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Home My WebLink About6.b. School Liaison Services Agreement RC�SEM�LINT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CITY COUNCIL City Coun�il Meeting: August 16, 2011 AGENDA ITEM: School Liaison Services Agreement AGENDA SECTION: Consent PREPARED BY: Gary Kalstabakken, Chief of Poli AGENDA NO. ATTACHMENTS: Agreement APPROVED BY: RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to approve the Police Liaison Services Agreement between the City of Rosemount and School District #196 for the 2011 2012 school year. BACKGROUND The Police Department provides police liaison services at District #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 officeY also spends one to two hours per week at each of the public elementary schools. The City does not receive funding from the District fox the services provided at the elementary schools. These services are offexed to pxovide assistance with some educational programming and to develop positive relationships with students. RECOMMENDATION Staff tecommends that Council approve the agreement fox police liaison services for the 2011 2012 school yeaY. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DiS�"RICT 196 .lill E. eoyle Rosemount-Apple Vafley-Eagan Public Schools Sthool District Attorney 3455 153rd Street West 651-423-7883 Rosemount, MN 55068-4946 651-423-7727 (fax) jilLcoyle@district196.org July 29, 2011 Mr. Dwight Johnson City Administrator City of Rosemount 2875 145 Street West Rosemount, Minnesota 55068 I�ear Mr. Johnson: Enclosed is a copy of the Police Liaison Services Agreement for the 2011-2012 school year. The amount specified in the agreement was verified in conversation with representa.tives of your police department. The Minnesota Legislature has maintained the same amount of funding per pupil for the "Safe Schools Levy" as last 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 $62,864.42 for police liaison services in Rosemount Middle School and Rosemount High School. x f Please review this� document and return the signed copy to me. Sincerely, Jill E. Coyle School District Attorney Enclosure cc: Janej: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 __e=��ww�district196^org_ POLICE LIAISON SERVICES AGREEMENT: SCHOOL DISTRICT N0.196 AND CITY OF ROSEMOUNT THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this day of 2011 by and between SCHOOL DISTRICT N0. 19b, 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. 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; and 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. -The Schoo�Disfric��iall pay the �ity �he amoun�f $G2;8�"4� of�r he -i spolice--- liaison services to the School District. 3. The parties agree and acknowledge that the police of�cers 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 o�cers 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 speci�ed in Paragraph 2 herein shall be payable for the 2011-2012 school year upon approval of this Agreement by both parties. 5. This Agreement is effective for the 2011-2012 school year; upon the expiration of the 2011-2012 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, speci�c laws and governing the sharing of data on students and minors. SCHOOL DISTRICT N0.196: By: Jackie Magnuson Its: Chairperson ��.R x. z..�..�. Ar�C�o Y�`or�� Its: Clerk STATE OF MINNESOTA ss. COUNTY OF On this day of 2011, before me a Notary Public within and for said County, personally appeared JACKIE MAGNUSON and ART COULSON, 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: Amy Domeier Its: City Clerk STATE OF MINNESOTA ss. COUNTY OF On this day of 2011, before me a Notary Public within and for said County, personally appeared WILLIAM H. DROSTE and AMY DOMEIER 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