2021/08/25 Council Agenda Packet

INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EVERETT AND EVERETT PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONCERNING THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into by and between the City of Everett, hereinafter referred to as the "City", and Everett Public Schools, hereinafter referred to as the "District". This Agreement shall be effective from September 1, 2021, through August 31, 2022, and may be extended as set forth below. WHEREAS, the City and the District believe that the safety of students and staff is of primary importance; and WHEREAS, the City supports the community policing philosophy and devotes resources to the promotion of programs that are proactive and preventive in nature; and WHEREAS, RCW 39.34, the Interlocal Cooperation Act, permits local governmental units to make the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with other localities on a basis of mutual advantage; and WHEREAS, the City and the District have participated in a School Resource Officer (SRO) program wherein the City's police officers have been placed in the District's high schools and middle schools within the City of Everett to help promote student, staff, and public safety in those schools; and WHEREAS, the District wishes to continue to provide funding for the SRO program for Everett and Cascade High Schools located within the City of Everett in order to help promote public safety in those schools; and WHEREAS, the City has elected to provide funding for the SRO program for Eisenhower Middle School, Evergreen Middle School and North Middle Schools at no cost to the District; and WHEREAS, contingent upon police staffing levels and City budget capacity, the City endeavors to continue to provide SROs at Eisenhower Middle School, Evergreen Middle School and North Middle School in order to help promote public safety in those schools; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this Agreement, the parties desire to define the SRO program in the District's high schools and middle schools located within the City of Everett; NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS MUTUALLY AGREED THAT, in consideration of the terms, conditions or obligations and mutual benefits of the Agreement, the parties agree as follows: Section 1: School Resource Officers A. Regularly employed City police officers will be assigned by the City to serve as SROs to Everett High School, Cascade High School, and contingent upon police staffing levels and City budget capacity, to Eisenhower Middle School, Evergreen Middle School and North Middle School. A total of two (2) officers will be assigned to serve as high school SROs for which the District will pay the City pursuant to this Agreement. SROs will focus upon school safety and security issues of concern in our community. As the SROs patrol school grounds and surrounding communities, they will partner with school administrators to Everett SRO 2021-2022 Page 1 of 6