Title
Governor’s Highway Safety Program Grant for Traffic Safety
Action
Action:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $25,000 from the North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program to conduct overtime projects focused on increased enforcement of traffic violations.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Johnny Jennings, Police
Christopher Rorie, Police
Justin Kupfer, Police
Explanation
§ The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) has been invited to apply for a $25,000 grant from the NC Governor’s Highway Safety Patrol.
§ The terms of the grant require that City Council adopt a resolution authorizing CMPD to apply for and accept the grant funding.
§ If awarded this grant will provide funding to conduct overtime projects focused on increased enforcement of traffic violations such as aggressive driving, organized street racing or takeovers, and/or special traffic operations including Vision Zero.
§ Officers will work 4-to-6-hour shifts in areas of the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County that have been identified as having a problem with excessive speeding and/or crashes.
§ If granted, this grant would run from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024.
§ No matching funds are required from the city.
Fiscal Note
Funding: General Grants Fund
Attachments
Attachment(s)
Resolution