefits Specialist; providing that all full-time and part-time employees included in the Unified Pay Plan shall receive a three percent (3.0%) pay increase for FY2026; providing that the Council Administrator and two (2) positions of Police and Fire Pension Benefits Specialist shall receive a three percent (3%) pay increase for FY2026; providing that Sections 21-29(b) and 22-26(b) notwithstanding, all employees at or above the maximum of the grade salary range shall receive a three percent (3.0%) pay increase for FY2026; amending Section 23-28(a) to increase the existing step structure for the positions of Police Chief, Grade 324E, and Fire Chief, Grade 324E, by three percent (3.0%) and adjusting salaries accordingly; increasing the salary by three percent (3.0%) for three (3) positions of Law Clerk - P\T within the Dept. of Law; and amending Section 22-53.2(b) of the Code of Ordinances, increasing the starting pay for Traffic School Guards to $16.71 per hour, all effective June 30, 2025. [Div. of Human Resources, George]
Summary
Authorization to increase the salaries of all eligible classified and unclassified employees included in the unified pay plan (including employees who would otherwise be ineligible due to grade max restriction) by 3%, to amend the unified pay plan’s salary scales by adjusting the scales by 1.5% and to amend Section 23-28 of the Code of Ordinances by increasing the existing step structure of Police Chief and Fire Chief by 3.0% and adjusting the incumbents’ salaries accordingly. Finally, this action increases salaries of the following positions by 3.0%: Council Administrator (1), Law Clerk P/T (3), School Crossing Guards, Police and Fire Pension Benefits Specialist. All actions are effective June 30, 2025. FY 2026 funds are Budgeted. (L0561-25) (George/Hamilton)
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That the salary schedules of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government set forth in the compensation system passed by the Urban County Council by Ordinance No. 121-2022 (October 27, 2022), as amended, be and hereby are further amended to provide a one and one-half percent (1.5%) structure movement, applicable to all full-time and part-time positions in the Unified Pay Plan, to the position of Council Administrator, and to two (2) positions of Police and Fire Pension Benefits Specialist, as attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2 - That pursuant to Sections 21-29(c) and 22-26(c) of the Code of Ordinances, all full-time and part-time employees in the classification and compensation system’s unified pay plan who received a satisfactory score on the performance evaluation shall have their salaries adjusted by three percent (3%) for FY2026.
Section 3 - That Section 23-28 the Code of Ordinances be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
(a) The following bi-weekly salary schedules are hereby adopted as the amounts to be paid Police Chief and Fire Chief as follows:
Section 4 - That the Council Administrator and two (2) positions of Police and Fire Pension Benefits Specialist shall have their salaries adjusted by three percent (3%) for FY2026, and the following subSection line numbers of the Unclassified Civil Service authorized strength be and hereby are amended to read as follows:
Law Clerk - P\T 3 291 $22.047 hourly
Section 5 - That Sections 21-29(B) and 22-26(B) notwithstanding, all employees in the unified pay plan who are at or above the grade maximum shall receive a three percent (3.0%) pay increase for FY2026.
Section 6 - That Section 22-53.2(b) of the Code of Ordinances be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
(b) The salaries of the traffic school guards shall be sixteen dollars and seventy-one cents ($16.71) per hour.
Section 7 - That this Ordinance shall be effective as of June 30, 2025.
PASSED URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL:
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CLERK OF URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL
PUBLISHED:
561-25:MSC:4914-6049-3642, v. 1