HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/01/2022 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 031, 2022, MAKING S Agenda Item 9
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY March 1, 2022
Recreation
STAFF
LeAnn Williams, Recreation Director
Ingrid Decker, Legal
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 031, 2022, Making Supplemental Appropriations of Grant Funds from the State
of Colorado Child Care Operations Stabilization and Workforce Sustainability Grant Program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to accept grant funding from the State of Colorado provided through the American
Rescue Plan. The Child Care Operations Stabilization and Workforce Sustainability grants program will fund
childcare enhancements in City Childcare programs.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The Child Care Operations Stabilization and Workforce Sustainability Grants provide funding for operational
expenses, tuition relief, capital improvements, workforce retention, and health and mental health support. The
grant is an entitlement grant awarded through the State of Colorad o Office of Early Childhood in the
Department of Human Services.
The City was awarded two grants totaling $172,584. The funding amount of $138,581 is Operations
Stabilization Grant fund, which may be used for existing and new operating expenses. The grant program
encourages recipients to use half of the Operations Stabilization Grant funds to pass along financial relief to
families for whom the City is providing childcare, to the extent possible. The remaining $34,003 is Workforce
Sustainability Grant funds, which must be used for expenses related to recruiting and/or retaining existing
employees.
The grants do not require the City to sign a post-award agreement. Funds must be fully spent by September
20, 2023. Monthly reporting and attestations about use of grant funds is required to receive the next monthly
payment. All expenses are one-time and will not cause new expenses to be added to future City budgets.
There is no City match requirement.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
City resources will be impacted by $172,584. These funds will be received from the State of Colorado and
spent on the following: childcare programming, tuition assistance, workforce retention, and facility
enhancements.
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ORDINANCE NO. 031, 2022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE
STATE OF COLORADO CHILD CARE OPERATIONS STABILIZATION AND
WORKFORCE SUSTAINABILITY GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City’s Recreation Department applied for and was awarded two Child
Care Operations Stabilization and Workforce Sustainability Grants through the Colorado
Department of Human Services, Office of Early Childhood (the “Grant Program”); and
WHEREAS, the Grant Program provides funding for existing and new operating
expenses, including facility and staffing costs, and for financial assistance to families using
childcare services such as reduced tuition or waiver of fees; and
WHEREAS, the grants awarded to the City total $172,584: $30,393 for the Funtime
program and $142,191 for the Camp FunQuest program, to be paid in monthly installments over
nine months; and
WHEREAS, $138,581 of the funding is from Operations Stabilization Grant funds, which
may be used for existing and new operating expenses, and the remaining $34,003 is from
Workforce Sustainability Grant funds, which must be used for expenses related to recruiting
and/or retaining existing employees; and
WHEREAS, the City intends to use the grant funds to support Recreation childcare
programming, tuition assistance, workforce retention, and facility enhancements; and
WHEREAS, the Grant Program does not require the City to provide matching funds or to
execute a grant agreement, although City staff are expected to meet monthly reporting
requirements on the use of the funds in order to receive the next monthly payment; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits the public health, safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of supporting childcare programming by
the City; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon
recommendation of the City Manager, to make a supplemental appropriation by ordinance at any
time during the fiscal year, provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriation, in
combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year, do 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
Recreation Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Recreat ion 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.
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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 new revenue or other funds in the
Recreation Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED EIGHT-FOUR DOLLARS ($172,584) to be expended for childcare programming,
tuition assistance, workforce retention, and facility enhancements.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of
March, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th day of April, A.D. 2022.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 5th day of April, A.D. 2022.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk