• Texas Municipal Retirement System 
• Employee contribution rate: 7% of salary 
• City matches employee's contributions at a 2:1 ratio 
• Employees are fully vested after five years of employment 
• Employees are eligible to retire at any age with 20 years of credited service 
• Deferred compensation programs are available if employees choose to participate

• BlueCross BlueShield of Texas 
• Effective the first of the month following 2 full months of employment 
• City pays employee's health coverage and 1/2 of dependent coverage 
• Optional dependent coverage is available to employees for $172.45 per pay period ($344.90/month) 
• Physician within the PPO network, office visits will cost $45 
• $3000 in-network deductible ($3000 out-of-network deductible) 
• After deductible, insurance pays 70% of reasonable and customary charges

  Prescription benefit

• Generic $20 
• Preferred Name Brand $40 
• Non-Preferred Brand Name $60

• City carries $15,000 life insurance on employee 
• Voluntary life available on Employee guaranteed to $100,000 and Spouse guaranteed to $20,000 
• Dependent life for child ages 6 months to 18 years (23 yrs if full time student) $1.00/month for $5,000 or $2.00/month for $10,000

• Cigna 
• Effective the first of the month following 2 full months of employment 
• City pays employee's dental coverage 
• Optional dependent dental is available to employees for $32.19 pay period ($64.37/month) 
• Dentist of your choice 
• (2) cleanings/x-rays per year paid at 100% under preventive with no deductible 
• $50 annual deductible 
• After deductible, insurance pays 80% of most charges (50% crowns & dentures) 
• Orthodontics benefit $1,000 lifetime/per person

• All Full-time employees receive $48.00 per year longevity pay. Longevity pay shall commence upon completion of one (1) year of service to the City not to exceed twenty-five (25) years.

• New Years Day (January 1)
• Martin Luther King Day (Third Monday in January) 
• Good Friday 
• Memorial Day (Last Monday in May)
• Independence Day (July 4)
• Labor Day (First Monday in September) 
• Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November) 
• Friday after Thanksgiving 
• Christmas Eve (December 24)
• Christmas Day (December 25)
• Holidays for firefighters that work twenty-four (24) hours shifts are included in vacation time.

• 10 days after one year of employment
• 12 days after six years of employment
• 15 days after eleven years of employment

• 20 days after twenty-one years of employment
• Employees may carry forward up to 40 hours of vacation on their anniversary date each year (any amount over 40 hours is forfeited)

    Fire Department personnel working a 24-hour shift:

• 240 hours/10 shifts after one year of employment
• 264 hours/11 shifts after six years of employment
• 300 hours/12.5 shifts after eleven years of employment
• 360 hours/15 shifts after twenty-one years of employment
• Fire personnel may carry forward up to 60 hours of vacation on their anniversary date each year (any amount over 60 hours is forfeited)

Sick Leave

• Shall not be granted to an employee during the first two (2) months of employment
• Employees earn 12 days per year 
• If unused, sick leave may carry forward each year on the employee's anniversary date up to a maximum of 90 days
• Sick leave is for employee's personal illness Fire Department personnel accrue sick leave on a basis of 144 hours for each full year of employment
• If unused, sick leave may carry forward each year on the employee's anniversary date up to a maximum of 1,080 hours/45 shifts

• Shall not be granted to an employee during the first two (2) months of employment
• Six (6) days per year (does not carry forward if unused)
• Fire department personnel on a 24 hour shift receive 72 hours per year (does not carry forward if unused)
• For family illness and/or death in family