Council Approves $379 Spending

Lexington Urban Council

Approved a $379 million spending plan for next year that is significantly impacted by the coronavirus shutdown.

The budget takes effect july 1 and takes 20 million dollars from the city's economic contingency fund to balance the books.

The city still hopes the economic recovery from reopening will improve revenue outlooks.

The same goes for revenues from federal reimbursements for coronavirus expenses.

Previous amendments restored some $6 million in funding for housing and social service agencies and to set up a 2 point 5 million dollar loan program to help small businesses hit hard by the coronavirus- prompted economic slowdown.

The affordable housing money is enough to fund 800 housing units.

Final reading on the budget will be later this month.

### a high voter turnout is expected in lexington for the upcoming primary... and city officials say they hope most of the voting will be done by absentee ballot.

Lexington mayor linda gorton and fayette county clerk don blevins gave an update today on voting in the primary... and once again.... pushed for registered voters to get an absentee ballot and vote by mail.

They say... so far..10,000 absentee ballots have been counted.

The deadline to request an absentee ballot is june 15th.

The ballot must be postmarked by june 23rd... which is the day of the primary election.

There will be only one in-person polling site in the city.

It's being set up at kroger field.

For more information on absentee v.oting... go to our website at wtvq.com.

Charles booker... a democratic candidate