Mayor Jenny Durkan 's 2019 city budget has one new and expensive line item: $65 million in wages benefits owed in a balloon payment to local cops.

The money — $61 million for wages dating back to 2015 and another $4 million for pensions — comes as part of the new contract that made the SPD the highest-paid police officers in Washington state. Because the police operated without a contract or a raise for the past three years, the city owes the additional money back-dated to expiration date of the former contract.

Mayor Jenny Durkan 's 2019 city budget has one new and expensive line item: $65 million in wages benefits owed in a balloon payment to local cops.
The money &mdash; $61 million for wages dating back to 2015 and another $4 million for pensions &mdash; comes as part of the new contract that made the SPD the highest-paid police officers in Washington state. Because the police operated without a contract or a raise for the past three years, the city owes the additional money back-dated to expiration date of the former contract.

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