Consideration and Approval of Grant Application and Acceptance upon Award: Between the City of Flagstaff and the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety for Driving Under the Influence/Impaired Driving Enforcement and Equipment Grant
 

Approval of the grant applications and acceptance upon award of the grant will enable the Flagstaff Police Department to increase efforts in reducing injury motor vehicle collisions by locating impaired drivers and supplementing on-duty patrol officers with paid overtime officers on nights and weekends when impaired driving accidents historically occur.  The grant will also assist in the safety of officers with the new equipment to be purchased.

There is no financial impact on the City of Flagstaff in terms of expenditures. This grant is budgeted within the Police Department budget. Grant applications submitted are as follows;
$30,000 - DUI Abatement Council Overtime                                 $23,823 - Zero Motorcycle Police Package
$56,550 - DUI Task Force Overtime                                             $5,398 - Safety Traffic Cones
$55,200 - Youth Alcohol Prevention Overtime

The grant allows us to provide additional funding to assist the Flagstaff Police Department in meeting the community's expectations in regard to reducing injury collisions and apprehending impaired drivers of motor vehicles.

Flagstaff Regional Plan Policy PF.3.1 Maintain high-quality effectiveness and efficiency in law enforcement, fire and emergency services to the extent that is consistent with governmental operations, plans, public policies, population served, and monies available.

Yes: Council has approved multiple GOHS grants annually. 

1.) Approve acceptance of the grant from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety.
2.) Disapprove acceptance of the grant from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety.

The Flagstaff Police Department has partnered with the Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) for the past twenty-five (25) years in efforts to reduce the amount of injury motor vehicle collisions in our community.  GOHS has continuously provided grant monies used to staff details focused on finding impaired drivers, thus removing them from our highways and making our community safer.

Grant monies from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety allow us to schedule more officers on weekends and holidays when impaired drivers are more frequent.  These additional officers are focused on finding and removing impaired drivers from our roadways, which reduces motor vehicle collisions making our community much safer.

Approval of the grant will give the Flagstaff Police Department $141,750 to be spent on overtime assignments to increase efforts in reducing injury motor vehicle collisions by locating impaired drivers and supplementing on-duty patrol officers with paid overtime officers on nights and weekends when impaired driving accidents historically occur. The grant will also assist in the safety of officers with the new equipment to be purchased.  The grant also allows $29,221 to purchase additional reflective traffic safety cones and an electric motorcycle. The traffic cones will be used for traffic events and to be used during major traffic accidents to prevent any further accidents from occurring.  The electric motorcycle will continue to increase our efforts of sustainability while being able to achieve traffic education and enforcement.

Approval of the grant award will enable the Flagstaff Police Department to increase efforts in reducing injury motor vehicle collisions by locating impaired drivers and supplementing on-duty patrol officers with paid overtime officers on nights, weekends and holiday when impaired driving accidents historically occur. 

Inform the Council and public on the application of this grant and the intended use of these funds.