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An Ordinance authorizing the execution of two grant agreements between the State of Missouri, through its Department of Transportation Traffic and Highway Safety Division, and the City of Lee's Summit for the Missouri Highway Safety Program. (F&BC 9/6/23)
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Issue/Request:
The City, through the Lee's Summit Police Department, applied for and has been awarded two grants by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Traffic, and Highway Safety Division. The first grant awarded the City $56,340.00 for a Hazardous Moving Violation Project, and the second grant awarded the City $37,400.00 for an Impaired Driving Enforcement/DWI Saturation Project. The grants will provide the City with funding to implement programs intended to reduce the number and severity of traffic crashes on Missouri roadways and reduce traffic fatalities and injuries.
Under the first grant agreement, the City will be reimbursed for funds spent on programs that reduce speeding and aggressive driving within the City borders. Funds from the second grant agreement will be spent on programs that reduce impaired driving in the City. Both grant agreements have a term starting October 1, 2023, and ending September 30, 2024.
The Lee's Summit Police Department desires the City to accept the grant awards by passing this ordinance and executing the grant agreements with the Missouri Department of Transportation, Traffic, and Highway Safety Division for the Hazardous Moving Violation Project and the Impaired Driving Enforcement/DWI Saturation Project.
Proposed City Council Motion:
FIRST MOTION: I move for the second reading of an Ordinance authorizing the execution of two grant agreements between the State of Missouri, through its Department of Transportation Traffic and Highway Safety Division, and the City of Lee's Summit for the Missouri Highway Safety Program.
SECOND MOTION: I move for adoption of an Ordinance authorizing the execution of two grant agreements between the State of Missou...
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