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Item No: 8A Meeting Date: October 24, 2005 Type of Business: Consent Agenda City Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Mike Sommer, Police Chief Item Title/Subject: Authorization to enter into a grant agreement with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety Safe and Sober project Date of Report: October 24, 2005 Background: The Mounds View Police Department in partnership with the New Brighton Police Department applied for and has been awarded a grant from the Department of Public Safety for the Safe and Sober project. The purpose of the grant is to allow agencies to conduct highly publicized, overtime enforcement projects addressing traffic safety issues with an emphasis on impaired driving and passenger protection use. The Safe & Sober Grant Program provides funds to law enforcement agencies to conduct stepped-up traffic enforcement and community outreach. Each year, requests for Safe & Sober overtime grants equal about twice the federal funding available. The grant funds are available on a cost reimbursement basis; costs are reimbursed after they are incurred and paid by the grantee agencies. The project year begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006. The Mounds View Police Department is expected to be granted approximately $8,000.00 for the program. The Mounds View Police Department was awarded a Safe and Sober grant in 2003-2004 in partnership with the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department The Mounds View Police Department along with the New Brighton Police Department will use the funds from the current grant to pay officers to work various traffic enforcement projects in both cities along with some joint enforcement projects involving both Cities Police Departments. Recommendation: Staff recommends Council authorize acceptance of the grant. _______________________ Respectfully submitted by Mike Sommer, Police Chief