HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10081996 - C42 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: WARREN E. RUPF, Sheriff
DATE: October 8, 1996
SUBJECT: Approval of Office of Traffic Safety Grant
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Office of the Sheriff to execute, on behalf of the Board
of Supervisors, a Traffic Safety Project Agreement with the Office of Traffic Safety
for the County-Wide D.U.I. Breath Alcohol Enhancement Program.
ll. FINANCIAL IMPACT.
Execution of the agreement will result in a grant award of$206,323 to the Office of
the Sheriff to be used for the purchase of instrumentation and supplies for the
county-wide driver alcohol testing program.
Ill. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
The County's Driver Alcohol Testing Program was implemented in 1979, in part with
grant funds from the Office of Traffic Safety. Much of the instrumentation used in
the program is now old and in poor condition. Local funding is not available to
replace or enhance the testing equipment. The Office of Traffic Safety has made
federal funding available to enhance or improve the enforcement of drunk driving
laws in local jurisdictions.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to execute the project agreement will result in lost funding to the County. As
instrumentation used in the enforcement of drunk driving laws ages and fails, police
agencies in the County may be forced to curtail enforcement of drunk driving
offenses.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
ROBERT R. ENDERSON, UNDERSHERIFF
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON OCT ® ® 10 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE
/OF SUPERVISORS
Y UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
OCT 08
cc: Office of the Sheriff ATTESTED
BY DEPUTY