Title
Resolution Approving the City of Hampton, Virginia's Participation and Appropriation of the FY2018 DMV Highway Safety Grant (Selective Enforcement - Speed) Through the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has awarded the City of Hampton Police Division pass-through funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2018 in the total project amount of $75,675.00 with $50,450.00 in federal funds. These grant funds are for officer overtime relating to selective enforcement (speed), three additional LIDAR units, and for two officers to attend highway safety related training.
Discussion:
The total funding for this grant project is $75,675.00 with $50,450.00 in federal funds and $25,225.00 in matching, in-kind funds. In-kind funding will be provided by the Hampton Police Division as fuel and vehicle maintenance costs incurred during/because of enforcement activities. The Hampton Police Division will utilize the federal funding to purchase three LIDAR units and allow two officers to attend a highway safety related training. The remaining federal funding will be to hire overtime sworn personnel to specifically address traffic safety issues related to speed violations with the overall goal of reducing speed-related serious injury crashes within the City of Hampton. Efforts will be focused on enforcement during days of the week and times identified by the Department of Motor Vehicles' Virginia Highway Safety Office's Speed-Related Crash Statistics Report. The period of performance for this grant is from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.
The City of Hampton Police Division has historically been awarded federal funding through this grant program on a yearly basis, although award amounts have varied by year.
The period of performance for the FFY18 Highway Safety Grant begins October 1, 2017 and the DMV requires, at mini...
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