HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/15/2008 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 001, 2008, APPROPRI ITEM NUMBER: 11
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: January 15, Zoos
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Melissa Funk
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 001, 2008, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Team.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The City has received a grant in the amount of$33,150 from the Eighth Judicial District Victims
Assistance and Law Enforcement (V.A.L.E.) Board to help fund victim services activities. This
grant requires no cash match.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Team has been awarded a 12-month grant in the
amount of$33,150 for the period from January 1,2008 through December 31, 2008,by the Eighth
Judicial District Victims Assistance and Law Enforcement(V.A.L.E.) Board to help fund services
provided by this team. These funds will be used for a part-time,paid victim advocate who provides
crisis intervention services during weekday hours and is housed in the Victim Services office. These
funds will also pay for some of the operational expenses needed to provide 24-hour a day, 7-day a
week services to victims of crime in the community.
ORDINANCE NO. 001, 2008
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES VICTIM SERVICES TEAM
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant in the amount
of$33,150(the"Grant')from the Eighth Judicial District Victims and Law Enforcement("VALE")
Board to support the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Team (the "Victim Services
Team"); and
WHEREAS, the Victim Services Team provides crisis intervention, resources and referral
services to victims of violent crime as well as other traumatic situations; and
WHEREAS,the Grant will be used to fund a part-time victim advocate and to partially pay
for operational expenses of the Victim Services Team office; 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 current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the Grant from the VALE
Board to support the Victim Services Team will not cause the total amount appropriated in the
relevant funds to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that
fund during any 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-THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($33,150) for
expenditure in the General Fund for the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Team.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of
January, A.D. 2008, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th day of February, A.D. 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 5th day of February, A.D. 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk