Plum could be the next community to bar its police and staff from cooperating with federal immigration authorities.

That’s if Plum Council on Monday opts to pass a proposed noncooperation resolution discussed at its March 2 meeting.

Councilman Ray Rall said officials are still waiting for a final draft of the resolution from Solicitor Dayne Dice, but he expects a vote at the March 9 meeting.

Plum Police already are prohibited from assisting immigration agents except for instances such as traffic and crowd control at scenes, as per a directive from Mayor Harry Schlegel issued in early February.

That led the mayor to criticize the resolution, calling it redundant.

Rall previously said council’s resolution wouldn’t substantially change any existing police procedures but it would provide a uniform policy for all borough staff, including administration and departments such as public works.

The resolution, which, Rall said, council hopes to release prior to Monday’s meeting, will likely be similar to one recently passed in neighboring Oakmont, he said.

Oakmont’s decision last month came after one of its residents, Jose Flores, was detained by ICE in late January and later released.

That’s in addition to several other local governments that have said they won’t cooperate with immigration agents, including McCandless, Bellevue and Swissvale. Residents in Fox Chapel have asked their local officials to consider a resolution.

Across the river in Springdale, however, officials have inked a 287(g) agreement to work with ICE, resulting in the detainment of Peru-born resident Randy Cordova-Flores last month.

Dozens of residents attended Plum’s discussion meeting March 2 to speak about the proposal.

Most of the dozen-plus speakers approved of the resolution, though several others said they didn’t see the point of the vote if it wouldn’t change policing in the borough.

Rall said he’s not sure what to expect Monday but he hopes to see the community turn out again.

“As always, I want as much civic engagement as possible,” he said.

Rall is one of four Democrats who won election in November, replacing four Republican incumbents and shifting council’s majority from Republican to Democrat.

If the four Democratic councilmen vote in favor of the resolution as a bloc, it’s likely to pass.

Monday’s meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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