Milwaukee board approves intergovernmental agreement with city for school resource officers

The Milwaukee Board of School Directors voted 8-0 Tuesday to approve an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Milwaukee to provide school resource officers for district schools.

The motion, moved by Director O'Halloran and seconded by Director Garcia, was approved by roll call after the board met in closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85 to consider the agreement. The board took the vote in open session; the recorded tally was eight ayes and no noes or abstentions.

The agreement had been listed on the special-meeting agenda and cited in the read call of the meeting as “consideration of and possible action on an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Milwaukee for school resource officers.” Because the item was discussed in closed session under Wis. Stat. §19.85(1)(g),(c),(e), the meeting transcript does not include detailed public discussion of the agreement’s operational terms.

Director O'Halloran made the motion to approve “the intergovernmental agreement as attached,” and Director Garcia seconded. The chair called the roll; Directors Ferguson, Garcia, Gokul Gandhi, Leonard, O'Halloran, Siemsen, Zomber and President Marva Herndon voted aye. The motion passed.

The special meeting notice and the board’s opening remarks stated that public testimony would not be taken at this meeting and that the board might return to open session to take action after the closed-session discussion. The transcript records the board returning to open session and approving the agreement by roll call.

The board did not place any additional details about implementation, timelines, funding, or specific duties of officers into the public record during the portion of the meeting in the transcript. Those details may appear in the attached agreement or in subsequent public materials posted to the district’s meetings page.