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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY November 17, 2020
City Council
STAFF
Darin Atteberry, City Manager
Travis Storin, Interim Chief Finance Officer
Lawrence Pollack, Budget Director
John Duval, Legal
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 138, 2020, Being the Annual Appropriation Ordinance Relating to the
Annual Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021; Adopting the Budget for the Fiscal Year beginning January 1,
2021, and Ending December 31, 2021; and Fixing the Mill Levy for Property Taxes Payable in 2021.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on November 4, 2020, sets the City Budget for the
one-year period (2021) which becomes the City’s financial plan for the next fiscal year. This Ordinance sets
the amount of $668,909,564 to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021. However, this appropriated amount does
not include what is being appropriated by separate Council/Board of Director actions to adopt the 2021 budget
for the General Improvement District (GID) No. 1 of $808,791, the 2021 budget for GID No. 15 (Skyview) of
$1,000, the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) 2021 budget of $6,706,744 and the Downtown Development
Authority 2021 budget of $23,884,505. This results in City -related total operating appropriations of
$700,310,604 in 2021. This Ordinance also sets the 2021 City property tax mill levy at 9.797 mills, unchanged
since 1991.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
ATTACHMENTS
1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, November 4, 2020 (w/o attachments) (PDF)
2. Powerpoint Presentation (PDF)
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY November 4, 2020
City Council
STAFF
Darin Atteberry, City Manager
Travis Storin, Interim Chief Finance Officer
Lawrence Pollack, Budget Director
John Duval, Legal
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 138, 2020, Being the Annual Appropriation Ordinance Relating to the Annual
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021; Adopting the Budget for the Fiscal Year beginning January 1, 2021, and
Ending December 31, 2021; and Fixing the Mill Levy for Property Taxes Payable in 2021.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to present the Annual Appropriation Ordinance for First Reading. This Ordinance
sets the City Budget for the one-year period (2021) which becomes the City’s financial plan for the next fiscal
year. This Ordinance sets the amount of $668,909,564 to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021. However, this
appropriated amount does not include what is being appropriated by separate Council/Board of Director actions
to adopt the 2021 budget for the General Improvement District (GID) No. 1 of $808,791, the 2021 budget for GID
No. 15 (Skyview) of $1,000, the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) 2021 budget of $6,706,744 and the Downtown
Development Authority 2021 budget of $23,884,505. This results in City-related total operating appropriations
of $700,310,604 in 2021. This Ordinance also sets the 2021 City property tax mill levy at 9.797 mills, unchanged
since 1991.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
This budget would have typically been created using the City’s priority-based Budgeting for Outcomes (BFO)
process, which has been used since 2005. Given the uncertainty caused by the global pandemic, it was
determined that modifications needed to be made to our process and timeline. As part of those modifications,
Council approved Ordinance No. 067-2020 to temporarily suspend City Code to allow the adoption of a one-year
budget and revise the City’s budgeting process.
There are three primary components of these modifications:
1. For 2021, Council will consider and adopt a one-year budget instead of the usual two-year (biennial) budget.
This practice will continue for the City’s 2022 budget. Thereafter, the City will return to a two-year budget
and the standard cadence of strategic planning and budgeting that Councilmembers, the community, and
staff have come to expect.
2. The budgeting process became more tactical, as we were not able to utilize the BFO Teams who play such
an important role in the BFO process through the evaluation of budget requests (Offers) and generation of
Offer rankings.
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3. Due to the delays in the budget process while staff addressed the immediate 2020 public health and fiscal
implications of the pandemic, we were not able to conduct a standard public engagement process prior to
the delivery of this recommended budget. Outreach work continued into the fall to help inform Council’s
decisions related to the adoption of the budget.
While significantly modified, key components of our budgeting process still remain, including budget requests
that are based on the specific programs and services provided to the community. This is a key aspect of
Budgeting for Outcomes compared to traditional budgeting practices. Budget requests still specify direct
linkage to at least one strategic objective in the City’s adopted 2020 Strategic Plan, as well as include
performance measures directly related to the proposed program/service.
City Council reviewed the Recommended Budget during three Council work sessions. In addition, residents have
been able to provide input to Councilmembers through two public hearings. From these discussions and
additional information provided by staff, City Council has provided direction and guidance for the following
changes that have been incorporated into First Reading of the 2021 Budget.
Changes to Offers originally included in the City Manager’s Recommended Budget
Based on Council dialogue during the 2021 budget work sessions on September 8 and 22, staff heard
requests for funding the following two Offers:
27.9 - Reduction: Scaled Down Climate Commitment (City- and Community-Led Climate Engagement) – A
proposed reduction of $28,465
27.10 - Reduction: Scaled Down Air Quality Programming: Engagement & Monitoring Equipment – A
proposed reduction of $47,959
Staff now proposes these two Offers are not included in the 2021 Budget. Instead, the equivalent amount of
$76,424 in General Fund reserves will be used to restore the funding originally proposed to be reduced in
these two Offers.
At the request of Poudre Fire Authority (PFA) the amount of $20k of PFA funding will be included in ‘Offer
18.26 - Redeploy: Police Campus West and Bike Patrol to Homelessness Coordinator (1.0 FTE), Street
Outreach and Restorative Justice.’ The PFA funding will go towards the Homelessness Coordinator position
for a collaborative, interagency approach. This will enable 20K of funding from Police Services to further
contribute to Neighborhood Livability and Social Health objectives and other 2021 budget initiatives. This
change also reduces the direct City funding of PFA in ‘Offer 73.1 - Poudre Fire Operation, Maintenance &
Capital (General Fund)’ by an equivalent $20k.
The 2021 Budget for the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) was approved by its Board of Directors on
September 10, 2020. ‘Offer 74.1 - DDA Operating and Capital Budget’ has been updated to reflect the final
DDA 2021 Budget, as approved by the Board.
The amount of ‘Offer 43.4 - Redeploy: Conservation Trust Trail Construction to Park Maintenance’ has been
reduced by $115k. The Offer now has $400k of Conservation Trust funding to be shifted for one year from
recreational trail development to Parks operations and maintenance. The offset of $115k to balance this
change comes from a $50k one-year reduction in the amount fertilizer used in the Parks system and $65k
from General Fund reserves.
Utility Rates
The utility electric rate increase in the City Manager’s Recommended Budget is included, as proposed, in First
Reading of the 2021 Budget at 3.0%. In addition, there is also a need for an increase to utility water rates of
2.0% in 2021 due to the impacts of the Cameron Peak Fire on the Cache La Poudre River and the surrounding
watersheds. There is no appropriation related to that rate increase included in the 2021 Budget. As the
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impacts of the wildfires are more widely known, along with understanding the resources available through
disaster relief aid and regional collaboration, information will be brought to Council, along with the associated
appropriation requests. This table includes the utility rate increases included in this budget.
Utility 2021
Electric 3.0%
Water 2.0%
Wastewater -
Stormwater -
This annual Appropriation Ordinance sets the amount of $668,909,564 to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021.
It does not include the 2021 adopted budgets for the General Improvement District (GID) No. 1 of $808,791, the
GID No. 15 (Skyview) of $1,000, the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) of $6,706,744 and the Downtown
Development Authority of $23,884,505. This results in City-related total operating appropriations being
$700,310,604 in 2021. Below is a summary of the City’s proposed 2021 total operating budget:
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
This Ordinance sets the annual appropriation for fiscal year 2021 in the amount of $668,909,564. The Ordinance
also sets the City property tax mill levy at 9.797 mills, unchanged since 1991.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Various City boards and commissions submitted memos to City Council for its consideration of what they
believed should be included in the 2021 Budget.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
Amended
2020 2021 % Change
Operating $652.1 $636.6 -2.4%
Debt 19.7 22.3 13.4%
Capital 47.9 41.4 -13.5%
Total City Appropriations* $719.7 $700.3 -2.7%
Less
Internal Service Funds ($83.8) ($79.9) -4.7%
Transfers to Other Funds (71.5) (66.5) -7.1%
GIDs (0.5) (0.8) 53.4%
URAs (6.6) (6.7) 1.5%
DDA (19.5) (23.9) 22.3%
Total ($182.1) ($177.8) -2.3%
Net City Budget $537.6 $522.5 -2.8%
* This includes the GID #1, GID #15, URA and DDA all of which are appropriated in separate ordinances
TOTAL BUDGET (in Millions)
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Public outreach for the 2021 Budget was modified, as indicated above, due to the pandemic. The City was not
able to conduct its standard public engagement process prior to the delivery of the City Manager’s
Recommended Budget. Rather, outreach work was conducted from August through early October to help inform
Council’s decisions related to the adoption of the budget. During that time there were public online forums,
engagement with the Boards and Commissions, as well as two public hearings. Additionally, online and digital
engagement was conducted that resulted in over 2,800-page visits on ourcity.fcgov.com, as well as over 32,000
people reached on Facebook and over 31,000 Twitter impressions.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Attachment 1 - 1st Reading Presentation of 2021 Budget_v3 (PPTX)
2. Budget Presentation (PDF)
12ndReading of the City’s 2021 BudgetCity Council – November 17, 2020ATTACHMENT 2
2020 Council Budget MeetingsSeptember 8thWork Session• Culture and Recreation• Economic Health• Environmental Health• TransportationSeptember 22ndWork Session• Neighborhood Livability and Social Health• Safe Community• High Performing GovernmentSeptember 15thCouncil Meeting• Budget Public Hearing #1 of 2October 13thWork Session• Budget Public Hearing #2 of 2October 6thCouncil Meeting• General Discussion – Final Council DirectionNov. 4th(Wed) Council Meeting• First ReadingNovember 17thCouncil Meeting • Second Reading2Completed
2020 Strategic PlanThe 2021 Budget Reflects Community and Council Priorities Identified in the 2020 Strategic Plan3
Offer Changes approved in 1st Reading4• The following two Reduction Offers are not included in 1stReading; General Fund reserves were utilized instead to provide the $76k offset27.9 - Reduction: Scaled Down Climate Commitment (City- and Community-Led Climate Engagement)27.10 - Reduction: Scaled Down Air Quality Programming: Engagement & Monitoring Equipment• Poudre Fire Authority has contributed $20k towards the Homelessness Coordinator position (Offer 18.26)
5• The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Offer 74.1 has been updated to reflect the 2021 Budget approved by the DDA Board of Directors on September 10, 2020• Offer 43.4 to redeploy Conservation Trust (Lottery) revenues from recreation trail building to Parks operations and maintenance has been reduced from $515k to $400k–Shift of $115k back to trail development offset by $50k reduction in parks fertilizer and $65k from General Fund reservesOffer Changes approved in 1st Reading
Budget Overview6Amended2020 2021 % ChangeOperating$652.1 $636.6 -2.4%Debt19.7 22.3 13.4%Capital47.9 41.4 -13.5%Total City Appropriations* $719.7 $700.3 -2.7%LessInternal Service Funds ($83.8) ($79.9) -4.7%Transfers to Other Funds (71.5) (66.5) -7.1%GIDs (0.5) (0.8) 53.4%URAs (6.6) (6.7) 1.5%DDA (19.5) (23.9) 22.3%Total($182.1) ($177.8) -2.3%Net City Budget $537.6 $522.5 -2.8%* This includes the GID #1, GID #15, URA and DDA all of which are appropriated in separate ordinancesTOTAL BUDGET (in Millions)
2021 BudgetBalanced and Fiscally Responsible 2021 Budgetaddresses Community and Council Priorities• Maintains investments in critical services related to transportation, transit, police, fire, and community amenities important to residents and businesses• Maintains key city infrastructure and invests in prudent capital replacement• Minimizes service delivery reductions to the community• Continues community sustainability priorities in the areas of economic, environmental and social health7
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ORDINANCE NO. 138, 2020
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
BEING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021; ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2021, AND ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 2021; AND FIXING THE MILL LEVY FOR
PROPERTY TAXES PAYABLE IN 2021
WHEREAS, City Charter Article V, Section 2 provides that the City Manager shall file
with the City Clerk on or before the first Monday in September preceding each “budget term” the
proposed budget for that ensuing budget term; and
WHEREAS, City Charter Article V, Section 1 provides that the City Council is to set by
ordinance the number of fiscal years that shall constitute the City’s “budget term”; and
WHEREAS, in 2010, the City’s budget term was set in City Code Section 8-1 as being
two fiscal years, so a biennial budget term; and
WHEREAS, under Code Section 8-1, the City’s next biennial budget term would be for
fiscal years 2021 and 2022 (the “2021-22 Budget Term”); and
WHEREAS, on May 19, 2020, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 067, 2020,
(“Ordinance No. 067”) suspending for only the 2021-22 Budget Term the biennial budget term
required by Code Section 8-1 to allow for one-year budget terms for both fiscal years 2021 and
2022 due to the economic turmoil and uncertainty that has occurred because of the COVID-19
global pandemic; and
WHEREAS, on September 1, 2020, the City Manager filed with the City Clerk a
proposed budget for the City of Fort Collins for the fiscal year 2021 (the “Proposed 2021
Budget”) as required in Article V, Section 2 of the City Charter and as authorized in Ordinance
No. 067, and included with it an explanatory message, a complete financial plan for each City
fund, appropriate financial statements for each type of fund showing comparative figures for the
last completed fiscal year and the current fiscal year, and the City Manager’s recommendation
for the ensuing budget term; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 3 of the City Charter requires that, within ten days of the
date of the City Manager’s filing of the Proposed 2021 Budget with the City Clerk, the City
Council shall set a time certain for a public hearing on the Proposed 2021 Budget and cause a
notice of the hearing to be published; and
WHEREAS, on September 1, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution 2020-081
setting the dates for two such public hearings to be conducted on September 15, 2020, and on
October 6, 2020, at regularly scheduled City Council meetings, and City Council ordered notice
of these hearings to be published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan; and
WHEREAS, such notice was published in the Coloradoan on September 6, 2020; and
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WHEREAS, both public hearings were held and conducted on those dates and persons
were given the opportunity to appear before City Council and comment on any or all items and
estimates in the Proposed 2021 Budget; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 4 of the City Charter requires that after the public hearing
and before the last day of November of each fiscal year, the City Council shall adopt the budget
for the ensuing budget term by ordinance and appropriate by ordinance on a fund basis and by
individual project for capital projects and federal or state grant projects, such sums of money as
it deems necessary to defray all expenditures of the City during the ensuing fiscal year, based
upon the budget as approved by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the appropriations in this Ordinance also include appropriations as needed to
transfer monies from the dedicated funds receiving the revenues to the funds from which those
monies will be expended; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 5 of the City Charter provides that the annual
appropriation ordinance shall also fix the tax levy in mills upon each dollar of the assessed
valuation of all taxable real property within the City, such levy representing the amount of taxes
for City purposes necessary to provide for payment during the ensuing fiscal year for all properly
authorized expenditures to be incurred by the City, including interest and principal of general
obligation bonds; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the adoption of this Ordinance is
necessary for the public’s health, safety, and welfare and therefore, wishes to approve the
Proposed 2021 Budget, as hereafter amended, and authorize the expenditures described in this
Ordinance for the 2021 fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. Budget.
a. That the City Council has reviewed the Proposed 2021 Budget, a copy of which is on
file with the office of the City Clerk, and has determined that the amendments
described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated by reference should be
made to it.
b. That the Proposed 2021 Budget, as amended by in Exhibit "A", is hereby adopted in
accordance with the provisions of Article V, Section 4 of the City Charter and
incorporated herein by reference (the “2021 Adopted Budget”0.
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c. That the 2021 Adopted Budget shall be on file with and maintained in the office of
the City Clerk and identified as "The Budget for the City of Fort Collins for the Fiscal
Year Ending December 31, 2021, as Adopted by the City Council on November 17,
2020."
