Laserfiche WebLink
. if <br />IrBRIGHTON <br />the city that works for you <br />Report Number: 01-9.4 <br />Agenda Section: <br />5-Report Date 4 Sept. 2007 <br />Council Meetin Date 1I Sept. 2007 <br />0 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION <br />ITEM DESCRIPTION: Approval of Agreement between the City of New Brighton and Mounds <br />View School District for School Resource Officers (SRO) <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD'S APPROVAL: Robert J. Jacobson, Director of Public Safety, <br />CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL: <br />No comments to supplement this report LA Comments attached <br />Recommendation: <br />Approval of the Agreement between the City of New Brighton and the Mounds View School. <br />District for School Resource Officer (SRO) services at Irondale High School, Highview Middle <br />School, and the Area Learning Center for school year 2007 -- 2008. <br />Legislative History: <br />The City of New Brighton, Mounds View Schools, and, until this year the City of Mounds View <br />have had a cooperative agreement for the use of Police Officers as School Resource Officers at <br />various schools within the City of New Brighton. This has included DARE Officers which are <br />no longer utilized in New Brighton. Also, recent agreements have provided for partial funding <br />of Police Officers who serve as School Resource Officers. <br />Financial Impact: <br />The City of New Brighton will be reimbursed 100% of the personnel and program costs for the <br />nine month school year for 2007 - 2008 for the three School Resource Officers. This is <br />estimated to result in revenue in 2008 of approximately $209,000. <br />Explanation: <br />The City of New Brighton and the Mounds View School District have a long history of <br />cooperation in providing for School Resource Officers at schools within New Brighton. Most <br />recently, those schools have included full time School Resource Officers at Irondale High. School <br />and Highview Middle School. And, this year, the Area Learning Center is now located at Ralph <br />Reeder Center in New Brighton and will include a full time School Resource Officer for that <br />location also. The Mounds View School District has agreed to fund 100% of the personnel and <br />program costs for those School Resource Officer positions which is a substantial increase in <br />revenue from previous years/funding formulas. <br />Robert J. Wcobson <br />Director of Public Safety <br />I:\COUNCILUiEI'ORTS\2007U3u61ic Safety\SRO Agreement,doo