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Item Nos. 28 & 29 <br />Memorandum <br />TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem & City Council <br />FROM: Grayson Path, City Manager <br />Richard Salter, Chief of Police <br />Thomas McMonigle, Fire Chief <br />SUBJECT: Police and Fire Department Seniority Pay <br />DATE: September 25, 2023 <br />At the September 11, 2023 City Council meeting, the City Council approved the proposed <br />FY23/24 Budget. The FY23/24 Budget includes pay changes for the Police and Fire Departments, <br />both in base pay and seniority pay. An additional change made in the FY23/24 Budget is to <br />transition the seniority pay from biennial increases to annual increases. Under Texas Local <br />Government Code, Chapter 143, seniority pay shall be set by ordinance. <br />STATUS OF ISSUE: <br />To implement the changes to Police and Fire Department Seniority Pay for FY23/24, beginning <br />October 1, 2023, the following city codes must be amended: <br />1. Police Department: Section 2.10.034(a) — Seniority Pay <br />2. Fire Department: Section 6.02.004(a) — Seniority Pay <br />The new seniority scales are listed in the attached ordinances. <br />BUDGET: <br />The FY23/24 Budget has been determined using the attached pay scales. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Approve attached ordinances to amend Police and Fire Department Seniority Pay scales. <br />