The Lexington council voted Tuesday to set aside $8.5 million for a new city hall, gave $1.5 million to the 15-member council for council projects and allocated $1 million for one-time bonuses for city employees out of a more than $20 million surplus
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council made the decisions on what to do with the $20.4 million surplus during a four-hour hearing Tuesday.
It also decided to use $1 million of interest earned on portions of the $121 million American Rescue Plan Act money to pay off medical debt for Fayette County residents in a partnership with Undue Medical Debt, a national nonprofit that pays off medical debt for low-income citizens…