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Canfield council moves to authorize city manager to sign amendment to school resource officer agreement
Summary
Councilmember Naccarato read a motion authorizing the city manager to enter a first amendment to the school resource officer agreement with Canfield Township and the Canfield Board of Education to formalize township contributions; the transcript shows the motion and second but does not record a final vote on the amendment.
The Canfield City Council moved to authorize the city manager to enter a first amendment to the school resource officer (SRO) agreement among the city, Canfield Township and the Canfield Board of Education, a measure councilmembers said documents changes to how costs are allocated.
"I have a motion authorizing the city manager to enter into the First Amendment to the school resource officer agreement on behalf of the city of Canfield with the with Canfield Township and the Canfield Board of Education regarding the allocation costs related to the provision of the school resource officer and a move for passage," Councilmember Naccarato read aloud during the meeting.
City Attorney Fortunato explained the amendment is intended to codify adjustments in cost-sharing that the parties had already been following. "We had an agreement in place with all the parties to this amendment, but there were some changes to the allocation of costs...primarily, what this agreement does is provide the township contribution to the SRO service," Fortunato said.
Another councilmember described the amendment as paperwork formalizing an existing arrangement: "This is more or less the paperwork to back up what's already been happening," the member said.
The motion was seconded during the meeting. The transcript contains the motion, the reading and the second, but it does not include a recorded roll-call tally or explicit statement that the council adopted the amendment. The record therefore shows the council moved to authorize the city manager to enter the amendment but does not document the final outcome in the posted transcript.
Council members and staff indicated the change is meant to reflect a shift in cost allocation, with the township taking on a larger contribution to SRO service costs going forward. The amendment text was attached to the meeting materials as described during the reading.
Next procedural steps were not recorded in the transcript; the city manager was authorized to enter the amendment per the motion on the table, pending whatever final actions the council or staff complete after the meeting.
