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Mendota council approves three police officer positions and school resource officer agreement
Summary
The council approved Resolution No. 25-04, adding three police officer positions partially funded by a DOJ COPS Hiring Grant, and Resolution No. 25-05, approving a School Resource Officer agreement with Mendota Unified School District; the consent calendar passed with recorded motions and unanimous votes.
The Mendota City Council approved multiple consent calendar items on Jan. 21, 2025, including Resolution No. 25-04 authorizing the addition of three police officer positions for the Mendota Police Department, to be partially funded through the U.S. Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Grant Program, and Resolution No. 25-05 approving a School Resource Officer agreement with the Mendota Unified School District.
Council Member Joseph Riofrio moved to approve consent calendar items 1 through 5; Mayor Pro Tem Jose Alonso seconded the motion, which passed unanimously (5 ayes). Council Member Libertad LoPez briefly left chambers later for a separate consent item; item 6 was approved by a subsequent motion (4 ayes, LoPez absent). The minutes record the consent calendar warrant list totaling $1,443,736.91 among the items considered.
Chief of Police Smith presented the staffing item in the consent materials; the resolution authorizes three additional sworn positions and indicates partial funding via the DOJ COPS Hiring Grant. The minutes do not include the grant award amount, start dates for the positions, or the contract text for the School Resource Officer agreement; those details were not specified in the meeting record and remain to be provided by staff.
Next steps: staff are authorized to execute necessary documents for the SRO agreement and to proceed with hiring steps consistent with adopted resolutions and grant requirements.
