Title
Request Authorization to Apply For, Accept and Enter Into an Agreement for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) High-Priority - Commercial Motor Vehicle Grant (Ordinance S-51669) - Citywide
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to allow the Police Department to apply for, accept, and enter into an agreement with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) High-Priority - Commercial Motor Vehicle Grant in an amount not to exceed $700,000. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The objective of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) High Priority (HP) - Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) program is to support, enrich and evaluate CMV safety programs and to target unsafe driving of CMVs and non-CMVs in areas identified as high risk crash corridors, promote the safe and secure movement of hazardous materials, improve safety of transportation of goods and passengers in foreign commerce, demonstrate new technologies to improve CMV safety, support participation in the Performance Registration Information Systems Management (PRISM) program, support safety data improvement projects, increase public awareness and education on CMV safety and otherwise improve CMV safety. This funding is to provide additional personnel resources, equipment, supplies and training to law enforcement agencies.
The primary goal of the Police Department’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Squad is to reduce collisions involving commercial motor vehicles, specifically serious injury collisions by performing commercial vehicle safety and hazardous material enforcement within the Phoenix metropolitan area. This funding would assist in providing advanced training, increased enforcement, additional supplies and equipment to enhance the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement squad's capabilities.
The grant application is due on March 7, 2025. If approved, the Police Department will move forward with submitting their application.
Contract Term
The contract term is three years beginning October 1, 2025.
Financial Impact
No matching funds are required.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays and the Police Department.