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Joint resolution authorizing an amended Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) 2019 Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant to include a Distracted Driving Campaign and approving an emergency appropriation in the amount of $22,011.21.
Staff Summary
* In September 2018, the Lake County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) was awarded an IDOT STEP grant in the amount of $176,292.24 for the period October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019 to complete six mandatory enforcement campaigns and two optional enforcement campaigns.
* On February 11, 2019, the LCSO received notification that IDOT had amended the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2019 STEP grant to include a Distracted Driving Campaign.
* The Distracted Driving Campaign's main objective is to conduct enforcement of Illinois distracted driving laws on the use of electronic devices and to remind drivers that distracted driving in unsafe.
* This distracted Driving Campaign period will be April 1 through April 30, 2019.
* During the campaign period, the LCSO will conduct a total of 20 enforcement details (10 during the day, 10 during the night), which amounts to a total of 120 hours of distracted driving enforcement.
* This amended award provides an increase from the FFY18 distracted driving enforcement campaign of 36 additional hours.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, said Distracted Driving Campaign held in Fiscal Year 2018 led to a total of 122 citations being issued, 94 of those citations were distracted driving violations; and,
WHEREAS, the Lake County Sheriff's Office believes that conducting a Distracted Driving Campaign during the month of April 2019 will continue to keep the roadways safe; and,
WHEREAS, said grants will fund the overtime and indirect costs associated with conducting the Distracted Driving Campaign.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Lake County Sheriff's Office accept an amended Illinois Department of Transportation STEP Gra...
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