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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER.
ITEM NUMBER:
21, 1999
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF:
STAFF: Randy Hensley
SUBJECT:
Second 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.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
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
problems. Ordinance No. 145, 1999, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on
September 7, 1999,enables staff to more consistently manage and track the NFRT&AQPC's budget
and expenditures.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 17
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.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption o CeOr P- Readyin
FINANCIAL 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
Planning Council, also known etc itan rg don(MPO). The following
funding sources have been id 'fled:
. 1999-2000 Federal Fiscal Ye Funds s e DO $410,820
Local Match from MPO Mem En ' ' 83,004
Unexpended, Unencumbered Fun s from the 1998-1999 MPO Program 125,000
$618,824
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 er o r oll administered by the Colorado
Department of Transportatio DO sed o and program year of October 1,
1999 to September 30, 200 This od es of corre and to the City's calendar year
appropriation time frame,and this a di a 'al ca es some counting and budget management
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
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 bud et. City Council will appropriate the
2000 budget in November 199