“It’s the right thing to do and the smart thing to do — to pay them what they’re worth, both union and nonunion public servants,” Mayor Craig Greenberg said.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Public safety and affordable housing are unsurprisingly two of the biggest priorities in Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg’s $1.1B proposed budget, presented to Metro Councilmembers on Thursday afternoon.
And more specifically, Greenberg said the city urgently needs to pay first responders more to address staffing gaps and to compete with both the private sector and other areas of Jefferson County itself.
“We at Louisville Metro Government need to invest in our top performers because every one of them has earned it,” he said.
The mayor’s proposed budget comes as federal COVID relief funds provided by the American Rescue Plan are starting to dwindle, estimated to run out in the next year or so.
Councilmembers will look over the proposal for the next couple months and …