The Amador County Unified School District board of directors on Wednesday voted to renew a school truancy police officer position for the upcoming year and discussed cost sharing with the cities of Ione, Sutter Creek and Jackson. The board voted 6-0 with one absence to give Superintendent Dick Glock the authority to sign a contract renewal for the resource officer position that is based in Sutter Creek. Glock said that Jackson officials had decided to not share in the cost of the truant officer, due to a 16 percent cut in the Jackson Police Department. Glock said Jackson Police Chief Scott Morrison had informed the district that the JPD “will continue to follow good policing procedures, increase patrols around the schools and in general continue a high level of responsiveness.” Finance director Barbara Murray said the resource officer would cost 24,500 Dollars. Murray said the officer’s salary was paid in part with a 10,000 dollar Karl Washington grant, a gift born from the aftermath of the Columbine High School shootings. Glock said the officer, based in Sutter Creek, could police school campuses in Ione and Jackson if those cities’ police chiefs give the OK. The current resource officer’s position was to expire Monday, September 1st, five days after the board’s meeting, prompting board members to seek renewal of the contract rather than letting it expire. Board member Terry A. Porray asked that “next year, please let’s do this a lot earlier.”