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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date : September 5 , 2024
Action Agenda
Item No . 8 - 1
SUBJECT : North Carolina Governor' s Highway Safety Program : Orange County Sheriff' s
Office Police Traffic Services and Approval of Budget Amendment # 1 - B
DEPARTMENT : Sheriff' s Office
ATTACHMENT ( S ) : INFORMATION CONTACT :
Attachment 1 . Traffic Safety Project Sheriff Charles S . Blackwood ,
Grant Application 919 . 245 . 2900
Attachment 2 . Agreement of Conditions Jennifer Galassi , Legal Advisor to the
Attachment 3 . Local Government Sheriff, 919 . 245 . 2952
Resolution Ret . Capt . T . Brian Whitehurst , Sheriff' s
Attachment 4 . Year-to- Date Budget Deputy and North Carolina
Summary Governor' s Highway Safety Program
Triangle Region LEL , 919 . 245 . 2900
PURPOSE : To :
1 ) Adopt a Resolution recognizing federal funding for police traffic services to the Sheriff' s
Office ;
2 ) Authorize the Chair to sign the Resolution ; and
3 ) Approve Budget Amendment # 1 - B .
BACKGROUND : The North Carolina Governor' s Highway Safety Program (the " GHSP " ) partners
with Law Enforcement Liaisons to promote highway safety awareness and to reduce the number
of traffic crashes and fatalities in the State . Law Enforcement Liaisons (" LEL " ) , located in the
eleven ( 11 ) regions in which the GHSP divides the State , serve as coordinators and organizers
for highway safety activities in their respective regions and as liaisons to the GHSP Office in
Raleigh .
Some of the duties of an LEL include :
• promoting traffic safety measures in the region ,
• supporting and informing law enforcement agencies within those regions of current and
upcoming campaigns ,
• providing information and guidance in the grant process by assisting agencies with
questions , and
• directing them to the appropriate grant manager for their region .
LELs communicate on a regular basis with the county coordinators in their region and assist them
with the efforts to promote activities and campaigns on the county level . " Booze It & Lose It" and
" Click It or Ticket" are well known GHSP campaigns . Additionally , LELs monitor campaign
reporting in their regions and ensure all agencies are participating in the reporting of campaign
statistics .
LELs are required to attend quarterly meetings held throughout the State with GHSP staff, the
annual Lifesaver National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities in the spring , and assist with
planning , set up , operations , and tear down of the annual North Carolina Highway Safety
Symposium . To facilitate travel , training , and the other activities of the LELs , GHSP awards a
grant to the employing agency of each LEL . The grant funds travel , training , and traffic safety
equipment for the agency .
Retired Captain T . Brian Whitehurst of the Orange County Sheriff' s Office is the Law Enforcement
Liaison for Region 5 . The GHSP approved an application from the Sheriff' s Offices for Fiscal
Year 2024 -25 in the amount of $ 30 , 000 . This funding will allow the Sheriff' s Office to purchase
1 ) a Roadster Two Seater Pedal Cart — Ultimate Package ( used for education on impaired ,
drowsy , and distracted driving ) , including cones , helmets , impairment goggles , and related
training materials ; 2 ) Software Support for Radar Speed Signs ; and 3 ) Law Enforcement County
Coordinator Support , and also cover the LEL ' s travel expenses to the required meetings ,
conference , and symposium .
Budget Amendment # 1 - B provides for the budgetary changes listed above .
FINANCIAL IMPACT . The Orange County Sheriff' s Office will receive $ 30 , 000 in grant funding .
Funding comes from federal sources and requires no local appropriation . Budget Amendment
# 1 - 13 provides for the receipt of these grant funds and will increase the General Fund by $ 30 , 000 .
ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN : This item supports :
• GOAL 2 . HEALTHY COMMUNITY
OBJECTIVE 5 . Invest in , support , train , and retain our community safety , health , and
emergency services employees and direct care workforce .
• GOAL 2 . HEALTHY COMMUNITY
OBJECTIVE 6 . Provide sustainable , equitable , and high -quality community safety and
emergency services to meet the community ' s evolving needs .
RECOMMENDATION ( S ) : The Manager recommends that the Board :
1 ) Approve the Resolution recognizing federal funding for police traffic services to the Sheriff' s
Office ;
2 ) Authorize the Chair to sign the Resolution ; and
3 ) Approve Budget Amendment # 1 - 13 accepting the $ 30 , 000 from federal grant funds .