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rCI ---'\) ( )j tfl< Item #5.2. MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Patrick D. Klaers, City Administrat~k March 22, 1999 ~ DATE: SUBJECT: City/School Liaison Program Update For the last 20 years or so, the school has reimbursed the city 42 percent of the wages and benefits paid to the police officers assigned to the school liaison program. The city paid the remaining 58 percent, along with all other costs associated with training and equipping a police officer. . About 18 months ago, in the fall of 1997, the city/school relationship changed as far as funding the police liaison program. The School District requested that a D .A.R.E. officer be provided to them free of charge since this service could be obtained from the county "free of charge". After some joint discussions, the city agreed to provide the D.A.R.E. officer at no charge to the School District, provided that the city could get reimbursed for the other two officers in an amount which was closer to the actual cost. The response to this city contingency for providing free D.A.R.E. service to the School District was a general acknowledgment that it makes sense for the School District to pay closer to the actual cost of the services that they were receiving, and that they were willing to discuss this city goal. In 1997, the city budgeted and received $75,000 from the School District for police liaison services. In 1998, the city budgeted and received $60,000 from the School District for police liaison services. In addition to this amount, the city took $18,150 out of its D.A.R.E. reserve to help finance the 1998 liaison program. This total for 1998 then approached what would have been 42 percent of three officers. In 1999, the city budgeted $70,000 to be received from the School District for the liaison program, and $10,500 from the D.A.R.E. reserve. Again, this is estimated to be 42 percent of the wages and benefits for three officers in 1999. Recently, the School District's location of secondary students has changed. In past years, all of these students were in Elk River and today only some of these students are in Elk River as there is a new junior high in Rogers and a new junior high in Zimmerman. In looking at this situation, the School District has indicated its desire to spread around its crime levy dollars based on a percentage of secondary . students in various communities. 13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330. TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425