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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD RENEWAL
Department: Cook County Sheriff
Grantee: Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department
Grantor: Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Division of Traffic Safety
Request: Authorization to renew grant
Purpose: The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant helps Illinois maximize the effect of sustained, stepped-up, year-long traffic enforcement. STEP focuses sharply on specific times of the year and also on specific times of the day when data shows alcohol-involved and unbuckled fatalities are the highest.
Grant Amount: $167,932.48
Grant Period: 10/1/2015 - 9/30/2016
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Accounts: N/A
Most Recent Date of Board Authorization for Grant: 10/8/2014
Most Recent Grant Amount: $140,696.06
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: The Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant will serve to offset overtime costs, which will allow for the Sheriff’s Police Department to conduct directed enforcement of alcohol mobilizations and/or occupant protection mobilization during one or more critical holidays and other special campaignsend