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Superintendent reports intergovernmental agreement with Hubbard for police services; board member discloses spouse is Hubbard mayor
Summary
Superintendent summarized a newly proposed intergovernmental agreement with the City of Hubbard to have the Hubbard Police Department provide law‑enforcement services for North Marion School District campuses; a board member disclosed a family tie to the mayor and noted the board is not required to approve the contract.
Superintendent Dan Bush reported that the district will enter an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the City of Hubbard under which the Hubbard Police Department will serve as the district’s primary law‑enforcement partner for school campuses. The superintendent credited Wes Edmonds, the district’s director of safety and security, with arranging the agreement and said the district expects faster response times and closer community relationships as benefits.
Why it matters: The agreement changes how the district coordinates on school safety and clarifies which local agencies the district will lean on for operational response and training. The superintendent said the arrangement is meant to improve response times when law‑enforcement services are needed and to broaden community outreach and school‑law enforcement relationships.
Details and clarifications: The superintendent described ongoing conversations with the city manager (Sean Waite) and the local police chief (referred to in the meeting as chief Parisee) and said the city council is expected to consider formal adoption of the IGA. He also said Marion County and other agencies will remain part of regional coordination and that joint training with multiple agencies is planned.
Board disclosure and finances: A board member read a transparency disclosure into the record, saying, “Dan Bush, our superintendent, has seen fit to contract with the Hubbard Police Department… I want to disclose that my spouse is the mayor of the City of Hubbard.” The board member said the district’s IGA does not require board approval and that legal counsel had advised there was no conflict of interest, but the member disclosed the relationship for transparency.
The superintendent and other administrators clarified that the IGA includes limited reimbursable costs for law‑enforcement response in certain situations (the district was told there is an "up to $10,000" reimbursement provision in the draft IGA to cover responses or related costs in some events). The district emphasized that agreements of this type are intended to enable lawful cross‑jurisdictional response and cooperative training.
Next steps: The superintendent said the city council will take up formal adoption of the IGA and the district will schedule an executive session so the board and administration can privately review safety measures that are appropriate to keep confidential for student safety. The board recorded the disclosure to ensure public transparency about personal relationships that relate to a contracted partner.
