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Reading council discusses school resource officer funding; council expresses consensus on cost-sharing
Summary
Councilors discussed funding for a proposed school resource officer and agreed the employing entity should pay wages and benefits for hours the officer serves that entity (school pays for school hours, city pays for city hours). No formal vote was recorded.
Reading City Council discussed funding arrangements for a proposed school resource officer (SRO) during its Oct. 8 meeting and recorded a council consensus on cost-sharing between the school and the city.
The transcript records that "the consensus of the Council is that the entity that is utilizing this individual would pay for the wages/benefits that this individual is working for them. School should pay wages/benefits for the hours that the individual is working in the School and City will be responsible for the wages/benefits that the individual is working for the City." No individual councilor was recorded as moving a formal ordinance or motion on the SRO funding at this meeting.
The discussion did not include a vote or a detailed funding schedule; councilors indicated the principle of proportional cost-bearing by the entity using the officer. Further details — such as hourly allocations, whether the SRO would be a city employee assigned to school duty under a cost-sharing agreement, or a school-hired officer with city details — were not specified in the transcript and would require follow-up.
