Authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant application in the estimated amount of $40,000.00 to the Texas Department of Transportation for the enforcement of speed violations during the “Be Safe. Drive Smart. - Drive a Safe Speed” Operation Slowdown Campaign. The grant period for FY2024 Operation Slowdown will be July 16, 2024 through August 7, 2024. This grant is to pay overtime salaries and fringe benefits for officers to conduct intense speed limit enforcement in efforts to decrease traffic fatalities involving speed. The city will be responsible for a required match of approximately 24% of total project funds from the General Fund.

Committee

City Council

Requested by

Police

Introduced

April 9, 2024

On agenda

May 6, 2024

Where it was heard

City Council May 6, 2024