SUBJECT
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A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laredo, Texas authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant application in the estimated amount of $40,000.00 to the Texas Department of Transportation for the enforcement of vehicle occupant protection during the "Click It or Ticket" (CIOT) Campaign. The grant period for FY2025 CIOT will begin May 16, 2025 through June 04, 2025. This grant is to pay overtime salaries and fringe benefits for officers to conduct intense occupant protection enforcement in order to increase occupant restraint use in all passenger vehicles and trucks. The city will be responsible for a required match of approximately $9,300.00, from the General Fund. Funding is available in the Special Police Fund.
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PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
None.
BACKGROUND
The Texas Department of Transportation has made a grant entitled "Click it or Ticket" (CIOT) available to the Laredo Police Department. These grant funds will intensify enforcement through overtime that places primary emphasis on increasing the number of citations for non-use of occupant restraints during the annual 'Click It or Ticket' Campaign mobilization. The rationale of this project is to increase occupant restraint use in all passenger vehicles and trucks by conducting an intense occupant protection enforcement and public information and education effort during the grant performance period.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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Recommends that Council approves this resolution.
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Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Year: 2025
Budgeted Y/N?: Y
Source of Funds: Special Police
Account #: 229-2316
Change Order: Exceeds 25% Y/N: N/A
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The Texas Department of Transportation FY2025 CIOT grant application is in the estimated amount of $40,000.00 and the City’s match will be approximately $9,300.00.
Funding is available in the Special Police Fund.