TO: LINDA REICH, CITY MANAGER
FROM: KEVIN MENSEN, CHIEF OF POLICE
SUBJECT
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FY 2025-26 State of California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Grants.
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RECOMMENDATION
1) Authorize the acceptance of the FY 2025-26 Office of Traffic Safety STEP Grant in the amount of $199,600 and establish 3 separate grant numbers; 2) appropriate $199,600 to the Fund 135-Federal Grant; 3) increase the Fund 135 revenue grant budget by $199,600; and 4) authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all necessary documents related to this grant on behalf of the City.
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FISCAL IMPACT
Appropriate $199,600 to the Fund 135 Federal Grant Fund with a corresponding increase to the grant revenue. The requested appropriation is fully offset by grant revenue and no local matching funds are requested. The three grant numbers are G4273 in the amount of $130,000, G4274 in the amount of $42,000, and G4275 in the amount of $27,600, totaling $199,600. These federal funds are passed through the State of California, therefore will be placed on the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA).
CITY OF CHINO MISSION / VISION / VALUES / STRATEGIC ISSUES
The recommendation detailed above further the City’s values and strategic issues that serve as key pillars on which identified priorities, goals, and action plans are built, by fostering:
• Financial Stability
• Public Service Excellence through Internal and External Partnerships
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Revenue: 1354000-59500-G4273/ G4274/ G4275 |
Expenditure: 1354000-400010/41020/43050/43320- G4273/ G4274/ G4275 |
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BACKGROUND
The Chino Police Department has been awarded the "FY 2025-26 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Grant" in the amount of $199,600 from the State of California - Office of Traffic Safety. The grant period is October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027, and will cover the cost of conducting DUI checkpoints, DUI saturation patrols, traffic enforcement, distracted driving, motorcycle safety, night-time Click-It-Or-Ticket operations, along with pedestrian and bicycle enforcement. Additionally, the grant allows for travel expenses for training and other direct costs related to DUI checkpoint supplies.
The federal funds allocated through the state in the amount of $199,600 will be allotted from three different state tracking numbers and the CFDA numbers are as follows: CFDA 20.608 $130,000-City grant #G4273, CFDA 20.600 $42,000-City grant #G4274 and CFDA 20.616 $27,600-City grant #G4275.
ISSUES/ANALYSIS
The Chino Police Department will be able to conduct a total of six sobriety checkpoints, 10 traffic enforcement operations, 11 Distracted Driving enforcement, and 22 DUI saturation patrols with the grant funding made available. The State of California Office of Traffic Safety will reimburse the City of Chino for overtime expenditures, travel expenses and other direct costs up to $199,600 to conduct the operations authorized under the STEP Grant.
Grant funds will supplement, not supplant, existing City resources and will not be used to replace City appropriations or expenditures that would otherwise be funded by the City. To ensure proper accountability, all grant-related expenditures will be tracked under General Fund Grant Numbers G4273, G4274, and G4275, and used solely for activities authorized under the grant.
Attachment: PT27030 Grant Agreement