HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025 - RESO 31 - SRO IGACITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 31
SERIES OF 2025
TITLE: A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN JEFFERSON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT AND
THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE FOR THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 14.12 of the Home Rule Charter, C.R.S. §§ 29-1-
201 and 203, and Colo. Const. Art. XIV, § 18(2)(a), the City of Wheat Ridge, acting by and
through its City Council, is 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 establish, maintain, and provide law
enforcement services; and
WHEREAS, in the exercise of this authority the City acting through its Police
Department has provided School Resource Officers (SRO’s) to be present in public
schools operated by the Jefferson County R-1 School District through prior Memoranda
of Understanding and/or Intergovernmental Agreements; and
WHEREAS, this partnership with the School District has been of value to both the
City and the District; and
WHEREAS, the City and the District have negotiated a new Intergovernmental
Agreement for the SRO program, which supersedes and replaces all prior agreements; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, upon the recommendation of the Police Chief, wishes
to approve this Intergovernmental Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge,
Colorado:
Section 1. The Intergovernmental Agreement between Jefferson County R-1
School District and the City of Wheat Ridge for the School Resource Officer Program
attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby approved.
Section 2. This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 12th day of May, 2025
Bud Starker, Mayor
ATTEST:
Margy Greer, Sr. Deputy City Clerk