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Gladstone enacts ordinance to place school resource officer at Antioch Middle School
Summary
The City Council enacted an ordinance directing the city manager to execute a cooperative agreement with North Kansas City School District to provide a school resource officer (SRO) at Antioch Middle School; the measure passed unanimously.
The Gladstone City Council on April 28 enacted Ordinance 4.696 directing the city manager to execute a cooperative agreement with the North Kansas City School District to provide a school resource officer at Antioch Middle School.
Councilman Davis moved to place Bill 25-12 on first reading and later moved to accept the second and final reading and enact it as Ordinance 4.696; the council approved the ordinance by recorded vote with ayes from Councilman Davis, Council member Spalo, Councilman Garnos, Mayor Pro Tem Moore and Mayor Smith.
The ordinance directs the city manager to enter the cooperative agreement; the specific terms of the agreement were not read into the record during the meeting. No public speakers addressed the item at the meeting and no staff debate was recorded beyond the procedural motions to approve and enact the bill.
City staff will execute the agreement with the North Kansas City School District. The ordinance does not specify a start date, funding details, salary or cost-sharing arrangements; those details were not provided in the council discussion and will be determined through the cooperative-agreement process.
