HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/06/2001 - ITEMS RELATING TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE F AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 15 A-B
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: November 6,COUNCIL2001
STAFF: Gary Perman
SUBJECT:
Items Relating to the Law Enforcement Assistance Fund (L.E.A.F.) Contract with the Colorado
Department of Transportation Providing Funds for the Fort Collins Police Services Drunk
Driving Enforcement Program.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution and of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The Colorado Department of Transportation has awarded Fort Collins Police Services a 2002
Law Enforcement Assistance Fund (L.E.A.F.) grant in the amount of$35,000 to help reduce the
number of drunk drivers in Fort Collins.No matching funds are required.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
A. Resolution 2001-136 Approving and Authorizing the Mayor to Execute the Drunk
Driving Enforcement Grant Contract #L-31-02 Between the City and the Colorado
Department of Transportation.
B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 162, 2001, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the
General Fund for Police Services Drunk Driving Enforcement Program.
The Colorado Department of Transportation has awarded Fort Collins Police Services a 2002
Law Enforcement Assistance Fund (L.E.A.F.) grant in the amount of$35,000 to help reduce the
number of drunk drivers in Fort Collins. This grant will provide overtime compensation for Fort
Collins Police Officers who are involved in operations, which focus on the detection and arrest
of drunk drivers. The stipulations of the grant are as follows:
• The grant money will be used for overtime compensation for police officers to perform
drunk driving enforcement duties.
Conduct at least two sobriety checkpoints or saturation patrols during 2002.
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• Fort Collins Police Services must be actively involved in the Colorado Department of
Transportation's DUI enforcement public awareness campaign by participation in joint
efforts.
• Fort Collins Police Services will make all reasonable efforts to increase DUI alcohol and
drug related arrests by 5%over the 2001 level.
Police Services has agreed to these stipulations and there are no matching funds required for this
grant.
RESOLUTION 2001-136
. OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
TO EXECUTE THE DRUNK DRIVING ENFORCEMENT
GRANT CONTRACT#L-31-02 BETWEEN THE CITY AND
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins, on behalf of the Fort Collins Police Services, has
submitted an application to the Colorado Department of Transportation, Office of Transportation
Safety ("CDOT") for funding a Law Enforcement Assistance Fund (L.E.A.F.) project for the
prevention of drunken driving and the enforcement of laws pertaining to the driving under the
influence of alcohol or other drugs,pursuant to Section 43-4-401 through Section 43-4-404,C.R.S.,
and to L.E.A.F. Rules at 2 CCR 602.1; and
WHEREAS, CDOT has approved the application and has prepared Drunk Driving
Enforcement Grant Contract#L-31-02 (the "Contract') which must be entered into by the City as
a condition to receiving the funds from CDOT, a copy of which is on file in the Office of the City
Clerk and available for public review; and
WHEREAS, the City will receive under the Contract a grant of Thirty-Five Thousand
Dollars ($35,000) which will be used by the Fort Collins Police Services in its Drunk Driving
Enforcement Program during 2002; and
• WHEREAS, a Resolution by the City Council formally approving the Contract and
authorizing the proper City signature to be affixed to the Contract indicating such approval is
required by CDOT.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the City Council hereby approves the terms, conditions and obligations of the
Contract and authorizes the Mayor to execute the Contract on behalf of the City of Fort Collins.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 6th day of November,
A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 162, 2001
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
. APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR POLICE SERVICES DRUNK DRIVING ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation has awarded Fort Collins Police
Services a 2001 Law Enforcement Assistance Fund(L.E.A.F.)grant in the amount of$35,000;and
WHEREAS,these funds will be used by Police Services to support the Fort Collins Drunk
Driving Enforcement Program; and
WHEREAS, Council has adopted Resolution 2001-136, approving and authorizing the
Mayor to execute the Drunk Driving Enforcement Grant Contract#L-31-02 between the City and
the Colorado Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9,of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins permits the City
Council 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 then current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
• COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the General Fund
the sum of THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS($35,000)for expenditure,upon receipt,in the
General Fund for the Police Services Drunk Driving Enforcement Program.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 6th day of
November, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of November, A.D.
2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 20th day of November,A.D. 2001.
ATTEST: Mayor
• City Clerk