Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Approve Two Memoranda of Agreement for School Resource Officer Provision
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Submitted By: David Graham, Assistant City Manager
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of safe, clean, and beautiful.
Executive Summary (General Business): Somerset Academy, Inc., on behalf of the Somerset Academy St. Lucie and the Somerset College Preparatory Academy, seek continuance of the provision of School Resource Officer (SRO) services from the City of Port St. Lucie Police Department (PSL PD) through a Memorandum of Agreement for each school. The agreements provide for the schools to disperse funds received from the State of Florida to partially fund the cost for SRO deployment.
Presentation Information: Staff will be available to respond if required.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the Memoranda of Agreement; one for Somerset Academy St. Lucie and one for Somerset College Preparatory Academy.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the Memoranda of Agreement; one for Somerset Academy St. Lucie and one for Somerset College Preparatory Academy.
2. Move that the Council provide staff direction.
Background: The City of Port St. Lucie Police Department provides SRO services to public high schools in the City, including Port St. Lucie, Treasure Coast, and Centennial. Through a contractual agreement with the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office, these PSL PD SROs are partially funded from the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas Act and the 2019 St. Lucie Public Schools-sponsored referendum for teacher salaries, school safety and educational programs. As the funds provided through the Sheriff does not cover the total cost for the SRO services, the City funds the balance to enable the PSL PD SRO presence in these schools.
Similarly, but through a separate contractual arrangement with the City, PSL PD SRO services are provided to Somerset Academy St...
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