HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.m. Police School Liaison Service Agreement �CROSEMOUNT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CITY COUNCIL
City Council Regular Meeting Date: August 4, 2014
AGENDA ITEM: Police School Liaison Service Agreement AGENDA SECTION:
Consent
PREPARED BY: Bryan Burkhalter, Acting Chief of Poli e AGENDA NO.
ATTACHMENTS: Police Liaison Service Agreement: Sc of APPROVED BY:
District No. 196 and City of Rosemount
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to approve the Police Liaison Services
Agreement between the City of Rosemount and School District No. 196 for the 2014 —
2015 school year.
BACKGROUND
The Police Department provides liaison services at District No. 196 schools within the City. An
Officer is assigned full-time (40 hours per week) at Rosemount High School and .25 time at
Rosemount Middle School.
ISSUE
District #196 provides funding to the City for the providing of liaison services at the two public
schools. In addition to the liaison services, an officer also spends one to two hours per week at each
of the public elementary schools. The City does not receive funding from the District for the
services provided at the elementary schools. These services arc offered to provide assistance with
some educational programming and to develop positive relationships with students.
SUMMARY
Staff recommends that Council approve the agreement for police liaison services for the 2014
2015 school year.
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196 Jill E.Coyle
Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools School District Attorney
3455 153rd Street West 651-423-7883
Rosemount, MN 55068-4946 651-423-7727 (fax)
jill.coyle @districtl 96.org
July 17, 2014
Mr. Dwight Johnson
City Administrator
City of Rosemount
2875 145th Street West
Rosemount, Minnesota 55068
Dear Mr. Johnson:
Enclosed is a copy of the Police Liaison Services Agreement for the 2014-2015 school year. We
have provided the local police departments who work with District 196 an increase in funding of
1%. The City of Rosemount will receive a total of$64,769.27 for police liaison services in
Rosemount Middle School and Rosemount High School.
Please review this document and return the signed copy to me. Please call if you have any
questions or requested changes. The School District appreciates our ongoing collaboration with
the City of Rosemount to provide resource officers in Rosemount schools.
Sincerely,
q :, F��
Jill E. Coyle
School District Attorney
Enclosure
cc: Jane Berenz, Superintendent
Jeff Solomon, Director of Finance
Mark Parr, Director of Secondary Education
Educating our students to reach their full potential
#196 Serving all or part of Rosemount,Apple Valley,Eagan,Burnsville,Coates,Inver Grove Heights,Lakeville,and Empire and Vermillion Townships
www.district-196.org
POLICE LIAISON SERVICES AGREEMENT:
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 196 AND CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this day of 2014 by and
between SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 196, a Minnesota municipal corporation, (hereinafter "School
District") and CITY OF ROSEMOUNT, a Minnesota municipal corporation, (hereinafter "City").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the parties enter into this Agreement pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §126C.44;
and
WHEREAS, for purposes of this Agreement,the School District's participating secondary
schools within the City consist of the following schools: Rosemount Middle School and Rosemount
High School.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. The City agrees to provide a state certified police officer to perform 40 hours per
week police liaison service at the School District's secondary high school and 10 hours per week at
the School District's middle school for the purpose of assisting in the establishment and trained
coordination of a cooperative community approach among the School District's schools, students,
parents, police and other community resources to address the needs of the students and
community members. The City's police liaison services shall include, but not limited to:
a. Prevention of delinquency;
b. Protection of life and property; and
C. Law enforcement.
2. The School District shall pay the City the amount of$64,769.27 for the City's police
liaison services to the School District.
3. The parties agree and acknowledge that the police officers who are assigned to
provide police liaison services in the schools are, and will continue to be, members and employees
of the City and its police department. The police officers shall not become an agent or employee of
the School District by virtue of this Agreement and shall not make any representations to the
contrary. The officers shall operate under the direct administration and supervision of the police
department but will work in cooperation with school administrators to further mutually agreed
goals involving the police department, schools and students. The officers shall not have
disciplinary authority within the schools or be considered educational service providers, but shall
be limited to their police functions.
4. The amount to be paid by the School District as specified in Paragraph 2 herein shall
be payable for the 2014-2015 school year upon approval of this Agreement by both parties.
S. This Agreement is effective for the 2014-2015 school year. Upon the expiration of
the 2014-2015 school year, this Agreement shall automatically terminate.
6. Each party shall be liable for the acts and omissions of its own agents and
employees and not the acts and omissions of the other party's agents and employees. The parties'
liability shall be limited by the provisions of the Municipal Tort Claims Act, Minn. Ch. 466 or other
applicable law.
7. The parties agree that all government data collected, shared or received as a result
of the parties' duties under this Agreement shall be handled and maintained in accordance with all
applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations governing government data,
including, but not limited to the provisions of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act,
Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13. The parties understand and agree that any sharing of data
between them must occur in accordance with the law governing the dissemination of data,
including, but not limited to, specific laws and governing the sharing of data on students and
minors.
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 196:
By: Rob Duchscher
Its: Chairperson
By: Gary Huusko
Its: Clerk
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
ss.
COUNTY OF )
On this day of 2014, before me a Notary Public within and for said County,
personally appeared ROB DUCHSCHER and GARY HUUSKO,to me personally known,who each
being duly sworn by me, did say that they are the Chairperson and Clerk of School District No. 196
and that said instrument was signed and sealed on behalf of said School District by authority of the
School Board and said Chairperson and Clerk acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and
deed of the School District.
Notary Public
CITY OF ROSEMOUNT:
By: William Droste
Its: Mayor
By: Clarissa Hadler
Its: City Clerk
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
ss.
COUNTY OF )
On this day of 2014, before me a Notary Public within and for said County,
personally appeared WILLIAM DROSTE and CLARISSA HADLER to me personally known,who
being each by me duly sworn, each did say that they are respectively the Mayor and Clerk of the
City of Rosemount, the municipality named in the foregoing instrument, and that the seal affixed
on behalf of said municipality by authority of its City Council and said Mayor and Clerk
acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said municipality.
Notary Public