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Motion of Mr. Gray and seconded by Mrs. Webb, that authorization be granted to transfer $580 from the Grants Contingency Account, as requested, and was adopted by unanimous vote. 84-12 Letter from the City Manager recommending adoption of a motion to transfer funds from the Grants Contingency Account in the amount of $15,000 for Alcohol-Related Highway Safer "I have received notification from the Department of Transportation Safety that the Polio Department's application for an Alcohol-Related Highway Safety Project has been approved. The grant was awarded at the sum of $15,000 to purchase ten Alco-Sensor II Units and 28 manhou: week for enforcement in problem areas. It is supported entirely with federal funds. The Department has previously implemented this program on a limited basis, to enhance the City's efforts to curb drunk driving-related acd~nts and improve the efficiency of patrol officers in the field. It is a goal of the department to eventually implement this program full scale with the purchase of al6o-se~sor units for each patrol vehicle. Z recommend that the Alcohol-Related High,ray Safety Project be approved and that $15,000 be transferred from the Grants Contingency Account for this purpose." Motion Of Mr. Beamer and seonded by Mr Whitlow, that authorization be granted to transfer $15,000 from the Grants Contingency Account, as requested, and was adopted by unanimous vote. 84-13 - Letter from the City Manager recommending adoption of a motion to transfer funds from the Grants Contingency Account in the amount of $22,620 for Selective Enforcement in High Accident Locations. "The Division of Motor Vehicles has recently notified Chief Boone of their approval for the application for Selective Enforcement in High Accident Locations, as submitted by the Police Department. The grant amount of $22,620 will be used to purchase 2 radar units and provide 24 manhours/week in overtime for enforcing moving traffic violations. This amount represents 100% in federal funds. The City has numerous locations where fraffic accidents are likely to occur with above average regularity. This project will enhance the Department's efforts in reducing accidents through a combination of selective enforcement and education. Besides the use of additional patr.~l~w~th radar assistance, the program w~ll continue the Community Traffic Safety awareness talks, coordination with other jurisdictions to measure the effectiveness of selective enforcement, and roll-call training to all police personnel on traffic accident reporting and traffic enforcement. I recommend your approval of the Selective Enforcement in High Accident Locations Project and the transfer of $22,620 from the Grants Contingency Account to support the project." Motion of Mr. Whitlow and seconded by Mr. Gray, that authorization be granted to tramsfer $22,620 from the Grants Contingency Account, 'as requested, and was adopted by unanimous vote. 84-14 - Letter from the City Manager recommending adoption of a motion to ~ransfer funds from the Grants Contingency Account in the amount of $12,000 from a supplemental grant to expand and continue the Parks and Recreation Work Management Program. "Earlier this year the Parks and Recreation Depamtment undertook the implementation of a work management program to increase productivity in that department. This program was implemez ted with a $57,000 grant from the National Park Service. The system is now installed and is currently in operation in the Parks and Recreation Department, although full benefits of the system are not expected until at least one full year of operation has been completed. Savings through December 13th amount to more than $40,000 with over $100~000 anticipated by end of curz fiscal year. I have recently been notified that the National Park Service has awarded the department a supplemental grant of an additional $12,000. This money will be used to provide additional training for technicians who operate the system, supervisory staff of the department, and thos~ responsible for implementing the system The grant requires a fifty percent match which will be achieved through use of in-kind personnel. The additional training is considered extremely desireable to provide the maximum effec~ tiveness of this program. Further, once the program has proven its worth in Parks and Recreatic we will investigate the possibZlity of extending the managemen~ concepts and techniques to related service~ areas in other departments. I recommend approval of the supplemental grant to continue improvement of the management system and the transfer of $12~,000 from t~e Grants Contingency Account to provide the additional training." Motion of Mr. Beamer and seconded by Mrs. Webb, that authorization be granted to transfer $12,000 from the Grants Contingency Account, as requested, and was-adopted by unanimous vote. 84-15 - Eetter from the City Manager recommending adoption of a motion to add American Bank and Sovran Bank N.A. to the previously designated l~st of authorized depositories. "The City Code requires in Sec{~n~ l107(a) and tl-~(a) that City Funds be deposited to the credit of the City in such banks as the City Council may designate from time to time. American Bank has recently opened an office in the City on High Street and has requested to be added to the City's list of authorized depositories. In addition, First & Merchants National Bank and Virginia National Bank Have recently merged to form Sovran Bank N.A. ,nt