Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation is needed to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Traffic Safety Office (OTSO), State of Ohio, for the High Visibility Enforcement Overtime 2009 project and to appropriate funds to cover the costs of this project. The OTSO works to reduce traffic related crashes to save lives and reduce injuries and economic loss. This project will target reducing fatal crashes by strict enforcement on speed, aggressive driving behaviors, OVI, seatbelt violations and driver inattention within the interstate system within the City of Columbus and major arterial streets during specific holiday and national mobilization periods. The agreement authorizes reimbursement for the overtime costs of sworn personnel working on the project. The funding for the agreement is dependent on federal funds from the US Department of Transportation for Federal Fiscal Year 2009 and follows that fiscal year period, October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency legislation is necessary to make funds available for the start-up of project activities during specified holiday periods in 2008.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $125,943.35 from the General Government Grant Fund for the Police Division, to cover costs associated with the High Visibility Enforcement Overtime 2009 project that seeks to reduce traffic deaths on the interstate highways due to excessive driving speed. All funds appropriated are reimbursable from the State of Ohio; therefore, there will be no effect on the financial status of the City General Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Safety to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Traffic Safety Office, State of Ohio, to participate in the High Visibility Enforcement Overtime 2009 project; to authorize an appropriation of $125,943.35 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs associate...
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