HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/16/1999 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 46, 1999, APPROPRIA AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 1s
DATE: March 16, 1999
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
STAFF: Deryle O'Dell
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No.46, 1999,Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund
for the Police Services Crimes Against Persons/Victim Services Units.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The City has received a grant in the amount of$11,000 for the Crimes Against Persons/Victim
Services Units from the State of Colorado Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The grant
requires an in-kind match that is met by the existing Police Services budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Fort Collins Police Services' Crimes Against Persons/Victim Services Units have been awarded a
one-year Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) grant to help fund training opportunities for
Detectives and Victim Advocates. The grant period is from April 1, 1999 through March 31,2000.
This grant is awarded to agencies to assist in the enhancement of services to women who are victims
of crime. Detectives will be able to attend training on areas such as homicide,domestic violence and
sexual assault, which will strengthen investigative skills as well as provide exceptional services to
victims of crime. Victim Advocates will attend training that will strengthen skills in advocacy,crisis
intervention, and provide specialized training in trauma specific to crimes such as homicide,
domestic violence and sexual assault.
The grant funds($11,000)will be used as follows: $5,000 for specialized Detective training;$2,500
for specialized Victim Advocate training; $3,000 for publication of a "sexual assault survivor"
handbook; and $500 for supplies for sexual assault victims.
The grant requires an in-kind match that will be met by the services provided by the Victim
Advocates providing daily 24-hour coverage.
ORDINANCE NO. 46, 1999
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL
FUND FOR THE CRIMES AGAINST PERSONSNICTIM SERVICES UNITS
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins has been awarded a grant in the amount of$11,000 from
the State of Colorado Violence Against Women Act; and
WHEREAS,the grant funds are to be used to assist in the enhancement of services to women
who are victims of crime; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds will be used by the Crimes Against PersonfVictim Services
Units to provide specialized training for Detectives and Victim Advocates, to publish a "sexual
assault survivor" handbook, and to purchase supplies for sexual assault victims; and
WHEREAS,the grant requires an in-kind match that is met by the existing Police Services
budget; 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,do 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 ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($11,000) for expenditure in the General Fund for Police
Services for the Crimes Against Persons/Victim Services Units.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of
March, A.D. 1999, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of April, A.D. 1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 20th day of April, A.D. 1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
is
City Clerk