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Sheriff’s office describes contract to provide uniformed deputies for security at Edgerton’s The Green; county to bill city $80 per hour
Summary
The sheriff’s office briefed commissioners on a proposed one‑year agreement with the city of Edgerton to provide on‑site security at The Green event center at a rate of $80 an hour; deputies would remain county employees and revenue would reimburse the sheriff’s office, and no final approval was recorded at the agenda review.
Brian Sedley of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office presented a proposed agreement with the city of Edgerton to provide security at a new community event center known as The Green. The contract term proposed is one year with two optional one‑year renewals; the city would pay $80 per hour for uniformed, on‑duty sheriff deputies assigned to events, and the sheriff’s office would be reimbursed for costs.
Sedley explained that deputies assigned under the agreement “will be on the clock and paid through the regular paycheck, but the city will be billed hour for hour for the time worked. This revenue will stay with the sheriff's office to reimburse the cost so that no county funds are being used for this purpose.” He said the $80 hourly charge covers overtime for the average patrol deputy plus additional taxes and retirement costs. The item was presented for consideration and no final vote was recorded during agenda review.
Commissioners asked whether providing uniformed deputy security for what Sedley described as a private rental arrangement could affect regular law‑enforcement availability. Sedley and Captain Dan Dirks, patrol commander for the sheriff’s office, said deputies assigned to the contract would be separate from regular shifts and that contract language allows deputies to be pulled from event duty for county emergencies. “If we had something serious, a public safety event that was occurring, then we do have language in the contract to allow for them to be pulled from that event,” Sedley said. Dirks added that the deputies “would not be part of our regular patrol shifts.”
Commissioners also asked about liability and why the city would use deputies instead of private security. Sedley and Dirks said they did not foresee a difference in liability and said one benefit of uniformed deputies is statutory authority to take enforcement action (for example, to stop an impaired driver before they leave an event) that private security would not have. Sedley said a separate written policy clarifying what the sheriff’s office provides for community versus private events is being developed by the administration.
The county legal department drafted the agreement; Sedley said the item was scheduled for action by the Edgerton City Council the same evening. The commission did not act on the contract during the agenda review; the matter will return for further consideration.
