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2 <br /> "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 /> 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 /> 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 2023 in <br /> the amount of $25,000. This funding will allow the Sheriff's Office to purchase 1) Two (2) Speed <br /> Display Signs (including shipping); 2) Traffic Software for speed display signs; 3) 100 traffic cones <br /> for impaired driving education golf cart; and 4) to fund the LEL's travel to the required meetings, <br /> conference, and symposium. <br /> Budget Amendment #3-A provides for the budgetary changes listed above. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Orange County Sheriff's Office will receive $25,000 in grant funding. <br /> Funding comes from federal sources and requires no local appropriation. This Budget <br /> Amendment#3-A provides for the receipt of these grant funds and will increase the General Fund <br /> by $25,000. <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 /> Receipt of GHSP grant funding will allow the Orange County Sheriff's Office to advance the North <br /> Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Program's purpose to promote highway safety awareness <br /> and to reduce the number of traffic crashes and fatalities in the State, objectives which overlap <br /> with this Social Justice Goal. <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal <br /> impact associated with this item. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: <br /> 1) Adopt a Resolution recognizing federal funding for traffic safety projects to the Sheriff's <br /> Office; <br /> 2) Authorize the Chair to sign the Resolution; and <br /> 3) Approve Budget Amendment #3-A accepting the $25,000 from federal grant funds. <br />