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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
Office of the Chief of Police
Date: April 5, 2017
To: Brian McDougal, City Manager
From: Patrick Melvin, Chief of Police
RE: Proposed Resolution No. 19739
Nature of the Request
The Police Department is seeking the City Council to support the Texas Department of
Transportation 2017 Memorial Day "Click It or Ticket" program. Our department has been
allocated $12,000 by the State.
Staff Analysis, Considerations:
Law Enforcement officials statewide are participating in the "Click It or Ticket" campaign
to increase seat belt use. From May 23rd to June 5th, Texas Law Enforcement officers will
increase their efforts to ticket drivers and passengers not wearing their seat belts. The City
of Port Arthur has been allocated $12,000. All hours worked and activity conducted in
furtherance of the "Click It or Ticket" campaign will be compensated through the program.
These activities are recorded and reported to TXDOT.
Recommendations:
The Police Department recommends that the City Council supports the Texas Department
of Transportation 2017 Memorial Day "Click It or Ticket"program.
Budget Considerations:
This program has no matching funding requirements.
"Remember we are here to serve the Citizens of Port Arthur"
P.O BOX 1089•PORT ARTHUR,TEXAS 77641-1089.409/983-8101 •FAX 409/982-6743
P.R. No . 19739
04-5-17 mf
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR TO
SUPPORT THE FISCAL YEAR 2017 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION MEMORIAL DAY "CLICK IT OR TICKET"
PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $12 , 000 . 00 (NO MATCH
REQUIRED)
WHEREAS, the City Council and the City of Port Arthur are
dedicated to maintaining the highest degree of safety for the
motoring public in Port Arthur; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation advised
the FY 2017 Memorial Day `Click It or Ticket" Program
allocation for the City of Port Arthur is $12, 000; and
WHEREAS, a front passenger or driver of a vehicle has a
70% higher chance of surviving a crash when wearing a seat
belt and rear passengers who use a lap and shoulder belt are
44% more likely to survive in a crash than unrestrained
passengers in passenger vehicles and 73% more likely in
passenger vans and sport utility vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the Memorial Day "Click it or Ticket" campaign
is 100% funded by the Texas Department of Transportation which
would allot funds for Port Arthur Police Officers to increase
traffic enforcement in problem traffic areas in order to
reduce traffic accidents and the injuries and fatalities
associated with these accidents .
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PORT ARTHUR:
Section 1. That the facts and opinions in the preamble
are true and correct .
Section 2 . That the City Council and the City of Port
Arthur supports the Fiscal Year 2017 Memorial Day Texas
Department of Transportation "Click It or Ticket" Program in
the amount of $12 , 000 (no match required) .
Section 3 . That a copy of the Resolution shall be spread
upon the Minutes of the City Council .
READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this day of ,
A.D. , 2017 , at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the
City of Port Arthur, Texas, by the following vote :
AYES:
Mayor: ,
Councilmembers : ,
NOES : .
Derrick Ford Freeman, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sherri Bellard, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Val Tizeno, City Attorney
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
Brian McDougal, City Manager
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Texas Department of Transportation
125 EAST 11TH STREET,AUSTIN,TEXAS 78701-2483 1512.463.8588 I WWW.TXDOT.GOV
CLICK IT OR TICKET (CIOT) GRANTS
Click It or Ticket (CIOT) is a statewide, high visibility enforcement effort
designed to detect violators of safety belt and child safety seat laws. Part of a
national mobilization effort to increase safety belt use, CIOT uses a proven
combination of highly visible enforcement and intense public awareness
campaigns over a two-week blitz period during the Memorial Day holiday
period.
The goal of CIOT is to save lives and reduce injuries resulting from motor
vehicle crashes. Television, radio, print, and billboard advertising aimed at
raising awareness of safety belt laws and the consequences of not buckling up
begins in late April and continues through early June.
If selected to participate in the two-week CIOT campaign, law enforcement
agencies must conduct the following activities:
• Pre-Surveys
• Pre-Media Campaign
• Enforcement Effort
• Post-Surveys
• Post-Media Campaign
Matching local funds are not required for this grant. Grant funding is
determined using crash data reported by the grantee's agency to Crash
Records Information System (CRIS). Funds are weighted and averaged against
all crash data collected throughout the state and distributed accordingly.
OUR VALUES: People •Accountability• Trust• Honesty
OUR MISSION: Through collaboration and leadership,we deliver a safe,reliable,and integrated transportation system that enables the movement of people and goods.
An Equal Opportunity Employer