HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
Hays County Commissioners Court unanimously approved, with one absent, an agreement with the Hays County Law Enforcement Association to determine important employment issues for Hays County officers for the next three years.The Collective Bargaining Agreement is between Hays County and the Hays County Law Enforcement Association, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office and all Hays County Constables. The agreement will be effective from Nov. 5, 2024 to Sept. 30, 2027, and the agreement determines management rights, wages and pay, overtime pay, shift schedules, holidays and holiday pay, benefits, grievance procedures, hiring procedures, among other employment provisions.
“I think a good compromise is one where everybody leaves happy but a little bit hurt on certain things. You didn’t get everything you wanted. I know you didn’t. We didn’t get everything we wanted,” Hays County Commissioner Walt Smith said. “I think that’s a good negotiation, and it gives us room if we want to sit down in 2027 to address some of those issues … It gives us a good starting point.”
