A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laredo, Texas authorizing the City Manager to ratify the acceptance of a grant in the amount of $29,999.96 from 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 FY2025 Operation Slowdown will begin July 15, 2025 through August 06, 2025. 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 $9,299.95, from the General Fund, for a project total of $39,299.95. Funding is available in the Special Police Fund.

Committee

City Council

Requested by

Police

Introduced

June 24, 2025

On agenda

July 21, 2025

Where it was heard

City Council Jul 21, 2025

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