LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH CENTER
File #: 17-2746    Name:
Type: Consent Item Status: Passed
File created: 9/27/2017 In control: Broken Arrow City Council
On agenda: 10/3/2017 Final action: 10/3/2017
Title: Ratification of the high visibility enforcement grant application and proposed agreement for Fiscal year 2017-2018 with the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office
Attachments: 1. FY18 Speed Enforcement Award Packet

Broken Arrow City Council

Meeting of: 10-03-2017

                                                                                    

To:                     Mayor and City Council

From:                     Police Department

Title: 

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                     Ratification of the high visibility enforcement grant application and proposed agreement for Fiscal year 2017-2018 with the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office

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Background:

The Police Department has been awarded a grant from the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office in the amount of $74,960.00. Funding will be utilized in the following purpose areas: (1) Speed Enforcement (2) Bicycle/Pedestrian Enforcement and (3) Car Seat Checks.

                     The proposed grant funds will specifically allow Officers to provide high visibility enforcement while in an overtime capacity in support of State and National goals to reduce the number of fatality, incapacitating, and non-incapacitating collisions in our community. 

                     Staff recommends that the City Council authorize acceptance of the grant award.

 

Cost:                                                                $74,960.00 to be reimbursed by grant

Prepared By:                                           Aleisha Wickersham, Planning & Research Specialist

Reviewed By:                                          Police Department
                                    Finance Department
                                    Legal Department
                                 

Approved By:                      Michael L. Spurgeon, City Manager  

Attachments:                                          Oklahoma Highway Safety Office Grant narratives
                                

Recommendation:

Ratify the high visibility enforcement grant application and proposed agreement with the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office.