MONTMORENCY COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- In the past year, several northern Michigan counties and school districts have worked together to find the money to put resource officers back in schools.

But some counties, including Montmorency, are still struggling with funding.

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On Thursday, the Montmorency County Board of Commissioners was expected to make a decision on if there is enough money in the county's budget to pay for a school resource officer.

But no decision has yet been made.

Atlanta Community Schools got a grant from the state to pay for 50% of an officer's salary.

The school and the county would each pay 25%.

The county needs about $25,000 in order to hire a school resource officer.

“Nobody that I know of here is opposed to having an SRO officer, I think that’s been settled, everybody wants it to happen," said District 4 Commissioner Dell Bolser.

Commissioners said the county is already over budget.

"Were roughly over by $100,000," said District 1 Commissioner Mary Hardies. "So, where the magic?”

The magic being where to look at the budget and deciding where cuts can be made.

“I frankly did not come here today prepared to decide what parts of the budget we may be able to sacrifice," Bolser said.

Commissioners and the sheriff's department both agree there needs to be a special meeting to discuss where the money can come from.

“It seems like a meeting would be the appropriate thing to have a full discussion because to this day we still haven’t done that," said Montmorency County Sheriff Chad Brown.

A special meeting has been scheduled for March 29 at 9 a.m.

But Sheriff Brown is still frustrated as deadlines approach.

School resource officer training sessions will begin next month and the grant must be used by August 1.

“I maintain optimism that we’ll be able to work with the county I’m frustrated that a decision wasn’t made again," Sheriff Brown said.