PREPARED BY: MATT RODRIGUEZ DATE OF MEETING: 05/07/18
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CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION BY MINUTE ORDER TO RATIFY LETTER OF CONCERN TRANSMITTED TO THE WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (WCCUSD) BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON APRIL 25, 2018 OPPOSING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER (SRO) FUNDING REDUCTIONS BY WCCUSD SCHOOL BOARD
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Approve by Minute Order
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
FY 2018-2021 Council Priority Workplan Compliance Statement
Public Safety, Priority Oriented Policing Program, School Resource Officers (SROs), and Youth Outreach are adopted policy items under the FY 2018-21 Council Adopted Workplan, effective November 1, 2017
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
BACKGROUND
Annual School Resource Funding (SRO) by WCCUSD
On August 1, 2017, the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) Board of Trustees adopted the FY 2017/18 WCCUSD Operations Budget, effective July 1, 2017. Contained in this budget, a total of $177,526 was appropriated to the City of San Pablo to support the funding of one School Resource Officer (SRO) from a District-wide appropriation of 15 SROs for all WCCUSD schools totaling $2,652,414.
On September 18, 2017, the City Council adopted Resolution 2017-187 which approved the FY 2017/18 SRO Funding Agreement and authorized its execution with WCCUSD in the amount of $177, 526 for one SRO Officer.
Current Cost Sharing - SRO Program
SRO funding assistance to the City of San Pablo from the WCCUSD on an annual basis has been in existence since FY 2014/15 unlike the other West County cities who have received full SRO funding support from the WCCUSD since 2006. Additionally, the City's Annual General Fund Operating Budget expends a total of nearly $450,000 annually toward our Police Department's Priority Oriented Policing (P.O.P.) Unit which funds a total of two SRO officers and a portion of one Sergeant position for all local schools in San ...
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