HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/02/2008 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 091, 2008, APPROPR ITEM NUMBER: 8
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: September 2, 2008
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Wendy Williams
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 091, 2008, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for the Poudre Valley Health System "Choose the Right Road" Driving Program.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of this Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Poudre Valley Health System has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Division of the Colorado Department of Human Services. These funds will be disbursed by
the Colorado Department of Human Services and directed through the City of Fort Collins,pursuant
to State of Colorado requirements, then paid to the Poudre Valley Health System. Ordinance No.
091, 2008, unanimously adopted on First Reading, allows the City to disburse the grant funds to
PVHS(via the Hospital Foundation)upon completion of any grant-related documents and a subgrant
agreement between the City and PVHS.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary- August 19, 2008.
(w/o original attachments)
ATTACHMENT
ITEM NUMBER: 13
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: August 19, 2008
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL SAFF: Wendy Williams
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 091, 2008, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for the Poudre Valley Health System "Choose the Right Road" Driving Program.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
This grant carries no addition manc a mpac r s si ' for the City of Fort Collins.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Poudre Valley Health System has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Division of the Colorado Department of Human Services. These funds will be disbursed by
the Colorado Department of Human Services and directed through the City of Fort Collins,pursuant
to State of Colorado requirements,then paid to the Poudre Valley Health System. The grant period
will run from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
BACKGROUND
Poudre Valley Health System ("PVHS") developed a comprehensive prevention program called
"Choose the Right Road" (lr� to in iz er individuals who drive while
intoxicated. Choose the Ri t Roa colla ra th I government, businesses, law
enforcement, health care prove rs, C 1 ado t niversi Poudre School District and other
community sectors to reduce the ber o iv** s who a intoxicated. The program uses
many strategies to decrease the number of people who drive intoxicated, such as public education
and dissemination of information about hazards of driving while intoxicated to youth in the
community.
The State of Colorado and the Alcohol and Drug Division of the Colorado Department of Human
Services require that the grant funds be dispersed to a "local public procurement unit." A "local
public procurement unit" means any county, city, municipality, or other public subdivision of the
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state,any public agency of any such political subdivision,any public authority,any education,health
or other institution,and to the extend provided by law,any other entity which expends public funds
for the procurement of supplies, services and construction.
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PVHS has requested that the ty serf s the Pia
lic o ement unit and a pass-through
recipient of the grant proceeds This 01 'nanc w th City to disburse the grant funds to
PVHS(viatheHospitalFoundat n�aon etygr t-related documents and asubgrant
agreement between the City and PVHS.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Listing of Strategies
2. Program Budget
ORDINANCE NO. 091, 2008
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE
IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE POUDRE VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM
"CHOOSE THE RIGHT ROAD" DRIVING PROGRAM
WHEREAS, Poudre Valley Health System ("PVHS") has applied for and been awarded a
grant from the State ofColorado Department of Human Services,Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division
in the amount of$25,000; and
WHEREAS, PVHS developed a comprehensive prevention program called "Choose the
Right Road program"(the"Program")which seeks to minimize the frequency of individuals driving
while intoxicated; and
WHEREAS, the Program calls for collaboration among local governments, businesses, law
enforcement agencies, health care providers,Colorado State University,Poudre School District,and
other sectors of the community to reduce the number of individuals who drive while intoxicated;and
WHEREAS,the Program uses a number of strategies to decrease the number of people who
drive while intoxicated in the community; and
WHEREAS,under the terms of the grant program, PVHS requested that the City receive the
grant funds as a pass-through agent and then pay the grant funds to PVHS for use consistent with
grant purposes; and
WHEREAS, upon completion of any grant-related documents and a subgrant agreement
between the City and PVHS, the City proposes to pay the above described grant proceeds to PVHS
(via the Hospital Foundation) for the Program; 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
State of Colorado Department of Human Services, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division to PVHS for
the Program, 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 TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) for expenditure in the General
Fund for the Poudre Valley Health System"Choose the Right Road" program, pursuant to related
grant and subgrant agreements.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of
August, A.D. 2008, and to be presented for final passage on the ay of September, A.D. 2008.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 2nd day of September, A.D. 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk