A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laredo, Texas authorizing the City Manager to ratify the acceptance of a grant in the amount of $29,999.96 from the Texas Department of Transportation for the enforcement of speed violations during the “Be Safe. Drive Smart. - Drive a Safe Speed” Operation Slowdown Campaign. The grant period for FY2026 Operation Slowdown will begin July 15, 2026 thro

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A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Laredo, Texas authorizing the City Manager to ratify the acceptance of a grant in the amount of $29,999.96 from the Texas Department of Transportation for the enforcement of speed violations during the “Be Safe. Drive Smart. - Drive a Safe Speed” Operation Slowdown Campaign. The grant period for FY2026 Operation Slowdown will begin July 15, 2026 through August 05, 2026. This grant is to pay overtime salaries and fringe benefits for officers to conduct intense speed limit enforcement in efforts to decrease traffic fatalities involving speed. The city will be responsible for a required match of $9,229.95, from the General Fund, for a project total of $39,299.95. Funding is available in the Special Police Fund.

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.1/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).