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APRIL 11, 2006 06-133RESOLUTION
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PURPOSE:AUTHORIZE POLICE DEPARTMENT GRANTS
INITIATED BY:OSHKOSH POLICE DEPARTMENT
BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council for the City of Oshkosh that the proper
city officials are hereby authorized and directed to apply for grants from the Federal
Government administered through the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Bureau
of Transportation Safety for:
(a) Youth Alcohol Enforcement Project-Comprehensive Alcohol Risk reDuction
(CARD) - $8000.00 to develop community support and partnerships for traffic
enforcement efforts, deter underage alcohol procurement and drinking and
will help to decrease the occurrences of underage drinking and driving.
(b) Click it-Why Risk it? 2006 - $4,000, the objective to increase the percentage
of vehicle occupants wearing safety belts, adopting a zero tolerance policy
for unrestrained occupants during all motor vehicle stops.
(c) Pedestrian Safety Enforcement 2006 - $2,000 to help decrease pedestrian
crashes and pedestrian deaths and / or incapacitating injuries.
(d) Bicycle Safety Enforcement - $2,000, supports enhanced traffic enforcement
activity that will contribute to the decrease in number of bicycle crashes that
result in injuries.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the proper City officials are hereby authorized
and directed to execute any and all documents required by the Wisconsin Department of
Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Safety for purposes of the same, and are further
authorized and directed, if said grant is awarded, to accept such funds, pursuant to the
terms of the grant application.