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Ogden board approves SRO cooperative sharing agreement, security upgrades and insurance renewal
Summary
The board approved a cooperative sharing agreement to provide a part‑time School Resource Officer (SRO) with the city of Ogden, authorized lock-and-key replacements and furniture purchases, awarded food-service vendor contracts, and renewed insurance coverage with a deductible buy‑down.
The Ogden Community Schools Board of Education approved multiple action items including a cooperative sharing agreement to place a School Resource Officer (SRO) in district schools, facility security upgrades, food‑service vendor awards, and an insurance renewal that buys down a major hail/wind deductible.
Superintendent (S3) presented the cooperative sharing agreement with the city of Ogden to provide an SRO (referred to as Ethan in the discussion). Under the agreement the district would pay 20% of the officer’s salary and receive operational sharing credit that the superintendent estimated would generate roughly $15,600 for the district. S3 described the officer’s anticipated duties as relationship building, an educational presence, safety support, and assistance with truancy matters. The superintendent referenced other West Central Athletic Conference districts that started with a part‑time SRO and later expanded to full‑time service.
“From there, we really identified a lot of the questions that you guys had with that partnership…we would pay for 20% of Ethan’s salary,” S3 said.
After board discussion and questions about scheduling and workspace, the board approved the cooperative sharing agreement by roll‑call responses.
The board also approved a contract for lock‑and‑key replacement and security improvements intended to reduce the number of keys in circulation and add push‑button interior locks that allow classrooms to be locked from inside. District staff said the recommended vendor, Doors Inc., submitted a lower bid and staff confirmed the quote matched the district’s specifications; the board moved and approved the contract.
Administration presented a furniture purchase from Premier Furniture under a state master agreement to furnish an elementary art room, add storage, replace outdated cafeteria seating and update library seating for flexible use. The board approved the furniture purchase.
On food‑service, staff recommended switching milk service to AE (after a previous vendor stopped serving the district) and awarding a buns/deliveries contract to a vendor identified as Hanno Gold in the transcript; the board approved the recommended vendor awards.
Staff reviewed district insurance for 2024–25 and recommended buying down a wind/hail deductible — the presentation noted the district’s assessed value at about $50,000,000 and explained that under certain insurer formulas the deductible could otherwise be very large; the board approved the insurance renewal and the deductible buy‑down.
The board completed a review of 500‑series student‑related policies (student health, immunizations, medicine at school, communicable diseases, student insurance and custody items) and approved the minor terminology updates staff recommended.
All listed action items were approved by roll‑call responses at the meeting. The superintendent said the operational sharing credit for the SRO will count in the fall and affect next year’s funding in arrears.
