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Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government

Fiscal year
FY2026 · Jul 1, 2025 — Jun 30, 2026
FY2026 Total Budget (All Funds)Adopted · Jun 2025
$0
▲ +5.8% vs FY2025General Fund: $531.8MPer capita: $2,527[budget-fy26-adopted.pdf, p. 14]
10-yr trend · CAGR +4.2%
last refresh 2h ago
Personnel % of budget64%
▲ +1.2pp10-yr high
CERS-NH funded ratio61.4%
▲ +9.6pp 4ytgt 100% by 2049
Days since refresh2
all sourcesnightly
Settlements paid since 2018$8.4M
▲ +$1.2M YTDTrapp case
FOIA requests open3
avg 9dlongest: 23d
% budget categorized94%
▲ +6pp$48.4M uncategorized
Anomalies this week7
▲ +24 awaiting review

Spending by Department · FY2026 Adopted

all funds · $832.6M total · source: budget-fy26-adopted.pdf
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Public Safety
$416.3M50.0%
Public Works
$145.7M17.5%
General Services
$83.3M10.0%
Social Services
$58.3M7.0%
Planning & Dev.
$37.5M4.5%
Finance
$29.1M3.5%
Law
$20.8M2.5%
Government / Mayor / Council
$16.7M2.0%
Non-departmental
$24.9M3.0%
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Recent Anomaly Flags

flagged · awaiting human review
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threshold-avoidance· general services · q3 fy25
Cluster of 14 purchase orders between $9,800–$9,995 issued in a 6-week window, just below the $10,000 sole-source threshold. Warrants further review.
conf 0.91[awaiting ingestion]
benford's law· vendor payments · fy24–fy25
Leading-digit distribution for one vendor's 247 invoice line-items deviates from expected Benford distribution (χ² = 28.4, p < 0.001). Statistical anomaly only.
conf 0.82[awaiting ingestion]
amendment-drift· budget · fy25
One budget line item amended 7 times in 11 months, net change +$1.2M (28% over adopted). Above 95th-pct amendment frequency.
conf 0.94[awaiting ingestion]

Recent Reports

RSSArchive
Mar 4, 2026·8 min read
The Slow Squeeze: Why Personnel Hit 64% of Budget
Wage growth now drives 72% of payroll-tax gains while employment growth has slowed below 1%. We trace the convergence over 10 fiscal years and what it implies for FY2027.
Tier 2 reviewed·sonnet-4·14 sources cited
Feb 26, 2026·5 min read
CERS Funded Ratios Are Recovering. The PFRF Still Isn't.
CERS Non-Hazardous moved from 51.8% (2021) to 61.4% (2025). The Policemen's & Firefighters' Retirement Fund continues to carry a 0.8 actives-per-retiree ratio against a 1.2 national benchmark.
Tier 2 reviewed·sonnet-4·9 sources cited
Feb 19, 2026·6 min read
FY2026 Is the First Post-ARPA Budget. Here's What Moved.
$121.2M in ARPA funds is exhausted. FY2025 absorbed ~$50M in previously grant-funded costs. We track which line items shifted and where the gaps remain.
Tier 3 reviewed·sonnet-4·21 sources cited
sample reports shown · awaiting first published report from agent