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Eagle Pass adopts resolution to address police and fire staffing and pay; chiefs outline retention steps
Summary
Council unanimously approved a resolution directing the city manager to address public-safety staffing and retention. HR and police and fire chiefs outlined pay changes, premium and certification pay, training, equipment purchases and operational changes intended to improve recruitment and retention.
The Eagle Pass City Council on June 24 approved a resolution directing the city manager to address staffing and retention concerns for the police and fire departments after presentations from the HR director, police chief and fire chief.
The presentations detailed recent and planned pay and benefit changes, recruitment partnerships, training and equipment purchases the city says are designed to make public-safety careers more competitive and to reduce turnover.
HR Director Miss Campos reviewed recent pay actions and benefits. She showed prior cost-of-living adjustments and noted the May increase of an average 7.112% with a pay-scale upgrade. Campos said trainee starting wages have risen substantially since 2022: police officer trainees now start at $18 per hour and firefighter/EMT trainees at $17.19 per hour. She described…
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