2024-047 - Repealing Resolution No. 2023-013 Hiring Incentive of $10,000.00 to newly hired Paris Police OfficersRESOLUTION NO. 2024-047
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS
REPEALING RESOLUTION NOS. 2023-013 WHICH AUTHORIZED THE PARIS
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PAY A HIRING INCENTIVE OF $10,000.00 TO
NEWLY HIRED PARIS POLICE OFFICERS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND
PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the citizens of Paris to have and maintain a fully
staffed Police Department; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2018-017, City Council, in recognition of chronic
staffing shortages at the Paris Police Department ("the Department) authorized the
Department to pay a hiring incentive of $5,000.00 to newly hired officers who are already
certified as peace officers by the Texas Commission of Law Enforcement ("TCOLE"); and
WHEREAS, in February of 2023, the City Council approved Resolution No. 2023-013
authorizing an increase in the hiring incentive to $10,000.00 and extended to all new hires;
and
WHEREAS, since that time, the Department has continued to experience chronic and
long-term staffing declines; and
WHEREAS, other nationwide recruiting efforts have proven insufficient to achieve
full staffing within the Department; and
WHEREAS, to increase hiring and retention of police officers, the City Council
approved, as a part of the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget, a substantial increase from
$56,000.00 to $70,000.00 in starting pay for new officers; and
WHEREAS, given that the salary increase is greater than the current signing bonus,
that it is an ongoing benefit rather than a one-time payment, and that it is accompanied by
an increase in service credits related to the Texas Municipal Retirement System, the City
Council finds that it is in the best interest of the citizens of Paris to repeal the $10,000.00
hiring incentive approved in Resolution No. 2023-013.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in
all things approved and are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. That the City Council of the City of Paris hereby repeals Resolution No.
2023-013.
Section 3. This Resolution shall be effective following the expiration of the Civil
Service Eligibility List of applicants established as a result of the applicant entrance exam to
be administered on October 15, 2024.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 14th day of October, 2024.
Mihir PAa. , Mayor
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ATTEST:
lice Ellis, City Clerk
V-epanie
DAS TO FORM:
H. Harris, City Attorney