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Council hears resolution to apply for $88,000 DRE grant to replace regional DRE vehicle
Summary
City staff presented a resolution authorizing the mayor to apply for an $88,000 grant from the Commission on Drunk Driving Prevention to purchase a 2025 Ford Police Interceptor and equipment for the state's Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) program coordinator based in Huntington.
Traffic safety staff asked the council to authorize the mayor to apply for and accept an $88,000 assistance grant to replace a regional Drug Recognition Expert vehicle.
Beau Evans, traffic safety director, told the council the resolution is an application to the Commission on Drunk Driving Prevention, operated by the West Virginia State Police. “Our drug evaluation and classification program or the DRE program, is housed here in the Huntington Regional, Highway Safety Office,” he said. Evans said the grant would cover a 2025 Ford Police Interceptor and equipment to outfit the vehicle for the West Virginia DRE program coordinator, replacing a 10-year-old vehicle that had been purchased by a prior highway safety grant. He said the coordinator travels across the state and that providing this vehicle would also free up another city vehicle for other police uses.
Evans said the funding “is reimbursable from the CEDP, to the city of Huntington, and there are no matching funds required for the grant.” The transcript records presentation of the resolution (identified as 2025-R-16) but does not show a recorded vote.
Staff indicated the grant pays reimbursements to the city and requires no local match. No public comment or objections were recorded in the excerpt.
