MEETING OF THE GOVERNOR AND CABINET

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MEETING OF THE GOVERNOR AND CABINET MEETING OF THE GOVERNOR AND CABINET
AS HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY
AND MOTOR VEHICLES

DECEMBER 13, 2005

AGENDA

Agency Contact: David F. Westberry, 850/488-2276

1.
Respectfully submit the Minutes for the September 22, 2005, Cabinet meeting.


Attachment #1
.
Recommend.


2.
Respectfully submit the quarterly report for the quarter ending September 2005.


Attachment #2.
Recommend.


3.
Request approval to enter into a five-year contract, with a three-year renewal

option, totaling approximately $23.8 million with Hewlett Packard Company to

provide the technology refresh for the Florida Real-time Vehicle Information

System (FRVIS).


Florida Real-time Vehicle Information System is the departments primary motor

vehicle and vessel application, which runs on servers and personal computers in

tax collector offices. Currently, there are over 300 tax collector agencies

statewide. FRVIS was approved by the Legislature in the late 1970s. This

system, which was funded by fifty cents per vehicle registration fee, provided

computer hardware, software, services, and data circuits to each of the offices

maintained by Florida tax collectors for issuance of motor vehicle titles and

registrations. Budget authority has been provided by the Legislature.


Attachment #3.
Recommend.









http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/agenda Florida Department of Highway Safety
and Motor Vehicles
Quarterly Report
July - September 2005
Making Highways Safe One Day in the Life of the
Department of Highway Safety
and Motor Vehicles


4,935
Authorized
Positions


4,528 Current
Employees


1,813
Authorized Sworn Law Enforcement

Officer
Positions


1,678
Current Sworn Law Enforcement

Officers


159
Driver License Office Locations Statewide


(Includes tax collector offices that issue driver licenses)


8 Crash
Fatalities

3 Alcohol Related Crash Fatalities


$ 5,364,109
State Revenue Collected


111,217
Miles Patrolled on Highways


72,931

Vehicle and Mobile Home

Registrations
Issued


19,176
Vehicle and Mobile Home License

Plates
Issued


23,983 Vehicle/Vessel
Titles Issued/Transferred


28,365
Driver License Customers Served


17,263
Court Dispositions Processed


(Includes both dispositions collected manually and


from the Traffic Citation Accounting Transmission

System-TCATS)


4,749 Driver
Contacts
(Includes written warnings, traffic


citations issued, faulty equipment warnings, and


assistance rendered to disabled motoriststhis


includes contacts by both the FHP and Community

Service
Officers)


225 Hearings
Conducted
(Includes formal and


informal administrative suspensions and

hardship
cases)
Department Mission:
Making Highways Safe

The Florida Department of
Highway Safety and Motor
Vehicles develops, maintains,
and supports a safe driving
environment through law
enforcement, public education
and service, reduction of
traffic crashes, titling and
registering of vessels and
motor vehicles, and licensing
motor vehicle operators.


Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Quarterly Report
July September 2005



Table of Contents



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................... 2



QUARTERLY HIGHLIGHTS ...................................................................... 3



STATISTICAL SUMMARIES

1.

Highway Safety.................................................................. 6

2.

Motorist Services ............................................................... 9

3.

Revenue .......................................................................... 15

4.

Administrative Support..................................................... 17



PURCHASES IN EXCESS OF $100,000................................................. 18




MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE UTILIZATION.............................. 19

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY





In-office visits by motorists increased 4.4
percent** from the previous quarter, as the
department served 1,872,074 customers in
driver license field offices.*
*
This includes customers served in both DHSMV and
tax collectors offices.


803 highway deaths were reported in the
1st quarter of fiscal year 2005-2006, a 22
percent increase from the same quarter of
the previous fiscal year. *
The

number of deaths
is derived from preliminary information as reported by
statewide law enforcement agencies.

There were 4,401,449 organ donors
registered through the organ donation sign-
up program as of the end of the first quarter,
an increase of 97,456 from the previous
quarter.

Inspected 1,720 motor vehicle and
mobile home dealers records for compliance
with established standards, and issued 2,023
dealer and manufacturer licenses.


Suspensions, revocations, and
cancellations of driving privileges increased 6
percent, as 442,173 actions were taken.
Additionally, 128,356 insurance suspensions
were issued.

DUI enforcement remained a priority as
16,152

administrative (roadside) suspensions
were issued by all Florida law enforcement
jurisdictions to drivers with unlawful blood
alcohol content or for failure to submit to a
sobriety test. This 8.4 percent increase
includes 397

suspensions to drivers under 21
for violations of the Zero Tolerance Law.


Issued 1,582,908 new and used
vehicle/vessel titles and title transfers.






During the first quarter of fiscal year 2005-
2006, the Department of Highway Safety
and Motor Vehicles continued its efforts to
provide the citizens of Florida the most
efficient, effective, and safe driving
environment through public education
and awareness; its regulatory title,
registration, and licensing programs; and
the Florida Highway Patrols (FHP) law
enforcement efforts.



During the first quarter, the department
collected $354,031,223

in revenue.

There were 7,031,061 motorist services
transactions conducted during this quarter
(driver license/ID card transactions and
motor vehicle/mobile home registrations).
The Internet accounted for 510,468 of
these transactions, or 7.3 percent, an
increase from 6.2 percent from the
previous quarter.

The FHP cited 2,766 individuals for DUI
violations, an increase of 3.2 percent.

The FHP arrested 2,609 individuals for
felony violations, an 11.7 percent increase
.


Traffic and equipment violation
warnings remained relatively the same this
quarter with less than a one percent
decrease. The FHP cited or warned
354,270

citizens for traffic or equipment
violations.

The FHP rendered assistance to
82,617
motorists with disabled vehicles.




Note: Unless otherwise indicated, current quarter statistics are compared to the prior quarter. Further information is
available at the departments web site