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Joint resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) for part-time contractual police services by and among the Beach Park School District Number 3 (Beach Park School District), Lake County and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) in the amount of $128,457.93.
Staff Summary
• During 2016, the LCSO and Beach Park School District piloted a part-time school resource officer program to provide police services in the form of a police/school resource officer (SRO) at the Beach Park Middle School.
• The main objectives of the program are to develop a positive relationship between law enforcement and the students, effectively deal with juvenile offenses/issues and to protect students and the school from violations of the law.
• The term of this renewal agreement is two years, beginning August 1, 2018, and ending July 31, 2020.
• The contract includes one part-time SRO for 16 hours per week while school is in session.
• On a monthly basis, the SRO will compile and present a report that includes information regarding the contacts made with parents and students, SRO recommendations to the school regarding changes and/or enforcement ideas on school policy.
• Beach Park School District will reimburse 100 percent of the cost for the SRO position for both years for the hours worked.
• The SRO will be assigned other duties in the Criminal Investigations Division while not serving as the SRO.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Beach Park School District number 3, has determined that it would be in the best interest of the Beach Park Middle School number 3, to renew a Contractual Services Agreement with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office for the part-time Police Services/School Resource Officer (SRO) Program; and
WHEREAS, Beach Park School District number 3, agrees to reimburse 100 percent of the cost of the Police Services/SRO Program for the hours worked during the duration of this agreement; and
WHEREAS, said Agreement formalizes the arrangement regarding the deployment of a Police Services/SRO at the Beach Park Middle School from August 2018 - June 2020.
WHEREAS, the County and the Sheriff are proposing the below listed rate for SRO services:
Effective Date |
Hourly Cost |
Annual Cost |
August 1, 2018 |
$95.89 |
$62,903.85 |
August 1, 2019 |
$99.93 |
$65,554.08 |
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Lake County Sheriff’s Office is entering into a Police Services/SRO Agreement with the Beach Park School District, number 3, for operating a Police Services/SRO Program.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on October 9, 2018