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Council reviews revised SRO MOU; sends contract language to special‑called meeting after school board changes
Summary
Council and staff reviewed updates to the school resource officer (SRO) memorandum of understanding, including clarified limits on SRO duties, a vehicle‑cost split, and new privacy language tied to HB 268; council moved the item to a special‑called meeting for final action.
Marietta City Council reviewed revisions to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) governing school resource officers and directed staff to return the item to a special‑called council meeting so council and school board representatives can finalize terms before October billings.
Staff said the primary changes are in Section 7, which limits what SROs may administer and clarifies that SROs may use school safety technologies — for example, metal detectors and surveillance equipment — but will not administer certain functions. Under Section 11, pricing and amortization schedules were revised and, for the first time in the contract language reviewed at the meeting, vehicles were included in a 70/30 cost split between the school board and the city; previously vehicles were described as 100% the school board’s responsibility.
Attachment C contains proposed sample verbiage the school board asked to include following HB 268 (a state law passed in April) related to student privacy and the handling of student information by law enforcement. Staff told council the school board would review the language and vote on it at its next meeting; the council must finalize terms before the school board’s vote and the first billing in October because the prior contract expired June 30.
Council moved to advance the revised MOU language to a special‑called council meeting (scheduled to coincide with committee meetings). The motion passed. Councilmembers and staff emphasized the need to resolve open legal review questions; staff said legal review by the city attorney had not yet been completed on the new attachment language received from the school board.
