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Joint resolution accepting the Highway Safety Program Grant (State Award Identification Number (SAIN) 343-2773), awarded by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $113,013.20 for fiscal year (FY)2017 through FY2018.
Staff Summary
* The Sheriff's Office has applied for and has been awarded an IDOT federal FY2018 Highway Safety Program Grant in the amount of $113,013.20.
* The main objective of the grant is to conduct specific traffic enforcement campaigns that will maximize road safety and provide financial assistance for purchasing traffic enforcement equipment.
* Traffic enforcement campaigns include roadside safety checks and impaired driving enforcement.
* The grant requires seven mandatory enforcement campaigns and two optional enforcement campaigns.
* All mandatory enforcement campaigns and both optional campaigns will be conducted.
* There is no match required for this grant.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, said traffic enforcement campaigns held in FY2016 through FY2017 have led to a total of 976 citations being issued, 281 of those citations were seat belt violations and 25 Driving Under the Influence (DUI) arrests; and,
WHEREAS, the Lake County Sheriff's Office believes that continuing to conduct these traffic enforcement campaigns in FY2017 through FY2018 will continue to keep the roadways safe; and,
WHEREAS, said grants will fund the overtime costs associated with conducting these traffic enforcement campaigns; and,
WHERAS, the Law and Judicial Committee approved submitting the grant application for SAIN 343-2773 at their April 5, 2017 meeting (Agenda Item # 17-0364); and,
WHERAS, the Financial and Administrative Committee approved the submitting the grant application for SAIN 343-2773 at their April 6, 2017, meeting (Agenda Item #17-0364.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Lake County Sheriff's Office accept Funding Opportu...
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