HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/20/2004 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 010, 2004 APPROPRIA ITEM NUMBER: 18
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: January20, 2004
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Melissa Funk
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 010, 2004, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for the Police Services Victim Services Team.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The City has received a grant for the Victim Services Team from the eighth Judicial Victims and
Law Enforcement(V.A.L.E.)Board in the amount of$36,800. These funds finance a part-time paid
victim advocate who provides crisis intervention services. They also pay for some of the operation
expenses needed to provide services to victims of crime.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Team has been awarded an 18-month grant in the
amount of$36,800 for the period of January 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005,by the Eighth Judicial
District Victims 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 our community. Previous V.A.L.E. grant awards received were $19,500 in
1998, and$19,000 for each year from 1999 through 2003. This particular grant was changed to an
18-month cycle, and will then run from July 1 through June 30 in future years.
ORDINANCE NO. 010, 2004
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE POLICE SERVICES VICTIM SERVICES TEAM
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant in the amount
of $36,800 from the Eighth Judicial District Victims and Law Enforcement (V.A.L.E.) Board to
support the Police Services Victim Services Team (the "Grant"); and
WHEREAS, the Victim Services Team provides crisis intervention, resource and referral
services to victims of violent crime and to persons involved in other traumatic situations; and
WHEREAS, the Grant will be used to compensate a part-time paid victim advocate as well
as to pay for some of the operational expenses of the Victim Services 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 funds from the
V.A.L.E. Board to support the Police Services Victim Services Team as described herein 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-SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS ($36,800)for expenditure
in the General Fund for the Police Services Victim Services Team.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of
January, A.D. 2004, and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of February, A.D. 2004.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of February, A.D. 2004.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk