HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/07/2004 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 191, 2004, APPROPRI ITEM NUMBER: 20
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December 7, 2004
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Perrie McMillen
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 191, 2004, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General
Fund for the Restorative Justice Youth Conferencing Program and the Restorative Justice
Restore Program.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The City has received the following two grants for Police Services:
(1) A grant in the amount of$20,000 from the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice,
for the continuation of the Restorative Justice Youth Conferencing Program. A
cash match of $2,222 is required and will be met by appropriating previous
project income (client fees) in the Restorative Justice Youth Conferencing
program; and
(2) A grant in the amount of $25,000 from the Bohemian Foundation, for the
continuation of the Restorative Justice Restore Program. No cash match is
required.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Office of Juvenile Justice, Division of Criminal Justice (DO) Grant
A grant in the amount of $20,000 has been received from the Colorado Division of Criminal
Justice ("DCJ") for salaries associated with the continued operation of the Restorative Justice
Youth Conferencing Program. Restorative justice is an alternative method of holding a youth
offender accountable for his or her actions by conferencing with the youth and the victim to
develop appropriate consequences for the offense. By learning to understand the impacts of their
actions on the victim, Criminal Justice Officials are optimistic repeat offenses will be reduced.
A $2,222 cash match is required and will be met by appropriating previously collected project
income (client fees) from users of this program.
The grant period is from October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005.
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Bohemian Foundation Grant
The Bohemian Foundation awarded a grant in the amount of$25,000 for salaries associated with
the continued operation of the Restorative Justice Restore Program ('RESTORE"). The
RESTORE Program was developed to apply a restorative justice approach to hold juvenile
shoplifting suspects accountable for their actions and assist them in making appropriate amends
to the victims. Families, victims and law enforcement are all involved in this monthly process in
which 20 to 30 youth participate. No cash match is required.
The grant period is from October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005.
The grant monies are awarded to and received by the Restorative Justice Program. They are not
used in or by Municipal Court. However, about 85% of the cases handled in the two restorative
justice programs are referred by Municipal Court. These cases deal primarily with youth and
young adults, and are dismissed from Municipal Court upon completion of the Restorative
Justice Program. The Court is sent verification of completion. Case referrals are also received
from the District Court, police officers and school administrators.
ORDINANCE NO. 191, 2004
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE
GENERAL FUND FOR THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE YOUTH
CONFERENCING PROGRAM AND THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE RESTORE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant from the
Colorado Division of Criminal Justice in the amount of$20,000 for salaries associated with the
continued operation of the Restorative Justice Youth Conferencing program; and
WHEREAS, restorative justice is an alternative method to traditional punitive sanctions
for criminal violations and holds a youth offender accountable for his or her actions by
conferencing the youth with the victim to develop appropriate consequences for the offense; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires $2,222 of City matching funds, which is being met from
unanticipated project income (client fees) from the Restorative Justice Youth Conferencing
program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Police Services has also been awarded a grant of
$25,000 from the Bohemian Foundation for salaries associated with the continued operation of
the Restorative Justice Restore ('RESTORE") Program; and
WHEREAS, the RESTORE Program holds youthful offenders accountable for their
actions and works with them, victims and law enforcement on appropriate consequences; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (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 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 Colorado Division of
Criminal Justice grant funds and the Bohemian Foundation grant funds as described herein will
not cause the total amount appropriated in the General Fund to exceed the current estimate of
actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during the 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 from unanticipated grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000) for expenditure in the
General Fund for the Restorative Justice Youth Conferencing Program Grant.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated project revenue in the
General Fund the sum of TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO DOLLARS
($2,222) for expenditure in the General Fund for the Restorative Justice Youth Program and
appropriated therein.
Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) for expenditures
in the General Fund for the Restorative Justice Restore Program.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
December, A.D. 2004, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of December, A.D.
2004.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 21st day of December, A.D. 2004.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk