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<br />Item No: 8E <br />Meeting Date: September 14, 2009 <br />Type of Business: CA <br />Administrator Review : ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />From: Mike Sommer, Police Chief <br /> <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 7492, Authorization to Enter into a Grant <br />Agreement with the Minnesota Department of Public <br />Safety, Office of Traffic Safety Safe and Sober <br />Project <br /> <br />Date of Report: September 14, 2009 <br /> <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />The Mounds View Police Department in partnership with the Ramsey County Sheriff’s <br />Department, the Police Departments of New Brighton, Roseville, Maplewood, St. Anthony <br />Village, North St. Paul and White Bear Lake applied for and have been awarded a grant from <br />the Department of Public Safety for the Safe and Sober project. The purpose of the grant is <br />to allow agencies to conduct highly publicized, overtime enforcement projects addressing <br />traffic safety issues with an emphasis on impaired driving and passenger protection use. The <br />Safe & Sober Grant Program provides funds to law enforcement agencies to conduct <br />stepped-up traffic enforcement and community outreach. Each year, requests for Safe & <br />Sober overtime grants equal about twice the federal funding available. The grant funds are <br />available on a cost reimbursement basis; costs are reimbursed after they are incurred and <br />paid by the grantee agencies. The project year begins on October 1, 2009 and ends on <br />September 30, 2010. <br /> <br />The Mounds View Police Department will use the funds from the grant to pay officers to work <br />various traffic enforcement projects. The Mounds View Police grant award for 2009-2010 is <br />$24,000. <br /> <br />Recommendation: Staff recommends Council authorize acceptance of the grant. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> _______________________ <br />Mike Sommer, Police Chief <br />