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2 <br /> It" and "Click It or Ticket" are well known GHSP campaigns. Additionally, LELs monitor <br /> campaign reporting in their regions and ensure all agencies are participating in the reporting of <br /> campaign 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 /> Captain T. Brian Whitehurst of the Orange County Sheriff's Office is the Law Enforcement <br /> Liaison for Region 5. The GHSP approved an application from the Sheriff's Office's for Fiscal <br /> Year 2023-24 in the amount of$30,000. This funding will allow the Sheriff's Office to purchase <br /> 1) Two (2) Radars (includes shipping and installation); 2) the Traffic Software Subscription for <br /> Monitoring Four (4) Speed Display Signs; and 3) Firmware Updates for the DWI Simulator, and <br /> also fund the LEL's travel to the required meetings, conference, and symposium. <br /> Budget Amendment #4-B provides for the budgetary changes listed above. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Orange County Sheriff's Office will receive $30,000 in grant funding. <br /> Funding comes from federal sources and requires no local appropriation. Budget Amendment <br /> #4-A provides for the receipt of these grant funds and will increase the General Fund by <br /> $30,000. <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 <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 /> 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 the North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Program Local Governmental <br /> Resolution recognizing federal funding for police traffic services to the Sheriff's Office; <br /> 2) Authorize the Chair to sign the Resolution; and <br /> 3) Approve Budget Amendment #4-A accepting the $30,000 from federal grant funds. <br />