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Home My WebLink About20012498 RESOLUTION RE: APPROVE APPLICATION FOR 2002 LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FUND (LEAF) PROJECT AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with an Application for the 2002 Law Enforcement Assistance Fund (LEAF) Project from the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Sheriffs Office, to the Colorado Department of Transportation, Office of Transportation Safety, commencing January 1, 2002, and ending December 31, 2002, with further terms and conditions being as stated in said application, and WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve said application, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, that the Application for the 2002 Law Enforcement Assistance Fund (LEAF) Project from the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Sheriffs Office, to the Colorado Department of Transportation, Office of Transportation Safety, be, and hereby is, approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized to sign said application. The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 5th day of September, A.D., 2001. BOARD OF OUNTY COMMISSIONERS J WELD C TY, COLORADO ATTEST: gel, M. J. Geile, Chai Weld County Clerk t he ' s rTaE' Sal S j r Glenn Vaad, e BY: Deputy Clerk to thecBoBtd . :{"\ /6/ t= Willia Jerke APPROVE AS ORM: F David E. Long o ty Attorney EXCUSED DATE OF SIGNIN (AYE) Robert D. Masden Date of signature: 9/d-D 2001-2498 SO0022 (6 ." 5O COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION APPLICATION FOR LEAF PROJECT LEAF. 2002 Applying agency(s) Weld County Federal Employee Identification Number(FEIN): 846000813U Project location Weld County Mailing address 910 10th Avenue Greeley, Colorado 80631 Project period: From: January 1, 2002 To: December 31, 2002 Signature of proposed � Title: project director: � l Manager Approval to proceed grant request Signature: Name: Title: M. J. Geile Chair, Board of County Commissioners For: (Board of County Commissioners, County Administrator, Mayor, Town Administrator, City Council, etc.) Date September 5, 2001 Return completed applications by close of business on September 1, 2001 to: COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY State LEAF Administrator 4201 East Arkansas Avenue Denver, Colorado 80222-3400 303 757-9462 303 757-9067 (fax) PART A- PROBLEM STATEMENT If you are unfamiliar with the LEAF grant application process, please refer to the LEAF APPLICATION GUIDELINES or call the State LEAF Administrator at 303-757-9462. Requested Information Number of DUI related arrests in 1999 565 2000 492 First six months of 2001 213 Of those above,how many were non-crash related DUI arrests? 429/333/ 147 What was the average BAC for the DUI arrests listed above? .124*(1) Of those above, how many involved drugs other than alcohol? Unknown*(2) Total number of traffic crashes in your county during the above period? 2096/2181 /1132 Alcohol/drug related fatal traffic crashes within your county during the above period 14/16/10 Alcohol/drug related injury traffic crashes within your county during the above period 91/124/44 Number of accidents where one or more drivers were legally impaired as a% of the total crashes in your county during above period Unknown*(3) What information source was utilized to compile the above data? Colorado State Patrol Records and Intoxilyzer Records at the Weld County North Jail Complex Number of officers presently patrolling where any/all of their duties include DUI enforcement 44 Of those officers above, how many are certified in the Standard Field Sobriety Tests (SFST)? 10 Will officers working as a LEAF funded FTE or LEAF overtime be SFST certified? YES *(1)This average was obtained from the last six months of intoxilyzer operation from the Weld County North Jail Complex intoxilyzer room. *(2)Due to our lack of DUI enforcement,neither the Weld County Sheriff's Office or the Colorado State Patrol have this information. *(3) Due to our lack of DUI enforcement,neither the Weld County Sheriff's Office or the Colorado State Patrol have this information. Further describe your present situation regarding the DUI problem within your county. In 2001 the Weld County Sheriffs Office was awarded a traffic grant through the Colorado Department of Transportation. Until that date, traffic enforcement and DUI enforcement were not priorities in the Weld County Sheriff's Office and handled by the Colorado State Patrol. Because of this situation,there is limited information about drunk drivers on county roadways. Weld County is a large county consisting of over 4000 square miles with a diverse population of over 180,000. Many of the alcohol serving establishments are located in rural areas and many of the patrons of these establishments must travel through rural areas to get back to their residences. Additionally, cultural variances of some of the sub- groups and communities throughout the county encourage alcohol usage, over usage, and usage by underage drinkers. Additional pages may be included to adequately describe PART A • PART