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1 <br /> ORD-2019-037 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 7, 2019 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-d <br /> SUBJECT: Creation of a 1.0 FTE Deputy Sheriff I (School Resource Officer) Position in the <br /> Orange County Sheriff's Office for Assignment to Eno River Academy, and <br /> Approval of Budget Amendment #2-A <br /> DEPARTMENT: Sheriff's Office <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Attachment 1: Excerpt from June 11, 2019 Sheriff Charles S. Blackwood, <br /> BOCC Budget Work 919.245.2900 <br /> Session Minutes <br /> PURPOSE: To approve the creation of a 1.0 FTE Deputy Sheriff I (School Resource Officer) <br /> position in the Orange County Sheriff's Office for assignment to Eno River Academy, and <br /> approval of Budget Amendment #2-A for the acceptance of offsetting revenues from Eno River <br /> Academy to cover the full costs of the position. <br /> BACKGROUND: At its July 12, 2018 meeting, the Eno River Academy Board of Directors <br /> voted unanimously to move forward with discussions with the Orange County Sheriff to place a <br /> School Resource Officer (SRO) on its K-12 campus. The Orange County Sheriff's Office <br /> currently provides a School Resource Officer Program in the Orange County Public Schools. <br /> One deputy is assigned to each elementary and middle school, as well as to the Partnership <br /> Academy, while two deputies are stationed at each high school. Upon approval of the position, <br /> the Sheriff's Office and Eno River Academy will enter into a previously reviewed and approved <br /> Agreement. <br /> At its June 11, 2019 Budget work session, and as part of the 2019-20 budget process, the <br /> BOCC previously discussed the possibility of creating a 1.0 FTE Deputy Sheriff I position to <br /> provide School Resource Officer (SRO) services at Eno River Academy. At that time, it was <br /> proposed that Eno River Academy would provide reimbursement to the County for the 10-month <br /> School Year associated expenditures. The minutes from that discussion detailing the Board's <br /> decision to not move forward with the proposal are provided at Attachment 1. <br /> The new current request entails Eno River Academy providing reimbursement to the County <br /> based on a full fiscal year's (12 months) expenditures and on a Services Agreement Contract <br /> outlining the SRO's services and related reimbursement to the County for FY 2019-20. The <br />