HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/15/2022 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 017, 2022, APPROPRI Agenda Item 11
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY February 15, 2022
City Council
STAFF
Nina Bodenhamer, City Give Director
Adam Stephens, Legal
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 017, 2022, Appropriating Philanthropic Revenue Received Through City Give
to Fund a Police Services Canine (K9) Unit.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate $10,000 in philanthropic revenue for Fort Collins Police Services
received from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation for the purchase and training of a K9 as designated by the
donor. The award of $10,000 from The Howard G. Buffett Foundation underwrites the purchase, related travel,
and training of a K9. The philanthropic support adds a sixth canine unit to FCPS, and greatly furthers our
commitment to public safety.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Public safety is the primary focus of The Howard G. Buffett Foundation’s community -based grantmaking in the
United States. The Foundation partners with local sheriffs’ offices and law enforcement agencies to identify
and address key community public safety concerns. The philanthropic award is designated for the sole
purpose of the purchase and training of a K9.
Fort Collins Police Services currently has five dogs in the K9 Unit, a specialized division consisting of
dog/handler teams. A focus of a K9 Unit is to increase the safety of officers involved on calls and reduce the
number of officer hours spent on calls. It is estimated that each K9 team can save between 800 and 1,000
officer hours per year.
K9 teams respond to violent calls, building searches related to alarms or reports of forced entry, fleeing
subjects, searches for missing, lost, or endangered children or persons, and narcot ic calls.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
This Ordinance will appropriate $10,000 in philanthropic revenue through City Give for Fort Collins Police
Services. The funds have been received and accepted per City Give Administrative and Financial Policy.
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ORDINANCE NO. 017, 2022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED THROUGH
CITY GIVE TO FUND A POLICE SERVICES CANINE (K9) UNIT
WHEREAS, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation (“Foundation”) partners with law
enforcement agencies to identify and address key community public safety concerns, as public
safety is the primary focus of the Foundation’s community-based grantmaking in the United
States; and
WHEREAS, the Foundation has awarded $10,000 to the City’s City Gives program to
underwrite the purchase, related travel, and training of an additional K9, which will be partnered
with an officer/handler to become the sixth K9 team serving Fort Collins Police Services
(FCPS); and
WHEREAS, FCPS currently has five dogs in the K9 Unit, a specialized division
consisting of dog/handler teams, that respond to violent calls, building searches related to alarms
or reports of forced entry, fleeing subjects, searches for missing, lost, or endangered children or
persons, and narcotic calls; and
WHEREAS, a focus of a K9 Unit is to increase the safety of officers involved on calls
and reduce the number of officer hours spent on calls, which reduction is estimated to save
between 800 and 1,000 officer hours per year; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens
of Fort Collins and serves a public purpose because FCPS K9 units increase the safety of FCPS
officers involved on calls and reduce the number of officer hours spent in response to violent
calls, building searches related to alarms or reports of forced entry, fleeing subjects, searches for
missing, lost, or endangered children or persons, and narcotic calls; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon the
recommendation of the City Manager, to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any
time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may be available from reserves
accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not previously appropriated;
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 this Fund
during this fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
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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 philanthropic revenue from the
prior year reserve in the General Fund the sum of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000) for
expenditure in the General Fund for the Police Services K9 Unit.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of
February, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the 1st day of March, A.D. 2022.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 1st day of March, A.D. 2022.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk