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Laredo City Council approves 2025–26 employment agreement with police union
Summary
At a short special meeting, the Laredo City Council approved the 2025–26 employment agreement between the City of Laredo and the Laredo Police Officers Association. Mayor Victor D. Treviño urged management to develop officer wellness programs alongside the contract implementation; compensation details were not specified in the meeting record.
The Laredo City Council approved the 2025–26 employment agreement between the City of Laredo and the Laredo Police Officers Association at a special meeting.
Mayor Dr. Victor D. Treviño framed the vote as part of the city’s public-safety responsibilities and said the agreement should be implemented alongside programs to support officers’ mental and physical health. “Our commitment to public safety is the core function of our local government and to keep Laredo 1 of the safest cities in The United States,” Treviño said. “The job of a police officer comes with an an enormous amount of job related stress … I would like management to work throughout this incoming upcoming year, if not already working on it, on wellness programs for our officers because this is an essential component to the job.”
A motion to approve the presentation and the employment contract between the City of Laredo and the Laredo Police Officers Association was made and seconded; council members voted in favor and no opposition was voiced during the roll call on the motion. The meeting record did not specify the names of the motion mover or seconder, nor did it include a roll-call tally or any changes to contract terms during the meeting.
Council discussion recorded in the meeting focused on public-safety priorities and officer wellness; no compensation figures, benefit changes, or specific implementation timelines were stated in the transcript. The transcript records the council chair saying, “With that being said, let's move forward with the agenda,” immediately before the motion to approve the contract was made, and the meeting adjourned shortly after the vote.
The meeting provided direction from the mayor that management should pursue wellness programming for officers in the coming year, but the council did not record any formal additional directives, budget amendments, or specified dates for implementation during the session. The special meeting concluded after the council approved the agreement and voted to adjourn.
