Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes an agreement with the Ohio Traffic Safety Office (OTSO), State of Ohio, for the Impaired Driving Enforcement Program - FFY17 and to appropriate funds to cover the costs of the program. The OTSO works to reduce high traffic related crashes to save lives and reduce injuries and economic loss. This program will target reducing fatal crashes through enforcement activity by uniformed officers making and processing impaired driver arrests within the interstate system in 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 in the program. The funding for the agreement is dependent on federal funds from the US Department of Transportation for Federal Fiscal Year 2017 and follows the fiscal year period, October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency legislation is necessary to make funds available for the grant funded activity period that started October 1, 2016.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $60,348.60 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund for the Division of Police to cover the costs associated with the Impaired Driving Enforcement Program (IDEP) - FFY17. All funds appropriated are reimbursable from the State of Ohio. Prior year IDEP awards have been combined with the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program for total expenditure of $88,209.88 in 2013 and $92,055.13 in 2014. As a separate award, IDEP had a total expenditure of $54,101.05 in 2015 and the FFY16 IDEP expenditures were $41,056.49.
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 Impaired Driving Enforcement Program - FFY17; to authorize an appropriation of $60,348.60 from the unappropriated balance of the Gen...
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