Item Coversheet

Spotsylvania County
Board of Supervisors Agenda
Executive Summary




Meeting Date:
February 12, 2019
Title:
De-Appropriation of the FY 2018 Highway Safety Grant Program Selective Enforcement for Speed

Type:
Action, Resolution, Appropriation
Agenda Title:
De-Appropriation of the FY 2018 Highway Safety Grant Program Selective Enforcement for Speed
Recommendation:
The Sheriff, Finance Committee, and staff recommend that the Board of Supervisors de-appropriate the FY 2018 Highway Safety Grant Award for selective enforcement for speed.
Summary:

As the administrative agency for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Safety Funds, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) issued a grant award totaling $52,200 for the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office, which was appropriated to meet strategic highway safety goals related to selective enforcement for speed for the federal fiscal year 2018 (October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018). These funds were utilized to provide overtime hours of selective enforcement for speed on primary or secondary roadways.

 

As part of the County’s annual carry forward process, the remaining grant balance of $9,575 was carried over into FY 2019.  In the last quarter of this grant award period, $4,605 was utilized. Selective enforcement activities for the grant were partially restricted to days and times coinciding with those periods when these incidents most frequently occurred in the past.  The Sheriff’s Office is requesting to de-appropriate the remaining $4,970 in grant funds as the grant award has expired and no additional grant funds can be obligated or expended.

Committee/Commission Summary:
Finance Committee
Review Date:
January 17, 2019
Status:Approved
Financial Impact:
See attached budget adjustment form.
Staff Contacts:

Sheriff Roger L. Harris, Sheriff’s Office

First Sergeant Tim Bryner, Sheriff’s Office

First Sergeant Scott Lockard, Sheriff’s Office

Annette D’Alessandro, Finance
Legal Counsel:
N/A
Additional Background/Other Considerations:
N/A
Consequence of Denial/Inaction:
If these funds are not removed from the approved budget the overtime and subsistence and lodging line items will reflect a higher amount than is actually available to be spent in FY 2019.
ATTACHMENTS:
File NameDescriptionType
FY18_Highway_Safety_Grant_-_Speed_-_Budget_Adj.docxBudget AdjustmentBudget Amendment
FY18_Highway_Safety_Grant_Speed_-_Speed_-_Deappropriation.docDe-AppropriationAppropriation