Title
Dept/ Agency: Public Safety/Division of Fire
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: 2025 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Year End Holiday Crackdown
Entity Name: New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety
Entity Address: 140 East Front Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Grant Amount: $10,500.00
Total Project Cost: $10,500.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: N/A
Grant Period: December 5, 2025 through January 1, 2026
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
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WHEREAS, the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety (DHTS) solicits applications for highway safety grant projects designed to reduce impaired driving through high visibility enforcement and public education, ultimately aiming to save lives by preventing alcohol and drug related crashes; and
WHEREAS, the DHTS Grant program entitled "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Year End Holiday Crackdown" emphasizes the life-saving importance of sober driving; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark ("City") is committed to ensuring the safety of its citizens and spreading this life-saving message throughout our City; and
WHEREAS, on or about November 7, 2025, on behalf of the City, the Director of Public Safety caused to be submitted an application to the DHTS requesting grant funding in the amount of Ten Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,500.00) from the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" Campaign ("Application") to be used to fund police overtime initiatives to enforce sober driving statewide in a Year End Holiday Crackdown throughout the City with no City funds required; and
WHEREAS, as a result of this Application, the Cit...
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