Section 3. Appropriations. That there is hereby appropriated out of the reserves
and revenues of the City of Fort Collins, for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2021, and
ending December 31, 2021, the sum of SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT MILLION NINE
HUNDRED NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($668,909,564)
to be raised by taxation and otherwise, which sum is deemed by the City Council to be necessary
to defray all expenditures of the City during said budget year, to be divided and appropriated for
the following purposes, to wit:
GENERAL FUND $182,363,393
ENTERPRISE FUNDS
Golf $3,631,315
Light & Power
Operating Total $140,369,413
Capital Projects:
Data Management Program and Analytics Platform $228,627
Art in Public Places $14,220
CMMS-Maintenance Management $250,000
Dist. System Impr. & Replace. $1,972,000
New Capacity-Circuits $712,000
Operational Technology $1,045,500
PARENT-Service Center $110,000
PARENT-Substation Cap Prj $250,000
Capital Projects Total $4,582,347
Total Light & Power $144,951,760
Water
Operating Total $25,729,475
Capital Projects:
2019-Enviro Learn Center Dam $500,000
Data Management Program and Analytics Platform $153,608
Poudre Canyon Raw Waterline Improvements $3,200,000
Galvanized Service Replacement $500,000
North Mason Waterline $100,000
Distribution Replacement Program $1,000,000
Operational Technology Asset Replacement Prgrm (SCADA) $515,000
Art in Public Places $60,500
CMMS-Maintenance Management $166,285
PARENT-Distro Small Projects $1,540,000
PARENT-Water Prod Replcmt Prgm $1,000,000
PARENT-Watershed Protection $80,000
PARENT-Wtr Meter Replacement $850,000
Capital Projects Total $9,665,393
Total Water $35,394,868
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Wastewater
Operating Total $18,142,466
Capital Projects:
DWRF N. Process Train Clarifier Rplcmnt Design & Const. $6,200,000
Meadow Springs Ranch Vehicle Storage Facility $300,000
North Mason Sewer Main - Design $100,000
Developer Repayments $750,000
Collection Replacement Program $3,000,000
Data Management Program and Analytics Platform $110,741
Operational Technology Asset Replacement Prgrm (SCADA) $7,500
Art in Public Places $119,500
CMMS-Maintenance Management $166,285
PARENT-Collect Small Projects $1,500,000
PARENT-Cured In Place Pipe $600,000
PARENT-Water Recl Replcmt Prgm $1,000,000
Capital Projects Total $13,854,026
Total Wastewater $31,996,492
Stormwater
Operating Total $10,818,183
Capital Projects:
2017-Castlerock SW Remediation $750,000
2017-Magnolia St Outfall Ph 1 $500,000
2019 - N Mason Area Drainage $1,500,000
Data Management Program and Analytics Platform $100,024
Art in Public Places $77,100
Stream Rehabilitation Program $3,100,000
Poudre Levee Program (Design and some construction) $1,000,000
Boxelder Watershed Dams $200,000
Land Acquisition $250,000
Glenmoor Pond Enhancements $250,000
Cured-in-Place Pipe Lining $450,000
CMMS-Maintenance Management $55,000
Developer Repays $510,000
Master Planning $450,000
Stormwater Basin Improvements $1,500,000
Capital Projects Total $10,692,124
Total Stormwater $21,510,307
Broadband $19,563,710
TOTAL ENTERPRISE FUNDS $257,048,452
INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS
Benefits $36,329,581
Data & Communications $10,403,689
Equipment $12,077,533
Self Insurance $5,318,250
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Utility Customer Service & Administration $18,935,437
TOTAL INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS $83,064,490
SPECIAL REVENUE & DEBT SERVICE FUNDS
Capital Expansion $5,409,839
Capital Leasing Corporation $4,795,226
Cemeteries $773,514
Cultural Services & Facilities
Operating Total $3,755,537
Capital Projects:
Art in Public Places $188,512
Capital Projects Total $188,512
Total Cultural Services & Facilities $3,944,049
General Employees' Retirement $5,729,250
Keep Fort Collins Great $2,906,991
Museum $1,079,098
Natural Areas $12,635,594
Parking $2,663,243
Perpetual Care $26,027
Recreation $8,227,939
Sales and Use Tax $7,822,657
