Title
Fiscal Year 2022 Governor’s Highway Safety Program Grant for Traffic Safety - Driving While Impaired Task Force
Action
Action:
Adopt a resolution to accept a grant award in the amount of $201,201 from the Governor’s Highway Safety Program for the Driving While Impaired Task Force.
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Staff Resource(s):
Johnny Jennings, Police
Will Farrell, Police
John Reibold, Police
Explanation
§ The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) has been tentatively awarded a Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) grant for the Driving While Impaired (DWI) Task Force. This grant has been awarded annually for the previous eight years.
§ GHSP requires that City Council adopt a resolution to authorize CMPD to apply for and accept the grant funding.
§ On January 25, 2021, City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the city to accept a grant award in the amount of $200,701 from the GHSP for the DWI Task Force. The GHSP grant amount has increased from $200,701 to $201,201. This action authorizes the acceptance of the additional contribution.
§ The total cost for the DWI Task force, six officers and one sergeant, is projected to be $804,802 in FY 2022. The grant will fund 25 percent of Task Force costs. The city is to provide 75 percent in matching funds ($603,602). The matching funds are included in the Police Operating Budget.
§ The grant is for a one-year term from October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022.
Fiscal Note
Funding: General Grants Fund and Police Operating Budget
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Resolution