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Committee signs off on Stop-DWI application with $10,000 spending increase
Summary
The committee authorized submission of the county's annual Stop-DWI program application to the Governor's Traffic Safety Board, approving a $10,000 increase funded from higher surcharge and fine revenues.
The Public Safety Committee on Sept. 3 voted to approve the county's annual Stop-DWI program application to the Governor's Traffic Safety Board, endorsing a proposed $10,000 increase in the plan's county allocations. Scott Grama, director of county probation, presented the application and the committee approved it by voice vote.
Grama told the committee the additional $10,000 is within projected 2025-2026 revenues from fines and surcharge collections. "This does represent a $10,000 increase, which I'm very, comfortable in submitting and proposing because, our revenues from fines and from, surcharge collections have increased dramatically in the last, several quarters," he said.
Why it matters: the Stop-DWI application determines how the county directs traffic-safety program funding and enforcement resources for the coming year. The application is due Oct. 1 to the Governor's Traffic Safety Board, and committee approval is the county-level authorization required prior to submission.
Supporting details: Grama provided a fiscal breakdown in the application materials and told the committee the increase is within projected revenues for 2025-26. The transcript records a motion, an unnamed second, and a voice approval; no roll-call tally is recorded in the committee minutes included in the transcript.
Discussion vs. decision: the vote recorded by the chair was a formal committee approval. No additional implementation timeline beyond the Oct. 1 application deadline was recorded in the transcript.
