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Department: Police
Director: Ed Drain, Police Chief
Agenda Item: 2027 STEP – Impaired Driving Mobilization Grant
Recommended Action: Adoption of Resolutions
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Item Summary
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To authorize the City of Plano to participate in, receive grant funds, and provide matching city funds through the Texas Highway Traffic Safety Program, for the STEP – Impaired Driving Mobilization (IDM) project, to conduct DWI enforcement waves during holiday periods; authorizing the City Manager or his authorized designee to execute the grant agreement and any other documents necessary to effectuate the action taken; and providing an effective date.
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Background
The Police Department applied to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for grant funds to participate in a one-year State of Texas Impaired Driving Mobilization Grant.
We are requesting approval to accept the FY 26/27 grant of $62,336.23 for DWI enforcement, $12,467.24 of which will be the required City match ($49,868.99 in federal funds and $12,467.24 in local funds). This grant is an 80/20 matching grant.
We are requesting the match in hard dollars for salaries and benefits in the amount of $12,467.24 to be funded from the Traffic Safety Fund.
The grant will fund officers to conduct DWI enforcement waves during holiday periods to deter impaired driving through high visibility traffic enforcement and earn media activity as part of the statewide “Drink, Drive, Go to Jail” campaign and in conjunction with the national impaired Driving Mobilization campaign.
Traffic safety is one of our four Performance Measures. If funding is not approved, the Police Department’s traffic enforcement activities will be adversely impacted, and the state’s matching funds will be forfeited.
Financial Summary/Strategic Goals
The grant contract, if approved, provides an 80% STEP Grant reimbursement, in the estimated amount of $49,869, from TXDOT to reimburse police officer overtime expenditures, benefits, operating ex...
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