KEMP—Kemp City Council approved a recruitment plan for new police officers during the Feb. 13 council meeting. The goal of the plan is to obtain non-commissioned recruits and send them to a Texas Commission On Law Enforcement (TCOLE) academy. The recruits would be required to sign a three-year employment contract that would require reimbursement to the City of Kemp if the employment is terminated prior to the three years. 
Recruits would attend the academy 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday for approximately five months. The cost of the school is around $2,000 per recruit and the recruit would be also earning an hourly wage from the city while in the academy. The council felt the plan was a positive action and overwhelmingly approved it. 
Also discussed was the approval of a community garage sale to be held sometime in March or April at Kemp City Park. The event will be open to buyers everywhere, but sellers must be Kemp residents. The city stated that they will be verifying residence to sell during the event and all unsold merchandise must be removed after the sale. 
In other business, council:
• Approved the minutes from the Dec. 12, 2023 city council meeting. 
• Approved Kaufman County Contract for join election services for the May 4 election. 
• Approved Ordinance 24-01 ordering a general election to be held May 4 for the purpose of electing three council members, place 1, 3 , and 5 for two, two year terms each. 
• Approved an interlocal agreement with Kaufman County Precinct 4.
• Approved a resolution authorizing continued participation with the steering committee of cities served by Oncor. Authorizing the payment of 10 cents per capita to the steering committee to fund regulatory and legal proceedings and activities related to Oncor Electric Delivery Company. 
• Approved the amended Kemp Economic Development Bylaws.