2008-103-RES-Approving and authorizing a training reimbursement agreement for new police officer & firefighter recruits

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RESOLUTION 1V0. 2008-103 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A TRAINING REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT FOR NEW POLICE OFFICER RECRUITS AND FIREFIGHTER RECRUITS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Paris incurs substantial costs and expenses in the process of re ruiting, testing, training, investigating, and equipping new police officer recruits and fir fighter recruits for the Paris Police Department and Paris Fire Department, including b t not limited to payment of tuition, books, equipment, testing, salary and benefits and ot er expenses; and, WHEREAS, the City cannot realistically recover its investment in the new police and ter employees if they do not work for the City of Paris for at least three years; and, WHEREAS, it is deemed appropriate the new probationary police officers and pr bationary firefighters that require training and certification before they are able to w rk in the Police or Fire Departments of the City of Paris be required to sign a Training R'mbursement Agreement, in a form substantially equivalent to the form attached hereto as Exhibit "A". NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF P RIS, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all ithings approved. Section 2. New probationary police officers and probationary firefighters of red employment with the City of Paris from and after the effective date of this Re olution, that do not possess the appropriate state certification for sworn police officers an certified firefighters and that will require training at City expense be required to sign a Tr ining Reimbursement Agreement with the City in a form substantially equivalent to the fo m attached hereto as Exhibit A. Section 3. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon passage. DULY PASSED AND APPROVED this 24th day of November, 2008. / ~ ~ esse Jam Freelen, Mayor