Number
080623
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
071024
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution approving the Intergovernmental Agreement for the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative between the City and the Milwaukee Board of School Directors.
Analysis
This resolution approves the Intergovernmental Agreement for the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative between the City and the Milwaukee Board of School Directors (“Board”). Under this Agreement, the Milwaukee Police Department shall assign 2 officers to work as School Resource Officers (“SROs”) at Northwest Secondary School on a full-time basis beginning the first semester of the 2008-2009 school year and through the last semester of the 2010-2011 school year.
The Board will reimburse the City for actual salaries, fringe benefits and overtime, plus indirect costs, of services performed at the school for 1.3 of the SROs assigned to work under the agreement, not to exceed $96,000. The Agreement may be terminated upon 90 days notice in writing to the other party.
Body
Whereas, The Milwaukee Board of School Directors (“Board”) and the City of Milwaukee (“City”) both qualify as “municipalities” authorized to enter into contracts for the receipt or furnishing of services pursuant to s. 66.0301, Wis. Stats.; and
Whereas, The City and the Board are dedicated to establishing and maintaining a positive partnership that promotes prevention, intervention, education and enforcement as a means of improving the safety and security in and around Milwaukee Public Schools (“MPS”) schools for staff, students, parents and the community; and
Whereas, The City and the Board previously have approved Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreements whereby a total of 10 School Resource Officers (“SROs”) are assigned at 5 MPS schools, which shall terminate at the end of the last regularly scheduled school day of the first semester of the 2008 - 2009 school year; and
Whereas, Both parties consider the program to be a success based...
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