City Council Meeting Date: December 7, 2021
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Mark Elliott, Chief of Police
Title
Consider approval of a new three-year School Resource Officer agreement between the City of Northfield and Independent School District No. 659.
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Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council is asked to consider at Motion approving the attached Police-School Resource Officer agreement between Independent School District No. 659 and the City of Northfield and authorizing the Mayor, and City Clerk to execute the agreement.
Summary Report:
The Council is asked to approve the agreement between Independent School District No. 659 (School District) and the City of Northfield for the City to provide a licensed police officer to perform the duties of a Police School Resource Officer (SRO) as described in the agreement.
This agreement is crucial to the partnership between the City of Northfield and the Northfield School District. The SRO has been the center of this long-standing relationship that benefits the City, the School District, and more importantly the students and families of our community.
The agreement has a duration of three years, January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. Payment by the School District to the City for the SRO is $64,006 for each year of the contract, with the following exception for 2022. The School District budget year ends June 30, so the first payment of 2022 needs to match the current funds budgeted for the SRO payment. From the agreement, "SCHOOL DISTRICT shall pay CITY the sum of $29,361 for the period of January 1, 2022, through June 30, 2022. SCHOOL DISTRICT shall pay CITY the sum of $32,003 for the period of July 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022." The second payment of 2022 is one half of the new annual payment amount.
The annual payments are based on fifty percent of the total wage and benefit expenses for the SRO. The reimbursement amount from the School District to the City ...
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