A- PROBLEMTfATEMENT -PAGE 2 For the past several years,Weld County has been one of the leading county's in traffic related fatalities. In each of those years alcohol has been a contributing factor in the majority of the accidents. Thus far in 2001, forty six people have died on Weld County Road ways. If this trend continues, traffic fatalities in Weld County will exceed previous years and will make Weld County the leading county in the state for traffic fatalities. Sixteen or thirty five percent of the people killed in these accidents had either drugs or alcohol in their systems when killed. The majority of these accidents were caused by impaired drivers. Since the inception of the traffic unit, additional enforcement has been directed towards the issue of impaired driving, especially in locations which have been identified a problem areas. Our problem is that there are only two officers assigned to the traffic unit and with the additional duties they possess there is not enough time for direct patrol for DUI enforcement specifically. This grant will enable the sheriffs office to specifically target DUI enforcement thus reducing alcohol related injuries and deaths. PART B - PROJECT PROPOSAL If you are unfamiliar with the LEAF grant application process,please refer to the LEAF APPLICATION GUIDELINES or call the State LEAF Administrator at 303 757-9462. Requested Information If fully funded, how many DUI related arrests will you make in 2002? 120 How many DUI checkpoints or DUI saturation patrols will your county conduct in 2002? We will either conduct one saturation per"Heat is On" campaign or will assist other "Heat is On" agencies in the county during each campaign. Does your agency have the capability to run the required Leaf Grant Manager computer reporting software program? (Windows 95/98/NT) YES What will your county do during 2002 to confirm your involvement with any DUI media campaigns endorsed by LEAF and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)? We are already participating in the media campaign that CDOT is sponsoring even though we do not currently have a LEAF Grant. We are also producing written publications about drunk driving and are producingpublic service announcements. Weplan to continue participating in the CDOT sponsored media campaigns and producing our own public service announcements and written materials. Please state your agency's specific plans for The Heat is On! Campaign in 2002. During the pastyear the Weld County Sheriffs Office Traffic Unit has participated in several saturation patrols with the cities of Fort Lupton and Windsor. We plan to continue working with local law enforcement agencies to assist them with their saturation patrols and to conduct some of our own during other campaigns. We are currently working with the Colorado State Patrol to develop a schedule andplans for a possible DUI checkpoint during 2002. Additionally, during the Thanksgiving/ Christmas holiday we have begun working on publications to distribute to restaurants throughout the county that conduct company parties. These publications will begiven to companies and individuals that schedule parties and will provide information about the topics concerning intoxicated drivers. If your agency wishes to receive assistance from the Public Information Office of CDOT to work intensive DUI/DUID enforcement for local event(s), detail the proposal, along with the actual date(s) of the event(s). The Weld County Sheriff's Office has it's own Public Information Officer. Margie Martinez (the Public Information Officer) and will be utilizing the (CDOT) Public Information Office during 2002. Additional pages may be included to adequately describe PART B PART B - PROJECT PROPOSAL -PAGE 2 List your funding priorities. 1. The Intoxilyzer 5000EN 2. DUI Overtime 3. Portable Breath Testers (PBT) If selected, what impact will LEAF funds have on your agency's Impaired Driver Enforcement efforts? The Intoxilyzer 5000EN will be placed in a specially designed room at the Southwest Weld Substation which is currently under construction. Placement of this equipment in that section of the county will enable officers to be more effective and efficient when processing impaired drivers. Other municipal agencies along the Interstate 25 corridor will have usage of this intoxilyzer which would allow them to process impaired drivers without having to leave their jurisdictions for long periods of time. By providing overtime to officers interested in DUI enforcement they will be able to work exclusively on DUI enforcement without the interference of other calls for duty. The amount that we are requesting will provide an additional twenty hours per week of overtime exclusively for DUI enforcement. This overtime will enable the sheriffs office to conduct directed patrol to high hazard areas, assist other agencies with their efforts and will help to supplement the existing traffic unit with special projects such as saturation patrols and DUI checkpoints. The portable breath testers that we are requesting will enable traffic officers and those officers working DUI enforcement to