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<br />and “Click It or Ticket” are well known GHSP campaigns. Additionally, LELs monitor campaign <br />reporting in their regions and ensure all agencies are participating in the reporting of campaign <br />statistics. <br /> <br />LELs are required to attend quarterly meetings held throughout the State with GHSP staff, the <br />annual Lifesaver National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities in the spring, and assist with <br />planning, set up, operations, and tear down of the annual North Carolina Highway Safety <br />Symposium. To facilitate travel, training, and the other activities of the LELs, GHSP awards a <br />grant to the employing agency of each LEL. The grant funds travel, training, and traffic safety <br />equipment for the agency. <br /> <br />Lt. T. Brian Whitehurst of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office is the Law Enforcement Liaison for <br />Region 5. The GHSP approved an application from the Sheriff’s Office’s for fiscal year 2020 in <br />the amount of $20,000. This funding will allow the Sheriff’s Office to purchase 1) a Light Tower <br />and Generator, including shipping; and 2) three (3) Radar, including installation and shipping, as <br />well as fund the LEL’s travel to the required meetings, conference, and symposium. <br /> <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Orange County Sheriff’s Office will receive $20,000 in grant funding. <br />Funding comes from federal sources and requires no local cash appropriation. This Budget <br />Amendment #2-B provides for the receipt of these grant funds. <br /> <br />SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to <br />this item: <br />• GOAL: CREATE A SAFE COMMUNITY <br />The reduction of risks from vehicle/traffic accidents, childhood and senior injuries, gang <br />activity, substance abuse and domestic violence. <br /> <br />Receipt of GHSP grant funding will allow the Orange County Sheriff’s Office to advance the <br />North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program’s purpose to promote highway safety <br />awareness and to reduce the number of traffic crashes and fatalities in the State, objectives <br />which overlap with this Social Justice Goal. <br /> <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal <br />impact associated with this item. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: <br />1) Adopt the North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program Local Governmental <br />Resolution accepting federal funding for traffic safety projects to the Sheriff’s Office; <br />2) Authorize the Chair to sign the Resolution; and <br />3) Approve Budget Amendment #2-B accepting the $20,000 from federal grant funds. <br /> <br />2