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New Milford wins pedestrian-safety grant; council approves $70 hourly minimum for enforcement details
Summary
The borough obtained a pedestrian-safety education and enforcement grant (state funds totaling $14,000 of an approximately $18,000 award); council approved using most funds for enforcement details, traffic data collection equipment and outreach, and set a $70-per-hour minimum for officers on grant-funded details.
New Milford announced a state pedestrian-safety education and enforcement grant and approved funding parameters for enforcement details.
Lieutenant Paisano reported the award is approximately $18,000, with the state providing $14,000. The borough plans to use $10,500 for enforcement (decoy and targeted details), $2,500 to purchase a traffic-counting machine for data collection, $1,000 for outreach materials, and $4,000 for child-seat and pedestrian-education events. Paisano said the grant runs through next May and will pay overtime for officers assigned to grant-funded enforcement details.
Council moved to set a $70-per-hour minimum for officers participating in the enforcement details (the amount used previously for a distracted-driving grant); the motion passed on a roll call vote.
The grant requires no local match and is intended to support education and targeted enforcement activities. The borough will report on enforcement outcomes and traffic-data measures as details occur.
Next steps: procurement of the traffic-counting device, scheduling of enforcement details, and outreach events to run through the grant’s term.