conduct better road side assessments. Weld County will be providing all of the additional equipment required for these officers, including vehicles, uniforms,support personnel, etc.... Further describe your proposal. Describe your agency's operational commitment to DUI/DUID enforcement for 2002. Furthermore, describe other efforts that your office will take to reduce the incidence of problems associated with impaired driving. It is the philosophy of the sheriffs office that to impact the number of impaired drivers on the roadways of Weld Countywe must use education and enforcement. In this endeavor we utilizing our Community Resource Unit Officers as liaisons with our local liquor serving and selling establishments to improve their compliance and to make them stakeholders in the problems associated with impaired driving and over usage of alcohol. To accomplish our goals we have already enacted numerous programs and will continue to expand these programs and others throughout 2002. A brief description of these programs is listed below: • We have contacted the American Eagle Distributing Company(the local Budweiser distributorship) and they are currently conducting alcohol server PART B - PROJECT PROPOSAL - PAGE 3 training in training sessions that we have initiated for alcohol servers and sellers at no charge. • We have contacted our local bars and alcohol selling establishments and have asked that they request identification for everyone under thirty fiveyears of age. We provided posters for these establishments, free of charge. • We are utilizing_our reserve officers and volunteers to go to the bars and convenience in_plain clothing to see if they are checking identifications. The owners and managers of these establishments provide rewards to their employees for having checked the identification of these officers. • We meet quarterly with owners and managers of local liquor establishments to ascertain from them what we can do to improve cooperation and provide training in areas such as liquor enforcement, health and safety of employees and patrons, security, civil liability, etc... • We provide a newsletter to liquor establishments with useful information about the same topics listed above. • Our community resource officers and traffic officers provide training to junior high and high school students about underage drinking and impaired driving. Additionally, we are working with other law enforcement agencies throughout the county to conduct a coordinated enforcement and media campaigns. We are an active part of the Weld County Coordination Council to Reduce Traffic Fatalities. This organization is comprised of stakeholders from throughout the county that have an interest in reducing the number of traffic related accidents occurring on Weld County roads As part of this organization the sheriffs office is able to leverage additional cooperation from all aspects of the community. PART C - LEAF PERSONAL SERVICES LEAF Salaries Position Base Pay Benefits Total Nrr of LEAF COST units (Months, • Total LEAF salaries $ LEAF Overtime Position Overtime rate Number of hours LEAF COST Deputy II $37.04 1080 $40,003.00 Total LEAF overtime $ 40,003.00 .EAF Contractual Services Contractor Services LEAF COST Total LEAF contractual services $ Total LEAF personal services (total of all three sections on this page) $ O yp) 003_ of Part D - LEAF OPERATING EXPENSES (Cost per unit under$3,000) Description 1 Number Cost per unit LEAF COST Portable Breath Testers 4 $400.00 $1600.00 Total LEAF operating expense 1600.00 °art E - LEAF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT (Cost per unit$3,000 or more) Description Number Cost per unit LEAF COST Intoxilvzer 5000EN 1 $6800.00 $6,800.00 Total LEAF capital equipment $ 6,800.00 art F- LEAF TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE Purpose LEAF COST Total LEAF travel and subsistence L,$ PART G - LEAF BUDGET SUMMARY (category totals from previous pages) Cost Category 'LEAF COfl Personal Services $ 40,003.00 Operating Expenses $ 1,600.00 Capital Equipment $ 6,800.00 Travel and Subsistence $ -0- Total LEAF Funds Requested 48,403.00 PART H - EVALUATION: Evaluation and reporting requirements will be incorporated in the contract. PART I - LEAF PROJECT CONTACTS 1. Nameoject Responsibility 3. Project payments mailed to Name Kenneth E. Poncelow Kim Fliethman Address 910 10th Avenue Address Greeley, Colorado 80631 Greeley,910 leyy,, Avenue o Colorado 80631 Telephone (970) 356-4015 ext. 4048 Telephone (970) 353-8551 p (970) 356-4015 ext. 4629 Fax Fax (970) 353-8551 E-mail address kponcelaa@co.weld.co.us E-mail address kfliethman@co.weld.co.us 2. Accounting records responsibility 4. Correspondence mailed to Name Kim Fliethman Name Kenneth E. Poncelow Address 910 10th Avenue Greeley, Colorado 80631 Address 910 10th Avenue Greeley, Colorado 80631 Telephone (970) 356-4015 ext. 4048 Telephone (970) 356-4015 ext. 4048 Fax (970) 353-8551 Fax (970) 353-8551 E-mail address kfliethman@co.weld.co.us E-mail address kponcelesa@co.weld.co.us APPROVED AS WRITTEN APPROVED WITH MODIFICATIONS DISAPPROVED ,tate LEAF Administrator I Date Hello