TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Douglas J. Hewett, ICMA-CM, City Manager
Jeffrey Yates, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Kemberle Braden, Chief of Police
Kimberly Leonard, CLGBO, CLGFO, CPA, MPA,
Budget and Evaluation Director
DATE: August 26, 2024
RE:
Title
Adoption of Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance 2025-4 to Appropriate the Governor's Highway Safety Program Grant Award
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 1: Safe and Secure Community
Executive Summary:
The City of Fayetteville has been awarded a grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation under the Governor's Highway Safety Program. Council is asked to adopt Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance 2025-4 to appropriate these funds for personnel overtime costs for fiscal year 2024-2025.
Background:
The Fayetteville Police Department will utilize the $25,000 of grant funding to conduct high visibility enforcement on main highways and thoroughfares throughout the City. Additionally, patrols in neighborhoods and school zones will be increased to enhance enforcement of speed limits. The Fayetteville Police Department will schedule a minimum of forty (40) hours of overtime throughout the month for this increased activity. Officers will work 4-6 hour shifts of directed traffic patrol conducting focused enforcement.
The goal of this additional enforcement is to lower the number of motor vehicle fatalities across Cumberland County. This grant will fund the dedicated placement of officers on thoroughfares identified as having higher relative rates of excessive speeding and impaired drivers. Speed enforcement and impaired driver enforcement will be increased as a result of these efforts.
Issues/Analysis:
The grant performance period expires September 30, 2025.
Budget Impact:
There is no impact on the General Fund.
Options:
1) Adopt Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance 2025-4 to appropr...
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