HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/18/2003 - RESOLUTION 2003-125 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER ITEM NUMBER: 13
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: November 18, 2003
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Gary Perman
SUBJECT
Resolution 2003-125 Authorizing the Mayor to Enter into a Law Enforcement Assistance Fund
(L.E.A.F.) Contract, #L-24-04, with the Colorado Department of Transportation to Provide Funds
for the Fort Collins Police Services Drunk Driving Enforcement Program.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The Colorado Department of Transportation has awarded Fort Collins Police Services a 2004 Law
Enforcement Assistance Fund(L.E.A.F.)grant in the amount of$40,000 to help reduce the number
of drunk drivers in Fort Collins. No matching funds are required.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Colorado Department of Transportation has awarded Fort Collins Police Services a 2004 Law
Enforcement Assistance Fund(L.E.A.F.) grant in the amount of$40,000 to help reduce the number
of drunk drivers in Fort Collins. This grant will provide overtime compensation for Fort Collins
Police Officers who are involved in operations, which focus on the detection and arrest of drunk
drivers. The stipulations of the grant are as follows:
• The grant money will be used for overtime compensation for police officers to perform
drunk driving enforcement duties.
• Conduct at least two sobriety checkpoints or saturation patrols during 2004.
• Fort Collins Police Services must be actively involved in the Colorado Department of
Transportation's DUI enforcement public awareness campaign by participation in joint
efforts.
• Fort Collins Police Services will make all reasonable efforts to increase DUI alcohol and
drug related arrests over the 2003 level.
Police Services has agreed to these stipulations and there are no matching funds required for this
grant.
RESOLUTION 2003-125
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE
DRUNK DRIVING ENFORCEMENT
GRANT CONTRACT#L-24-04 BETWEEN THE CITY AND
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins, on behalf of the Fort Collins Police Services, has
submitted an application to the Colorado Department of Transportation, Office of Transportation
Safety ("CDOT") for funding a Law Enforcement Assistance Fund (L.E.A.F.) project for the
prevention of drunken driving and the enforcement of laws pertaining to driving under the influence
of alcohol or other drugs, pursuant to Section 43-4-401 through Section 43-4-404, C.R.S., and to
L.E.A.F. Rules at 2 CCR 602.1; and
WHEREAS, CDOT has approved the application and has prepared Drunk Driving
Enforcement Grant Contract#L-24-04 (the "Contract") which must be entered into by the City as
a condition to receiving the funds from CDOT; and
WHEREAS, a copy of the Contract is on file in the Office of the City Clerk and available for
public review; and
WHEREAS, the City will receive under the Contract a grant of Forty Thousand Dollars
($40,000)which will be used by the Fort Collins Police Services in its Drunk Driving Enforcement
Program during 2004; and
WHEREAS, a resolution by the City Council formally approving the Contract and
authorizing the proper City signature to be affixed to the Contract indicating such approval is
required by CDOT.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the City Council hereby approves the terms, conditions and obligations of the
Contract and authorizes the Mayor to execute the Contract on behalf of the City of Fort Collins.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 18th day of November,
A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk