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<br />ORD-2019-037 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 7, 2019 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-d <br /> <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 /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Sheriff’s Office <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Attachment 1: Excerpt from June 11, 2019 <br />BOCC Budget Work <br />Session Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Sheriff Charles S. Blackwood, <br />919.245.2900 <br /> <br /> <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 />1