HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024 - RESO 10 - IGA with Jeffco Schools R-1 for Resource OfficersCITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 10-2024
Series of 2024
TITLE: A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE AND THE
JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1 FOR SCHOOL
RESOURCE OFFICER SERVICES
WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 29-1-203, the City of Wheat Ridge (“City”)
and the Jefferson County School District R-1 (“District”) are authorized to enter
into cooperative agreements with other governmental entities to provide any
function, service or facility each is authorized to undertake; and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized to provide law enforcement services and
the District is authorized to provide public education services; and
WHEREAS, the City and the District each recognize the value in cooperating
to proactively provide a consistent and visible law enforcement presence in
schools; and
WHEREAS, the parties have therefore developed a School Resource Officer
program that places a uniformed police officer in certain District schools located
within the City; and
WHEREAS, the parties have memorialized the terms of said School
Resource Officer program in an intergovernmental agreement; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 14.2 of the City’s Home Rule Charter,
the City Council wishes to approve said intergovernmental agreement by
resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge City Council, that:
The Intergovernmental Agreement for School Resource Officer Services by
and between the City of Wheat Ridge and the Jefferson County School District R-
1, attached to this Resolution and incorporated herein by reference, is hereby
approved. The Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to execute the same.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 26th day of February 2024.
Bud Starker, Mayor
ATTEST:
Margy Greer, Sr. Deputy City Clerk
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