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Home My WebLink About~Master - Application for 2015/16 Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau Enforcement Grant RESOLUTION NO. 15-090 RESOLUTION APPROVING SUBMISSION OF GOVERNOR'S TRAFFIC SAFETY BUREAU ENFORCEMENT GRANT PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA WHEREAS, the Police Department is requesting permission to apply for funding from the Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau to support additional overtime traffic enforcement, and to participate in the project should funding be awarded; and, WHEREAS, this program is conducted through the Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau in cooperation with local and county law enforcement agencies; and, WHEREAS, its purpose is to address traffic safety problems including alcohol, excessive speed,motorcycle and bicycle safety,and vehicle occupant protection,and the program is designed with both enforcement and educational components to improve driver safety and protection, to reduce impaired driving, and to enhance overall traffic safety; and, WHEREAS,this grant will support additional traffic enforcement during periods of high risk for impaired driving,excessive speed and crashes,and the officers conducting this intensified traffic enforcement will be added to the normal staffing levels for the Police Department and will work on an overtime basis; and, WHEREAS, the areas in which these officers work will be selected on the basis of citizen complaints, officer observations, and traffic incident data; and, WHEREAS,the grant application would request$35,450 in funding for the following uses: to pay officers at an overtime rate; to replace an in-car video camera, two radar units, and a preliminary breath test device; and, to fund acquisition of educational materials on traffic safety. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the submission of an application for 2015/16 Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau Enforcement Grant is hereby approved,and authorization for the Police Department to participate is hereby further approved. ADOPTED THIS 24' day of February, 2015. c�""R_ Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Goodman Seconded by: Corrieri Voting aye: Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Goodman,Nelson, Orazem Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 24"'day of February, 2015.