For City Council Meeting September 9, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tanya Williams, City Manager
AUTHOR: Mark P. Kling, Chief of Police
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Request City Council to: (1) Approve the California Office of Traffic Safety Traffic Records Improvement Project Grant Agreement in the Amount of $19,800; (2) Adopt Resolution No. 8404 Amending the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year Budget; and (3) Authorize the City Manager or Designee to Execute All Documents.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Approve the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) Traffic Records Improvement Project Grant Agreement in the amount of $19,800;
2) Adopt a Resolution amending the 2025-2026 fiscal year budget, and
3) Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents.
BACKGROUND
The California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) has awarded the City of Rialto Police Department $19,800 through the Traffic Records Improvement Project (TRIP) Grant.
For the past several years, the City has pursued and been awarded various grants from OTS to help augment its traffic safety efforts. In recent years, the City Council has dedicated increased funding for staffing to support the Police Department’s efforts in improving the safety of the motoring public. The department currently utilizes electronic citations, which have shown an increase in efficiency, accuracy, and easier access for analysis. The grant funding will further the Department’s ability to improve the timeliness and accessibility of analytical data and allow for interface into RMS systems.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The OTS grant allocates funding to support investments in hardware and software that enhance data reporting, management, and analysis of crash trends and enforcement outcomes.
There are no matching funds required for this grant. If this grant is accepted, the City will be reimbursed for all grant-related law enforcement overtime activities, training, approved project supplies, and services during the grant operational period of October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The California Office of Traffic Safety will administer funds for this grant.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The proposed action does not meet the definition of a project as defined by Section 15378 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). A “Project” means the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and excludes the following:
1) Continuing administrative or maintenance activities, such as purchases for
supplies, personnel-related actions, general policy and procedure making.
2) Organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in
direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY
The City of Rialto has outlined key goals and objectives relating to public safety. The acceptance of this grant is consistent with meeting these objectives.
Goal 5-8: Provide effective and comprehensive policing services that meet the safety needs of Rialto.
LEGAL REVIEW
The City Attorney's Office has reviewed the agreement and resolution and approved them as to form.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
Operating Budget Impact
OTS has awarded the City of Rialto Police Department $19,800 for the 2025-2026 Traffic Records Improvement Project. Accepting the grant will increase revenues in the amount of $19,800 in the California Office of Traffic Safety Grant Revenue Account No. 22216988 47551 26TRP-08. The additional revenue will offset increased expenditures of the same amount appropriated in the amount of $19,800 in Account No. 22216998 52021 26TRP-42 for grant expenditures, services, and equipment utilized by this grant.
This grant requires no local City match.
Capital Improvement Budget Impact
There is no impact on the Capital Improvement Budget.
Licensing
This action does not require a business license.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Traffic Records Improvement Project Grant Agreement
2. Resolution amending the 2025-2026 fiscal year budget