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DATE: June 20, 2000
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
STAFF: Glenn Levy
SUBJE$T:
first Reading ofOrdinance No.75,2000,Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund
for Preparation of a Chemical, Biological and Radiological Response Plan.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The cost of providing a Chemical,Biological and Radiological Response Plan is$144,617 and will
be funded in full through a grant awarded by the State of Colorado, Department of Justice. The
$144,617 will be appropriated in the City's General Fund and administered by the Office of
Emergency Management.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Large-scale events involving bombings, chemicals, biological events, and radiological materials
have increased in this country,beginning with the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York.
The Colorado Office of Emergency Management,through an agreement with the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), awards Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG)
through the Terrorism Consequence Management Preparedness Assistance (TCMPA) fund to
qualified local governments to improve the ability of local communities to respond to and recover
from acts of terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction. The City of Fort Collins Office of
Emergency Management was one of a handful of cities across the country to be selected for this
grant. The award totaling$144,617,will cover personnel costs associated with authoring the Plan,
training and development, seminars and site visits,materials and supplies,and a weapons of mass
destruction command development for state-wide distribution.
City staff recognizes that the threat from a weapons of mass destruction event is very possible and
has worked diligently to try to identify potential hazards over the past year. One of the major
problems identified is the lack of a planning template from which to begin. Several cities have been
queried and staff has found that there are few comprehensive plans that could be used to model the
City's efforts in this arena. The City's Office of Emergency Management began meeting in 1999
with other entities within the community including the Poudre Fire Authority, Fort Collins Police
Services,Colorado State University,Poudre Valley Hospital,Infection Control,and the Fort Collins
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Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. During these meetings,the City's vulnerabilities and
related risks were identified. Through these efforts, determination and hard work the City has
procured the grant funds and is anxious to move forward with the Weapons of Mass Destruction
Plan. The project is scheduled for completion by December 31, 2000.
• ORDINANCE NO. 75, 2000
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR PREPARATION OF A CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL
AND RADIOLOGICAL RESPONSE PLAN
WHEREAS, City staff recognizes that the threat from a weapons of mass destruction event
is very possible and has worked diligently to try to identify potential hazards; and
WHEREAS, one of the major problems identified is the lack of a planning template from
which to begin; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has been awarded a grant in the amount of$144,617
from the Colorado Office of Emergency Management through the Federal Emergency Management
Agency; and
WHEREAS,the funds have been granted to selected cities across the country to improve the
ability of local communities to respond to and recover from acts of terrorism involving weapons of
mass destruction; and
WHEREAS,the grant will cover personnel costs associated with authoring the plan,training,
. development,seminars,site visits,materials,supplies,and a weapons of mass destruction command
development plan for state-wide distribution; 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 revenue in the General Fund the sum
of ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTEEN DOLLARS
($144,617) for expenditure in the General Fund for the preparation of a Chemical, Biological and
Radiological Response Plan.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of
June, A.D. 2000, and to be considered for final passage on the 18th day of July, A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of July, A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk