Council approves interlocal agreement with Mineral Wells ISD for school resource officers

The council voted to approve an interlocal agreement with Mineral Wells Independent School District (ISD) to provide school resource officers (SROs) and authorized the city manager to execute the agreement. Why it matters: The SRO agreement defines how the city and the ISD share the cost and scheduling of officers assigned to schools. It changes how some SRO hours are structured and may affect full-time status and related benefits. Police and city staff explained the agreement updates: it specifies coverage by schools rather than by named officers so the agreement does not require amendment when personnel change, and it covers regular school hours plus specified summer hours while excluding extracurricular hours, which the district will pay separately. Staff said several SRO positions in the budget are funded at fewer than 2,080 annual hours so those officers will not be treated as full-time 2,080-hour employees for scheduling purposes; the staff presentation noted SROs would still qualify for TMRS pension benefits under the arrangement. The city manager said the district had already approved the agreement at the school side and that the city sought council approval to move forward. Council action: A motion to approve the interlocal agreement passed on a 6-0 vote.