HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/18/2022 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 008, 2022, APPROPRI Agenda Item 8
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY January 18, 2022
City Council
STAFF
Selina Lujan, Senior Indoor Air Quality Specialist
Judy Schmidt, Legal
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 008, 2022, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue and Author izing
Transfers in the General Fund for the Environmental Services Radon Program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate unanticipated grant revenue in the General Fund for the
Environmental Services Radon Program. This appropriatio n includes $9,000 of grant revenues provided by the
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to support radon testing and mitigation
programs. The grant directly supports radon activities identified in the Environmental Services Departm ent’s
core budget offer and requires a local match of $6,000. Matching funds are appropriated and unexpended in
the 2022 Environmental Services operating budget and will be transferred to the Environmental Services
Radon Program.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Radon is a priority indoor air quality pollutant in Fort Collins, as it is the leading cause of lung cancer in non -
smokers, and second leading cause for smokers (after smok ing). Radon tests show that sixty-five percent of
homes in Fort Collins test higher than the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) defined "action levels" for
mitigating radon gas. The Environmental Services Department will use these grant funds to augme nt existing
programs for education and outreach to raise awareness of the health risks, provision of low -cost radon test
kits to residents, and information to help mitigate high radon levels.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
City resources would increase by $9,000. Required matching funds, in the amount of $6,000, have already
been appropriated in the 2022 General Fund in the Environmental Services operating budget.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Radon is a priority pollutant identified by the Air Quality Advisory Board, but no formal recommendation was
sought for appropriation of the grant funds to augment existing radon program efforts.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
Public outreach regarding radon will be conducted throughout the year with radon presentations, provision of
outreach materials and radon test kit sales.
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ORDINANCE NO. 008, 2022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE
AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES RADON PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment grant in the amount of $9,000 for the Environmental Services Radon Program (the
“Program”); and
WHEREAS, the grant will be used to support radon testing and mitigation programs; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires $6,000 in matching funds from the City, which have been
appropriated and are available in the General Fund for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, radon is a priority indoor air quality pollutant in Fort Collins and is the
leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers; and
WHEREAS, radon tests show that sixty-five percent of homes in Fort Collins test higher
than the Environmental Protection Agency’s defined “action levels” for mitigating radon gas;
and
WHEREAS, the Program provides education and outreach to raise awareness of the
health risks and provides low cost radon test kits to residents; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens
of Fort Collins and serves a public purpose by helping to alleviate effects of radon in the homes
of the residents of Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon
recommendation of the City Manager, to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any
time during the fiscal year, provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriations,
in combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year, does not exceed the current
estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received during the fiscal
year; and
WHEREAS, the Interim City Manager has recommended the appropriation described
herein and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the
General Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the General Fund to exceed the
current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received in that fund
during any fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council, upon
recommendation by the City Manager, to transfer by ordinance any unexpended and
unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof from one fund or capital project to
another fund or capital project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to
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be expended remains unchanged, the purpose for which the funds were initially appropriated no
longer exists, or the proposed transfer is from a fund or capital project in which the amount
appropriated exceeds the amount needed to accomplish the purpose specified in the appropriation
ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Interim City Manager has recommended the transfer of $6,000 from the
Environmental Services Operating Budget in the General Fund to the Radon Program in the
General Fund and determined that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended
remains unchanged.
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. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($9,000) for expenditure in the
General Fund for the Environmental Services Radon Program.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS
($6,000) is authorized for transfer from the Environmental Services operating budget in the
General Fund to the Environmental Services Radon Program and appropriated therein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of
January, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of February, A.D.
2022.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 15th day of February, A.D. 2022.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk