Red Bud council approves SRO intergovernmental agreement and authorizes internal job postings

The Red Bud City Council voted to accept an intergovernmental agreement to provide a school resource officer (SRO) for the Red Bud school district and approved internal job postings for the SRO and a potential police officer backfill.

The public health and safety committee presented the agreement, described in the packet as between the city and the Red Bud school district (School District 132). A committee member moved to accept the agreement and the council seconded; the council conducted a roll-call vote and the motion carried. The committee member then moved to post the SRO position internally and to post a full-time police officer position internally to backfill a possible vacancy; both motions also carried.

The committee member said the SRO posting would be open internally for 10 days. No dollar amounts related to the SRO contract or staffing costs were provided in the meeting record. The council did not provide a detailed roll-call tally in the public discussion at the meeting; the minutes state only that the motions carried.

Why it matters: An SRO agreement creates a formal relationship between the city and the school district for on-campus security services and can affect local policing assignments, hiring needs and school safety procedures.

What happens next: The city will post the SRO position internally for 10 days and post for a full-time police officer backfill; the intergovernmental agreement will be executed as approved. The packet identifies the school district as School District 132; the meeting record did not include the contract text or an implementation timeline.