| | | | | | | | Spotsylvania County
Board of Supervisors Agenda
Executive Summary |
| | | | | | | | Meeting Date:
| September 11, 2018 |
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| | | | | | | | Title:
| Acceptance and Appropriation of a Grant Award for the FY19 Highway Safety Grant Program Selective Enforcement for Speed Violations |
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| | | | | | | | Type:
| Action, Resolution, Appropriation |
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| | | | | | | | Agenda Title:
| Acceptance and Appropriation of a Grant Award for the FY19 Highway Safety Grant Program Selective Enforcement for Speed Violations |
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| | | | | | | | Recommendation:
| The Finance Committee, Sheriff and staff recommend that the Board of Supervisors accept and appropriate the FY19 Highway Safety Grant Award for selective enforcement for speed. |
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| | | | | | | | Summary:
| As the administrative agency for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Safety Funds, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has issued a grant award of $52,990 for the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office to meet strategic highway safety goals.
The following information represents the speed crash statistics for Spotsylvania County for the following calendar years:
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CY 2014
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CY 2015
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CY 2016
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CY 2017
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CY 2018*
(Jan. 1 – Jun. 30)
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Speed-Related Fatal Crash
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7
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7
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4
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6
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8
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Speed-Related Serious Injury Crashes
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35
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31
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57
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26
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15
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Speed-Related Injury Crashes
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152
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155
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161
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146
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76
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Total Speed Fatal and Injury Crashes
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194
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193
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222
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178
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99
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Total of All Speed Related Crashes
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407
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475
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466
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461
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222
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If accepted, these grant funds will provide approximately 1,000 overtime hours of selective enforcement for speed on primary or secondary roadways. This project will provide for $47,000 in overtime costs to enforce highway safety law. Additionally, the award will also provide $1,500 to send two attendees to Virginia Highway Safety Training Office approved trainings. The grant requires any travel and subsistence reimbursements to follow the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Travel Policy. Any costs above the state reimbursement amount that still falls within the County’s Adopted Travel Policy will be paid for from the Sheriff’s Office FY 2019 and/or FY 2020 operational budgets. The grant will provide $4,490 to purchase two laser speed measuring devices and associated equipment.
The award requires an in-kind service match of $26,495 that will be met through the use of the Sheriff’s Office fuel and maintenance costs for enforcement vehicles from the FY 2019 and FY 2020 operational budgets. Furthermore, the grant will not pay for the FICA, Medicare, and Workers’ Compensation costs associated with the overtime. It is estimated that these associated costs will be $4,559. The Sheriff’s Office will absorb these costs through their FY 2019 and FY 2020 operational budgets.
If approved, the grant award period will run from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. No-cost extensions are not usually allowed under this program.
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Item
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Grant Award
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Local Match
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Total
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Overtime
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$47,000
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$0
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$47,000
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Per Diem, Lodging, and Conference Registration
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$1,500
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$0
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$1,500
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Equipment
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$4,490
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$0
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$4,490
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In-Kind Contribution
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$0
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$26,495
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$26,495
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Overtime Fringe Benefit
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$0
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$4,559
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$4,559
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TOTAL
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$52,990
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$31,054
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$84,044
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| | | | | | | | Committee/Commission Summary:
| Finance Committee |
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| | | | | | | | Review Date:
| August 23, 2018 |
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| | | | | | | | Financial Impact:
| See attached budget adjustment form. |
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| | | | | | | | Staff Contacts:
| Captain Charles Carey, Sheriff’s Office
First Sergeant Timothy Bryner, Sheriff’s Office
Sergeant Scott Lockard, Sheriff’s Office
Annette D’Alessandro, Finance |
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| | | | | | | | Legal Counsel:
| Jessica DesNoyer, County Attorneys Office |
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| | | | | | | | Additional Background/Other Considerations:
| N/A |
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| | | | | | | | Consequence of Denial/Inaction:
| This grant will enable the Sheriff’s Office to target speed driving violations. Through this effort the Sheriff’s Office will attempt to reduce the County’s overall speed crash rate, as well as the number of fatalities and injuries associated with speed-related crashes. If this grant award is denied, it will eliminate an opportunity to increase the department’s traffic enforcement abilities. |
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