COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
TO: Honorable Mayor and Council
FROM: Daniel P. Doyle, Chief of Police
SUBJECT:Title
Adopt Resolution No. 18-3205 Approving the Submission of a Grant Application to the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety for Traffic Enforcement and Equipment
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FUNDING SOURCE:
Grant
PURPOSE:
To approve the submission of a grant application to the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to fund Traffic Enforcement and Equipment.
BACKGROUND:
The State of Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) provides grant funding to reimburse personnel services (overtime) and associated employee related expenses to conduct traffic enforcement, as well as funding to purchase traffic equipment such as radar guns. This grant application is due by March 2, 2018, and if awarded will be effective for Federal Fiscal Year 2019, which runs from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019.
COMMUNITY IMPACT:
The Lake Havasu City Police Department has been awarded and utilized GOHS grant funding for a number of years for DUI and traffic enforcement details, resulting in an increase in safety by removing impaired drivers from the roadway and targeting high traffic complaint areas throughout the community.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Appropriation in the amount of $40,000.00 for this grant funding will be requested through the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 budget process.
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution No. 18-3205
SUGGESTED MOTION:Recommended Action
I move to adopt Resolution No. 18-3205 approving the submission of a grant application to the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety for traffic enforcement and equipment; and authorize the City Manager to execute the application and grant agreement, deliver all documents necessary to carry out the terms and intent of the grant, and take all steps necessary to implement and complete the activities funded and required by the grant, subject to necessary review and approval by the City Attorney.