HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/07/1999 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 145, 1999, APPROPRI ITEM NUMBER: 17
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
DATE: September 7, 1999
. FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF:
Randy Hensley
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 145, 1999.Appropriating Federal Grant Revenue and Authorizing
the Transfer of Appropriations Between Projects in the Transportation Services Fund for the
Operation of the North Front Range Transportation& Air Quality Planning Council's 1999-2000
Metropolitan Planning Organization Administration Program Year.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
fFINANCIAL IMPACT:
This item appropriates $618,824 in the Transportation Services Fund,representing the 1999-2000
fiscal year budget for the administration of the North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality
!I Planning Council, also known as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). The following
funding sources have been identified:
1999-2000 Federal Fiscal Year Funds Administered by CDOT $410,820 1
Local Match from MPO Member Entities 83,004
Unexpended, Unencumbered Funds from the 1998-1999 MPO Program 125.000
$618.824 g
Because it is a federal grant project, the appropriation will be "non-lapsing", so it will be carried
forward to 2000.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council (NFRT&AQPC) is the
regional Metropolitan Planning Organization. The administration/program budget for the
NFRT&AQPC is funded with federal transportation program dollars administered by the Colorado
Department of Transportation (CDOT)based on the federal fiscal and program year of October 1,
1999 to September 30, 2000. This period does not correspond to the City's calendar year
appropriation time frame,and this time differential causes some accounting and budget management a
problems. The Council's approval of this Ordinance will enable staff to more consistently manage
and track the NFRT&AQPC's budget and expenditures. The proposed budget and appropriation for
the 1999-2000 program year is $618,824 for administration of the NRFT&AQPC.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Fort Collins currently performs the administrative duties,including fiscal management,
. for the NFRT&AQPC. Over the past several years. the NRFT&AQPC's budget has been funded
on the federal fiscal year of October through September while the City's financial system is based
on the calendar year. This has resulted in difficulties in keeping fund statements balanced, and
managing the finances for the program in the most effective manner. Beginning in 1998 with
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DATE: September 7, 1999 2 ITEM NUMBER: 17
Ordinance 98-184, the funding for the NFRT&AQPC was appropriated in an ordinance that was
separate from the City's normal budget ordinance in order to provide funding availability that
corresponds with the federal fiscal year(October 1 through September 30.) The result was better
fiscal management and improved accountability for the finances of the NFRT&AQPC.
This ordinance will accomplish for the budget year 1999-2000 what Ordinance 98-184 accomplished
for the budget year 1998-1999. By adopting this Ordinance, Council will appropriate the
NFRT&AQPC's expenditures to be spent and revenues collected within a program year based upon
the federal fiscal year 1999-2000. The City's share of the local match to be expended in connection
with the federal funds is part of the 2000-2001 biennial budget. City Council will appropriate the
2000 budget in November 1999.
ORDINANCE NO. 145, 1999
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING FEDERAL GRANT REVENUE AND
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN PROJECTS
IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND FOR THE OPERATION
OF THE NORTH FRONT RANGE TRANSPORTATION & AIR
QUALITY PLANNING COUNCIL'S 1999-2000 METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM YEAR
WHEREAS,the North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council is the
Metropolitan Planning Organization(MPO)and lead air quality planning agency for the North Front
Range region; and
WHEREAS,voting members of the MPO include Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, Evans,
Timnath, Windsor, Berthoud, LaSalle, Garden City, Latimer County, Weld County, the State of
Colorado Transportation Commission,and the State of Colorado Air Quality Control Commission;
and
WHEREAS,the funds for the administration of the MPO program are federal transportation
program funds appropriated by the federal government and administered by the Colorado
Department of Transportation (CDOT), based on the federal fiscal year of October I through
September 30; and
WHEREAS,under the terms of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City and the
MPO, entitled Intergovernmental Agreement for the Provision of Services of Executive Director,
dated July 6, 1998, the City provides an executive director and the administrative services to the
MPO,including accounting and financial services,and,accordingly,manages federal grant revenue
and matching funds received on behalf of the MPO; and
WHEREAS,on behalf of the MPO,the City will receive in MPO program year 1999-2000,
federal grant revenue from various federal transportation programs totaling $410,820 which,along
with required matching funds from MPO member entities totaling$83,004,will be used to provide
coordinated. comprehensive and cooperative transportation and air quality planning services in the
North Front Range region; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins' share for supporting the 1999-2000 MPO program,
totaling $7.176,is included in the City's 2000-2001 Biennial Budget; and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 11.of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins(the "Charter")
provides that appropriations for a federal grant shall not lapse if unexpended at the end of the fiscal
year until the expiration of the federal grant; and
WHEREAS, CDOT will permit unexpended funds remaining in the 1998-1999 MPO
program in the amount of$125.000 to be reallocated and used for the 1999-2000 MPO year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter 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; and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 10,of the Charter authorized the City Council to transfer by
ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered amount of portion thereof from one fund or capital
project to another fund or capital project provided that the purpose for which the funds were initially
appropriated remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of federal grant revenues
administered through CDOT and unanticipated local matching shares from MPO member entities
will not cause total appropriations to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues
to be received during any fiscal year.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from federal grant revenue in
the Transportation Services Fund, 1999-2000 Metropolitan Planning Organization program,the sum
of four hundred ten thousand,eight hundred and twenty dollars($410,820)upon receipt from federal
fiscal year 1999-2000 funds administered through the CDOT, to be used for the 1999-2000 MPO
program year.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from federal grant program revenue in the
Transportation Services Fund, 1999-2000 MPO program, the sum of eighty-three thousand four
dollars ($83,004), upon receipt from MPO member entities local shares, to be used for the 1999-
2000 MPO program year.
Section 3. That the unexpended and unencumbered amount of one hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($125,000) is hereby authorized for transfer from the 1998-1999 MPO grant
program to the 1999-2000 MPO grant program, upon the effective date of this Ordinance.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 7th day of
September, A.D. 1999, and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of September, A.D.
1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 21st day of September, A.D. 1999,
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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