Agenda 12-02-19 Item 8-a - Minutes

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29 1 again. She said the towns are ready to fill vacancies, and a delay seems inappropriate at this 2 time. 3 David Hunt said the Clerk's Office will adapt the reporting system and modify the 4 database with the new questions, and will try to systematically ask current applicants to submit 5 the responses to these new questions. 6 Commissioner Marcoplos said what will help this process the most is the Board taking 7 the time to have a fuller discussion. He said updating the application is useful, but the 8 increased dialogue is most important. He supported moving ahead with appointments on the 9 14t" 10 Commissioner Dorosin said changing the application, and having fuller conversations at 11 work sessions, were two separate tasks. He said the Board can make the appointments using 12 the existing applications and having the discussion, and if it goes well, the Board can continue 13 this new process going forward. He said he supports moving forward on the 14t" 14 Chair Rich said the Board will go ahead with the November 14I" Work Session. She 15 asked if staff should contact the applicants being considered, in order for them to answer the 16 new application questions. 17 Commissioner McKee said no, the Board should just continue. 18 The Board agreed by consensus. 19 Chair Rich acknowledged that Riley Ruske had signed up to speak on this item, but had 20 left the meeting. 21 22 d. Creation of a 1.0 FTE Deputy Sheriff I (School Resource Officer) Position in the 23 Orange County Sheriff's Office for Assignment to Eno River Academy, and 24 Approval of Budget Amendment #2-A 25 The Board considered voting to approve the creation of a 1.0 FTE Deputy Sheriff 1 26 (School Resource Officer) position in the Orange County Sheriff's Office for assignment to Eno 27 River Academy, and approval of Budget Amendment#2-A for the acceptance of offsetting 28 revenues from Eno River Academy to cover the full costs of the position. 29 30 BACKGROUND: At its July 12, 2018 meeting, the Eno River Academy Board of Directors 31 voted unanimously to move forward with discussions with the Orange County Sheriff to place a 32 School Resource Officer (SRO) on its K-12 campus. The Orange County Sheriff's Office 33 currently provides a School Resource Officer Program in the Orange County Public Schools. 34 35 One deputy is assigned to each elementary and middle school, as well as to the Partnership 36 Academy, while two deputies are stationed at each high school. Upon approval of the position, 37 the Sheriff's Office and Eno River Academy will enter into a previously reviewed and approved 38 Agreement. 39 40 At its June 11, 2019 Budget work session, and as part of the 2019-20 budget process, the 41 BOCC previously discussed the possibility of creating a 1.0 FTE Deputy Sheriff I position to 42 provide School Resource Officer (SRO) services at Eno River Academy. At that time, it was 43 proposed that Eno River Academy would provide reimbursement to the County for the 10- 44 month School Year associated expenditures. The minutes from that discussion detailing the 45 Board's decision to not move forward with the proposal are provided at Attachment 1. 46 47 The new current request entails Eno River Academy providing reimbursement to the County 48 based on a full fiscal year's (12 months) expenditures and on a Services Agreement Contract 49 outlining the SRO's services and related reimbursement to the County for FY 2019-20. The 50 expenses for FY 2019-20 would be pro-rated based on a commencement date of November 11,