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Approval of FY 2025-26 Governor's Highway Safety Program (GHSP) Grant Funding Resolution
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Date of BOCC Meeting: August 11, 2025
Request for Board Action:
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The Board is requested to approve a one-year extension of the Governor's Highway Safety Program (GHSP) Grant for the Sheriff's Office and have the Chairwoman sign the Resolution. In FY22, the Governor's Highway Safety Program awarded the Durham County Sheriff's Office a four-year step-down reimbursement grant that requires a local match at varying percentages each year to fund three sworn deputy positions to work traffic enforcement. This renewal, and all subsequent renewals, will require a local match of seventy-five percent (75%) and a federal allocation of twenty-five percent (25%). For FY26, the local match will be in the amount of $215,260 (75%) and a federal allocation in the amount of $71,754 (25%); for a total amount of $287,014. The BOCC initially approved these funds on September 13, 2021 (21-0550).
The Governor's Highway Safety Program helps fund law enforcement agencies to reduce traffic crashes in North Carolina. The Sheriff's Office will work to reduce traffic accidents across Durham County in the following categories:
* Overall Fatalities
* Alcohol Fatalities
* Unrestrained Fatalities
* Speed Related Fatalities
* Motorcycle Fatalities
* Teen Fatalities
* Pedestrian Fatalities
Alignment with Strategic Plan: This item aligns with the County's Strategic Goal 3: Safe Community.
Resource Persons: Micheal Hogan, SCOPE Unit Lieutenant; Keith Webster, Captain of Patrol Division, Durham County Sheriff's Office; Clarence Birkhead, Durham County Sheriff.
County Manager's Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board approve a one-year extension of the Governor's Highway Safety Program (GHSP) Grant for the Sheriff's Office and have the Chairwoman sign the Resolution. In FY22, the Governor's Highway Safety Program awarded the Durham County Sheriff's Off...
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