Muskego council defers school resource officer MOU, asks for cost backup and grant clarity

The Muskego City Common Council approved routine vouchers and then postponed consideration of a memorandum of understanding to provide a school resource officer and police security services for extracurricular activities in the 2024–25 school year, council business showed.

An unnamed council member made a motion to defer consideration of the memorandum of understanding; another member seconded, and the presiding officer called for a voice vote. The motion passed and the item was deferred for further staff follow-up. At the meeting a council member said staff and the human resources director would be contacted to confirm cost impacts. As one speaker put it, “I I've already reached out to the HR director and said about your recommendation. I just have to go back and figure out what the cost impact is and just, you know, present it back to them and see if we can get something done.”

The deferral came after the memorandum was introduced on the consent agenda. The council handled the vouchers vote first; a member moved to approve vouchers and the motion passed by voice vote.

Beyond the MOU, council members pressed for more information on budget items going forward. Alderperson Decker asked that future budget proposals include backup documentation and vendor quotes to show how figures were calculated. Decker said the attachments should accompany proposals “when we discuss the budget items I think I would find it helpful if we could see … attach, some backup information with their proposal, like, yeah. You know, like, for example, the the fire engine.” The presiding officer said staff would attempt to provide those materials going forward, though items already scheduled would not be retroactively changed.

Members also discussed the status of a rescue/ambulance grant application. One attendee said they had spoken with Jeff Ferber and was told a staff member named Marty was preparing paperwork; other speakers said they believed the application had already been submitted months earlier and that no state decision had yet been issued. A council member raised a broader procedural question about private grants: “I just don't understand why we're requesting a grant from a private entity. What's going to happen if we get that grant… We can't dictate anything on it,” a speaker said, expressing concern about the limits on the city's ability to attach conditions to private funding.

The council clarified how to request future agenda items: members may raise items during the meeting or notify staff at least 24 hours before so items can be added to the next council work session. The meeting adjourned at 6:57 p.m.

What’s next: the deferred memorandum of understanding will return to the council after staff follow-up on costs; no vote on the MOU took place Sept. 24.