HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 07/19/2005 - FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE NO. 079, 2005, APPRO ITEM NUMBER: 13
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: July 19, 2005
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Melissa Funk
SUBJECT
First Reading of an Ordinance No. 079, 2005, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for the Police Services Victim Services Team.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The City has received a $35,000 grant from the Eighth Judicial District Victims Assistance and
Law Enforcement (V.A.L.E.) Board for the Victim Services Team. These funds finance a part-
time paid victim advocate who provides crisis intervention services during weekday hours. This
grant requires an in-kind match that is met by the existing Police Services budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Team has been awarded an 18-month grant in
the amount of $35,000 for the period of July 1, 2005 through December 31, 2006, by the
V.A.L.E. Board to help fund services provided by this team. These funds will be used for a part-
time paid victim advocate who will provide crisis intervention services during weekday hours
and is housed in the Victim Services Office. These funds will also pay for some of the
operational expenses needed to provide 24-hour a day, 7-day a week services to victims of crime
in our community. Previous V.A.L.E. grant awards have been received each year since 1998.
ORDINANCE NO. 079, 2005
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE POLICE SERVICES VICTIM SERVICES TEAM
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant in the amount
of$35,000(the"Grant")from the Eighth Judicial District Victims and Law Enforcement(V.A.L.E.)
Board to support the Police Services Victim Services Team; and
WHEREAS,the Victim Services Team provides crisis intervention and resource and referral
services to victims of violent crime as well as other traumatic situations; and
WHEREAS, the Grant will be used to compensate a part-time paid victim advocate as well
as to pay for some of the operational expenses of the Victim Services office; 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
V.A.L.E. Board to support the Police Services Victim Services Team 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 THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($35,000)for expenditure in the General Fund
for the Police Services Victim Services Team.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 19th day of
July, A.D. 2005, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of August, A.D. 2005.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of August, A.D. 2005.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk