Committee moves forward with plan to outsource crossing guard services, flags 2027 budget increase
Summary
The Budget and Finance Committee reviewed a proposal from the Ephrata Area School District and Ephrata Police Department to outsource crossing guard services, agreed there are sufficient 2026 funds due to vacancies, and reached consensus to continue toward contracting while noting higher annual costs will begin in 2027.
The Budget and Finance Committee reviewed a request from the Ephrata Area School District and the Ephrata Police Department to outsource school crossing guard services and reached a consensus to pursue contracting the service. Staff told committee members that vacant crossing guard positions left sufficient funds in the 2026 budget to cover any additional cost for the remainder of 2026, so the operational change will not require unbudgeted expenditures this year.
Staff (Gerhart) warned committee members that outsourcing would require a larger annual budget beginning in 2027 and that administrative and police-department time savings identified in the analysis were not quantified. The committee did not take a formal vote but recorded consensus to continue toward contracted services and requested no further committee action at this time.
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