Title
Governor’s Highway Safety Program Grant for Traffic Safety - Driving While Impaired Task Force
Action
Action:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City to apply and accept a grant award in the amount of $204,424 from the Governor’s Highway Safety Program for the Driving While Impaired Task Force.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Johnny Jennings, Police
Jonathan Wally, Police
John Reibold, Police
Explanation
§ The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) has been invited to apply for a Fiscal Year 2023 Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) grant for the Driving While Impaired (DWI) Task Force.
§ The grant will fund 25 percent of the DWI Task Force’s personnel and training costs for six officers and one sergeant in the amount of $204,424. The City will provide 75 percent matching funds in the amount of $613,272 from CMPD’s operating budget.
§ GHSP requires that City Council adopt a resolution authorizing CMPD to apply for and accept the grant funding.
§ The grant is for a one-year term from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023.
§ This grant has been awarded annually for the previous nine years. In total, the GHSP has provided over $3,624,600 in funding for the DWI Task Force.
Fiscal Note
Funding: General Grants Fund and Police Operating Budget
Attachments
Attachment(s)
Resolution