A small Missouri town will shut down its police department after struggling with recruiting and retaining officers.

The Carrollton City Council approved an agreement Monday with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office to provide law enforcement coverage to the town of nearly 3,500 people, KCTV-TV reports. The city's police department will close Sunday.

"It’s sad that it has come to that, that we’re having to look at having the sheriff and the sheriff’s department cover the community and the county," said Councilwoman Lisa Conner at Monday's council meeting. "Because we can’t hire and maintain an efficient police department."

The sheriff's office has been helping the town's police force for the past few months as it tried to improve staffing. Only one full-time officer had been working at the department, with no chief and a few part-time officers helping out. 

"We just don’t have the resources to get good officers,” said Carrollton City Councilman Jim Bowen. “We haven’t had a really good police force for many, many years. And this is an answer to that problem.”

Under the agreement, which automatically renews after two years, the sheriff's office will provide around-the-clock coverage for the city. At least one deputy will cover the city, which will provide two re-marked vehicles, body cameras and radios for deputies on patrol.