Title
Joint resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) for part-time contractual police services by and among the Beach Park School District #3, Lake County, and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) in the amount of $52,244.75.
Staff Summary
• Beach Park School District #3, and the LCSO piloted a part-time police/school resource officer program in 2016 to provide police services in the form of a police/school resource officer (SRO) at the Beach Park Middle School.
• The main objectives in having an SRO 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 agreement is for one year, beginning August 1, 2024, and ending July 31, 2025.
• The contract includes one part-time SRO working two days per week for 16 hours per week while school is in session.
• Beach Park School District #3 will reimburse the cost for the SRO position for the hours worked. The SRO will be assigned other duties while not serving as the SRO.
• The State’s Attorney’s Office and Risk reviewed the agreement and Finance reviewed the contractual amount.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Beach Park School District #3, has determined that it would be in the best interest of the Beach Park Middle School #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 #3, agrees to reimburse 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 2024 - July 2025.
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, #3, for operating a Police Services/SRO Program.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on September 10, 2024.