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Council adopts updated memorandum of understanding on city–school funding exchanges
Summary
Worthington City Council adopted Resolution No. 21-2025 updating an MOU that clarifies how the city and the school district implement exchanges of funds, including prior updates tied to a student resource officer and downtown TIF; staff said the updated MOU simplifies exchanges and referenced work by Mr. Lindsey on the draft.
The Worthington City Council on May 19 adopted Resolution No. 21-2025 updating a long-standing memorandum of understanding that governs how the city and the school district exchange funds for shared purposes.
Ms. Stewart said "there are several items or arrangements that the city and school district have with each other that involve the exchange of funding for one purpose or another. This memorandum of understanding helps clarify how the actual implementation of that exchange of funds is occurs." Mr. Barter thanked Mr. Lindsey for drafting the update and said the MOU had been previously updated to reflect the student resource officer arrangement and the downtown TIF.
Council took a voice vote and adopted the resolution. No members of the public signed up to comment on the item at the meeting.
Why it matters: The MOU streamlines and clarifies administrative procedures for executing intergovernmental funding exchanges between the city and the school district. The update referenced existing arrangements, including the student resource officer and downtown TIF, but did not change those programs in the meeting discussion.
Details and next steps: Staff said the MOU is intended to simplify how funds are exchanged and to codify administrative practice; the resolution authorizes whichever staff processes are required to implement the updated MOU.
