Title
Agreement Between the School Board of Alachua County and the City of Gainesville for the School Resource Officer Program for the 2004/2005 School Year (B)
Explanation
The Alachua County School Resource Officer Program is a crime and delinquency prevention program focused on educating and counseling students. This program, which has been in place for many years, is a joint venture of the City of Gainesville Police Department and the School Board of Alachua County that encompasses crime prevention and safety education, student counseling, law enforcement assistance, gathering information about potential problems, and development of a positive image of law enforcement officers among students and parents.
This contract provides that GPD will assign six (6) police officers to provide School Resource Officer services to each of the following schools: A.Quinn Jones Center (two officers), Gainesville High School (two officers), and Horizon Center (two officers).
GPD will also assign one (1) School Resource Officer as Officer Friendly to provide public safety and prevention and intervention education programs at the following elementary schools: Anchor Center, Duval Elementary School, Glen Springs Elementary School, Littlewood Elementary School, J.J. Finley Elementary School, Metcalfe Elementary School, Rawlings Elementary School, Norton Elementary School, Stephen Foster Elementary School, Terwilliger Elementary School, Talbot Elementary School, and Williams Elementary School.
The 2002/2003 agreement provided for a total of ten (10) officers, including three (3) positions that were partially grant funded. The reimbursement amount per officer was $17,904. The 2003/2004 agreement reduced the number of officers to nine (9) with no grant funding. The reimbursement amount per officer was $18,571. As required by the previous federal grant, the City paid for the full cost of a tenth officer. The proposed 2004/2005 agreement reduces the number of officers to seven (7), but increases the reimbursement amount per officer to $26,104. This is the same amount as paid to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office for school resource officers. The proposed agreement eliminates the positions at Duval Elementary and Stephen Foster Elementary, and the juvenile relations officer who also serves as a floating school resource officer.
Fiscal Note
The School Board agrees to pay $182,725.20 as its share of funding seven (7) School Resource Officers and up to $6,000 for instructional materials and training for the School Resource Officers program.
Recommendation
The City Commission authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement between the School Board of Alachua County, Florida and the City of Gainesville, Florida for the School Resource Officer Program, for the period of October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005.