Submitted By
Cara Pavlicek, Village Manager
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
Title
A motion to direct staff to prepare the necessary actions to terminate the IGAs with D97 and D200 regarding funding for school resource officers.
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Overview
Overview
Trustee Buchanan requested this agenda item with a second from Trustee Andrews. D97 and D200 have scheduled discussion of the same during July.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Table the request to afford the opportunity for staff to provide information related to the important role that school resources officers have served in Oak Park Public Schools since approximately 1999 and how that is distinct from the role that school resource officers may hold in other schools districts in Illinois and elsewhere.
Fiscal Impact
Related to Oak Park and River Forest High School, the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement (IGA) adopted in 2014 as a successor agreement, provides for School District 200 to pay the Village for the salary and benefits of the School Resource Officer on an annual basis through the 2024/2025 school year. At the conclusion of that time a successor agreement is anticipate where the Village and D200 will share the cost equally of the SRO. The initial 1999 IGA was an agreement with the Villages of Oak Park, River Forest and D200.
Related Brooks and Julian Middle Schools, pursuant to the 1999 IGA, School District 97 does not share in the cost of the SROs.
The Ordinance, as amended for a Special Use Permit for Stadium Lights, at OPRF High School is also attached as it provides for D200 to have Oak Park Police support football games at the cost of D200 for reference.
Background
While several IGAs and ordinances are attached for reference, due to the date/time of the Village Trustees' request for the policy action, the afternoon of July 1, staff was not afforded the time to complete the necessary staff work to provide background information and recommendation related to this req...
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