Watson touts moves toward stability, predictability for city services in 2024 - Austin Monitor

"One of the things that I most wanted was a five-year contract instead of the typical three- or four-year contract, because I wanted to maintain that stability for a period of time and send the right message about stability to those that we recruit and those that we're attempting to retain."

"We did some specific things in 2024, including re-upping the ordinance that guaranteed salaries, guaranteed benefits for police. But that contract was pretty much universally seen as key to that stabilization and how we move forward."

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