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Clay County approves three-year school resource officer MOU with Yule/Hinterdahl schools
Summary
The Clay County Board of Commissioners on July 8 approved a three-year memorandum of understanding to provide a school resource deputy to the Yule/Hinterdahl School District. The MOU runs from June 3, 2025, to June 1, 2028, provides for 10 hours a week over 174 school days, and will be billed annually based on the assigned deputy's salary.
The Clay County Board of Commissioners voted July 8 to approve a three-year memorandum of understanding with the Yule/Hinterdahl School District to provide a school resource deputy.
Sheriff (Clay County Sheriff's Office) told the board the agreement, which began June 3, 2025, runs through June 1, 2028, and bills for 10 hours per week over 174 school days. "The deputy that's been up there over the past few years he's done a great job at building some really good relationships and he has just done an excellent excellent work at, at, learning all the kids and, getting just a very good relationship with those kids," the sheriff said.
The sheriff said the current deputy who filled the role has resigned; the office will bring a personnel request to the board to replace that deputy. Commissioners noted the prior SRO had worked two hours a day there for budget reasons, rather than the earlier four-hour schedule.
Commissioner Ebinger moved to approve the MOU, and Commissioner Bair seconded. The chair called for the voice vote; the motion carried.
The MOU specifies annual billing that changes with the deputy's salary. The sheriff told the board the county takes a portion of the deputy's salary and "then build[s] that out for the 174 days." No dollar figure for the county charge was specified in the presentation.
The board recorded no additional conditions or amendments to the MOU at the meeting; commissioners asked only procedural questions about hours and billing.
The sheriff and county will proceed with replacing the departing deputy and implementing the three-year MOU.
