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Committee approves $500,000 Schenectady school‑safety contract covering six full‑time officers and permits drone nest at Central Park Middle School
Summary
The finance committee on July 21 approved a consolidated school‑safety contract with the Schenectady City School District for $500,000 for the 2025 academic year to fund six full‑time community engagement officers and agreed to a license for a police drone nest at Central Park Middle School.
The finance committee on July 21 approved a renegotiated agreement with the Schenectady City School District that consolidates city public‑safety costs for the district under one contract and funds six full‑time community engagement officers.
Staff described the agreement as rolling the city’s school‑related public‑safety expenses — officer assignments, overtime and related engagement work — into a single contract with the district. Under the deal the district will pay $500,000 for the 2025 academic year; staff said that sum includes overtime and that annual increases of 2% are built into later years of…
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