With two 5-2 votes Tuesday night, the San Marcos City Council approved employment agreements with police and firefighters worth $2.7 million during the next three years. The agreements will raise average salaries for the city’s 95 sworn police personnel by $19,400 at the end of three years, while 52 firefighters would be increased an average of $20,000 per year after three years.

The Sons of the American Revolution recently awarded San Marcos Fire Rescue firefighter Mark Bomar at their annual meeting honoring police and firefighters.

The owner of a San Marcos transmission store has been charged with arson in the destruction by fire of his own business.

San Marcos Electric Utility has donated 32 box fans to help residents cool off and save electricity during this summer of oppressive heat and drought.

San Marcos Fire Rescue (SMFR), the city’s oldest department, should move into a brand new central fire station in March 2010. City officials broke ground on the new facility Tuesday.