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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MISSOURI HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND THE CITY OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI FOR THE ON CALL WORK ZONE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI.
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Issue/Request:
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has authorized funds to be used to support Statewide Transportation Improvement Program On Call Work Zone Enforcement activities within the City of Lee's Summit for a term of five years beginning July 1, 2016. The Police Department is requesting we enter into the intergovernmental agreement to utilize the funds.
Key Issues:
The Lee's Summit Police Department desires to provide addtional safety to those individuals working, and motorists navigating through work zones, and has indicated its willingness and ability to provide such work zone enforcement.
Proposed City Council Motion:
First Motion: I move for a second reading
Second Motion: I move for adoption
Background:
When the Missouri Department of Transportation is engaged in a road construction project within the city limits of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, the agency may request enforcement assistance from the Lee’s Summit Police Department. Officers in patrol vehicles will be present at the road construction sites to alert drivers to the road construction and the need to reduce speed and proceed with vigilance through the construction zone. Grant funding from the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission allows officers to be paid overtime to work at the construction zones when called upon by the Commission.
Timeline:
Start: July 1, 2016
Finish: July 1, 2021
Presenter
Presenter: Curt Mansell
Recommendation
Recommendation: Staff recommends passage
Committee Recommendation
Committee Recommendation: I move to recommend to City Council approval of an AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MISSOURI HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND THE CITY OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI FOR THE ON CALL WORK ZONE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI.