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RESOLUTION NO. 17-192
WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont has been notified by the Texas Department of
Transportation that it is eligible to receive funding to assist in highway safety
enforcement; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont recognizes that the safety and security of the
motoring public is of paramount importance to the City; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont strives to enhance the safety of the motoring
public; and,
WHEREAS, grant funding through the Texas Department of Transportation
would assist in enhancing the safety of the motoring public and reducing motor vehicle
crashes which often result in loss of life or personal injury; and,
WHEREAS, traffic safety enforcement and encouragement of safe driving habits
are a significant goal of the Beaumont Police Department; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont has been notified by the Texas Department of
Transportation that it is eligible to participate in a Texas Traffic Safety Program and
receive federal reimbursement grant funding in an amount not to exceed Eighty -Eight
Thousand Five and 71/100 Dollars ($88,005.71) pursuant to the project titled "STEP
Comprehensive Fiscal Year 2018" for occupant protection enforcement, reduction of
alcohol and drug related driving incidents, speeding enforcement, and speeding related
crashes; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont has agreed to contribute Fifty -Four Thousand
Five Hundred Ten and 65/100 Dollars ($54,510.65) as its portion of the costs for the
project titled "STEP Comprehensive Fiscal Year 2018" which is for the -period of
October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are
hereby, in all things, approved and adopted, and,
THAT the City Manager of the City of Beaumont be, and he is hereby, authorized
to execute all documents necessary to apply for and receive funding for the project
"STEP Comprehensive Fiscal Year 2018" and take such action as necessary to
implement the project which occurs between October 1, 2017 and September 30, 2018;
and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City Manager is authorized to accept
and disburse the federal reimbursement grant funding in an amount not to exceed
Eighty -Eight Thousand Five and 71/100 Dollars ($88,005.71) and take such other
actions and execute such documents as may be necessary and appropriate to
implement the purpose and objectives of the "STEP Comprehensive Fiscal Year 2018"
project recognizing the City's contribution match of Fifty -Four Thousand Five Hundred
Ten and 65/100 ($54,510.65).
The meeting at which this resolution was approved was in all things conducted in
strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter
551.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 26th day of
September, 2017.
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