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Council opens review of police pay and retention after county raises start pay; staff to present comprehensive study for midterm
Summary
Council compared Conroe's FY26 police pay (after a 6% COLA) with Montgomery County's FY26 plan and heard concerns about recruitment, cadet attrition and retention; staff and council agreed to commission a comprehensive compensation and staffing analysis in time for midterm budgeting and to consider restoring step increases for retention.
Council devoted a substantial portion of the Jan. 22 meeting to police compensation, retention and staffing.
Staff presented a head-to-head comparison of Conroe's FY26 base pay (inclusive of a 6% cost-of-living increase) against Montgomery County's FY26 plan. The analysis showed Conroe pays more than the county at most steps and tenures, but Conroe's starting pay for year-one officers was approximately $2,100 below the county's FY26 starting salary. Staff emphasized that a frozen step plan had created differences in some tenures and that the county's multi-year promises alter the…
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