(KLZA)--The Pawnee City Council approved a 4-year agreement with Pawnee County for the Sheriff's Department to provide law enforcement in the City of Pawnee City when they met June 12.

The first two years of the contract will see a six percent price hike each year with three percent increases in the cost each of the final two years of the agreement. For the first year of the agreement the cost to Pawnee City will be $75,868 with the cost increasing to $85,317 in the final year of the contract.