TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Douglas J. Hewett, ICMA-CM, City Manager
Jeffrey Yates, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Roberto E. Bryan Jr., Chief of Police
DATE: August 11, 2025
RE:
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To Accept the Governor’s Highway Safety Program Grant Award and Adopt the Special Revenue Fund Project
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
All
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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 2026-6 to appropriate these funds for personnel overtime costs for fiscal year 2025-2026.
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 begins October 1, 2025, and ends September 30, 2026.
Budget Impact:
There is no impact on the General Fund fund balance.
Options:
1)Accept the Grant Award and Adopt Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance 2026-6 to appropriate grant funding.
2)Do not accept the Grant Award and do not adopt Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance 2026-6 and provide further guidance to staff.
Recommended Action:
Staff recommends that Council accept the grant award and adopt Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance 2026-6 as presented.
Attachments:
Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance 2026-6
Application Approval