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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
Date: January 17, 2025
To: The Honorable Mayor and City Council
Through: Ronald Burton, CPM, City Manager
From: Timothy W. Duriso, Chief of Police
RE: PR 24112-Ratification to apply for the S.T.E.P Comprehensive Grant Fiscal Year
2026
Introduction:
The intent of this Agenda Item, is to authorize The City Manager, or his designee to apply for the
FY 2026 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program(S.T.E.P) Comprehensive Grant.
Background:
The Port Arthur Police Department has a long history of participation in the Texas Department of
Transportation- S.T.E.P Comprehensive Grant. The goal of this grant is to create safer driving
environments on Texas roadways by having law enforcement conduct motor-vehicle stops. This in
turn decreases injuries and deaths related to traffic accidents.
Budget Impact:
The FY2026 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program(S.T.E.P) Comprehensive Grant campaign is
75% funded by the Texas Department of Transportation, and 25% funded by the City of Port
Arthur. This would allot funds for Port Arthur Police Officers to increase traffic enforcement in
problem traffic areas in order to reduce traffic accidents, injuries, and fatalities associated with
speeding.
Recommendation:
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager or his designee to apply for
the FY2026 Selective Traffic Enforcement Patrol (S.T.E.P) Comprehensive Grant, as discussed
and/or outlined above.
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P.R. No. 24112
1/17/2025 TMT
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS
DESIGNEE TO APPLY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION S .T.E . P GRANT
PROGRAM WITH A 25% CASH MATCH.
WHEREAS, the City Council and the City of Port Arthur
Police Department are dedicated to maintaining the highest
degree of safety for the motoring public in Port Arthur,
Texas; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation
advised the FY 2026 Texas Department of Transportation
S.T.E. P Grant Program allocation for the City of Port
Arthur; and
WHEREAS, twenty-eight percent of fatal crashes, 13
percent of injury crashes, and 10 percent of property-
damage-only crashes in 2022 were speeding-related; and
WHEREAS, nationally 50% of teen passenger vehicle
drivers who died in 2022, were unbuckled. There were 1, 129
children (14 and younger) died in traffic crashes in 2022;
and
WHEREAS, thirty-four percent of motorcycle riders
involved in fatal crashes in 2020 were speeding, more than
drivers of any other vehicle type; and
WHEREAS, FY 2026 Texas Department of Transportation
S .T.E. P campaign is 75% funded by the Texas Department of
Transportation, 25% funded match by the City of Port
Arthur, 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 speeding.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS :
Section 1 . That the facts and opinions in the
preamble are true and correct .
P.R. No. 24112
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Section 2 . That the City Council and the City of Port
Arthur supports applying for the Fiscal Year 2026
Department of Transportation S .T. E. P Grant Program.
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
February, A. D. , 2025, at a Regular Meeting of the City
Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas, by the following
vote: AYES :
Mayor:
Councilmembers:
NOES : •
Thurman Bill Bartie
Mayor
ATTEST:
Sherri Bellard, TRMC
City Secretary
APPROVED s To_ FO •
Roxann Paris Cotroneo
City Attorney
APPROVED MINISTRATION:
Ronald Bu on, CPM
City M
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Timoth W. Duriso