Transportation Capital Expansion Fee $2,159,054
Transit Services $23,368,114
Transportation Services $34,872,691
TOTAL SPECIAL REVENUE & DEBT SERVICE FUNDS $116,413,286
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS
Capital Projects Fund
Operating Total $66,000
General City Capital Projects:
CCIP Arterial Intersection Imp $400,000
CCIP Bicycle Infrastructure Imp $350,000
CCIP Bus Stop Improvements $44,414
CCIP Nature in the City $250,000
CCIP Pedestrian Sidewalk - ADA $1,200,000
City Bridge Program $1,700,000
College Signals $969,000
East District Maint Fac $4,800,000
Lemay/Vine Grade Sep Crossing $12,000,000
Oak Street Plaza Renovation $85,000
Parks Raw Water Study $150,000
Railroad Crossing Replacement $125,000
Vine/Timberline Intersection $1,000,000
General City Capital Projects Total $23,073,414
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Total Capital Projects Fund $23,139,414
Community Capital Improvement
Capital Projects:
Afford Housing Capital Program $500,000
Arterial Intersection Imprvmnt $400,000
Bicycle Infrastructure Imprvmt $350,000
Bus Stop Improvements $100,000
Gardens Visitor Ctr Expansion $40,000
Lincoln Avenue Bridge $36,000
Linden St Renovation $12,000
Nature in the City $250,000
Pedestrian Sidewalk - ADA $1,200,000
Poudre River Proj (CCIP only) $50,000
Willow Street Improvements $11,000
Capital Projects Total $2,949,000
Total Community Capital Improvement $2,949,000
Conservation Trust
Operating Total $942,174
Capital Projects:
Poudre Trail at I-25 $1,500,000
Capital Projects Total $1,500,000
Total Conservation Trust $2,442,174
Neighborhood Parkland
Operating Total $389,355
Capital Projects:
East Comm Pk Maint Fac $1,000,000
Side Hill Neighborhood Park $100,000
Capital Projects Total $1,100,000
Total Neighborhood Parkland $1,489,355
TOTAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS $30,019,943
TOTAL CITY FUNDS $668,909,564
Section 4. Mill Levy.
a. That the mill levy rate for the taxation upon each dollar of the assessed valuation of
all the taxable real property within the City of Fort Collins shall be 9.797 mills to be
imposed on the assessed value of such property as set by state law for property taxes
payable in 2021, which levy represents the amount of taxes for City purposes necessary
to provide for payment during the 2021 budget year of all properly authorized
expenditures to be incurred by the City, including interest and principal of general
obligation bonds.
b. That the City Clerk shall certify this levy of 9.797 mills to the County Assessor and
the Board of Commissioners of Larimer County, Colorado, in accordance with the
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applicable provisions of law, as required by Article V, Section 5 of the City Charter and
no later than December 15, 2020.
Section 5. That in this Ordinance and the Proposed 2021 Budget, the City Council is
approving the increased use of the City’s Conservation Trust Funds to fund the maintenance of
the City’s parks because of the financial shortfalls the City is now experiencing and will
experience in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The City Council hereby directs the City
Manager to include in his proposed City budget for 2022 and in the annual appropriation
ordinance presented to City Council in 2022 to implement that budget, a budget offer and
recommendation for Council consideration to replenish Conservation Trust Funds in the amount
of $400,000 used in 2021 for park maintenance so these paid-back funds can be available in
2022 or future years for the City to fund the capital improvements state law authorizes to be
funded with Conservation Trust Funds, subject to the discretion of the City Council to finally
determine whether to proceed in that manner.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4t h day of
November, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of November, A.D.
2020.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 17th day of November, A.D. 2020.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk