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Committee questions 10‑hour SRO shifts and recent pay decisions; asks for budget breakdown
Summary
The subcommittee reviewed a draft SRO agreement that would effectively create 10‑hour days with two built‑in overtime hours and asked for budget projections, history of pay changes and an explanation of recent unilateral raises that members say were not negotiated.
The committee discussed a proposed model for school resource officers that would set a maximum 40‑hour workweek but include two built‑in overtime hours per day, producing an effective 10‑hour day for many SROs.
Members said the change was not clearly budgeted and requested a full projection of July 1 costs for the eight SROs and any supervising sergeant. "When we really get down to like between now and the next meeting, what do you do at this school from this time to this time?" one member asked, urging administration to show how the extra hours would be used.
The meeting also included disagreement about how recent pay adjustments occurred. One member said police‑department negotiations denied a raise for SROs but that the new police chief had later granted a pay increase. "In negotiations it was denied. The chief unilaterally said, 'I'm going to just give you that raise,'" the member said; the committee asked administration to verify whether raises were negotiated or applied separately and to clarify how the SRO line will be budgeted going forward.
Members asked the superintendent and finance staff to bring the SRO budget, a breakdown of overtime and stipends, and a clarification of who must approve overtime at the next meeting. The subcommittee scheduled the item for a fuller discussion with police‑department representatives present.
