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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/07/2004 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 180, 2004, APPROPR ITEM NUMBER: 10 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December7, 2004 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Rita Davis SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 180, 2004,Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for Police Services and Authorizing the Transfer of Matching Funds Previously Appropriated in the Police Services Operating Budget to the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Fort Collins Police Services("FCPS")has been awarded a grant from the U.S.Department of Justice LLEBG program in the amount of$13,817. The funds are to buy equipment related to basic law enforcement functions. A local cash match of$1,535 is required and will be met by the existing Police Services budget. The grant funds will be used to purchase trunk vaults for securing SWAT rifles and other SWAT equipment in vehicles. The grant requires input from an Advisory Board who will make a non-binding recommendation to the U.S. Department of Justice on the agency's use of the funds. The Advisory Board, consisting of representatives from local law enforcement(FCPS Chief Harrison),prosecution(District Attorney Stuart VanMeveren), court system (Judge Kathleen Lane), public school (Ellyn Dickmann), and a non-profit agency active in crime prevention or treatment(Scoot Crandall—TEAM Fort Collins and Pam McCracken — CSU Center for Drug and Alcohol Education), reviewed the project and supported the proposed use of the grant funds. In addition, a Public Hearing was held on August 13, 2004, to allow any citizen of Fort Collins to comment on the proposed use of the grant funds. No one attended the public hearing and no comments were received. FCPS documented the Advisory Board recommendation and Public Hearing input and sent the results to the U.S. Department of Justice. Final notice of grant award was received on August 24, 2004, and the grant period closes on September 30, 2005. Ordinance No. 180, 2004, was unanimously adopted on First Reading on November 16, 2004. ORDINANCE NO. 180, 2004 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR POLICE SERVICES AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF MATCHING FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN THE POLICE SERVICES OPERATING BUDGET TO THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant by the United States Department of Justice and the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant("LLEBG")program in the amount of$13,817; and WHEREAS, the I I EBG funds are to be used for the procurement of equipment related to basic law enforcement functions; and WHEREAS, the grant funds will be used to purchase approximately 12 trunk vaults for securing SWAT rifles and other SWAT equipments in vehicles; and WHEREAS,an Advisory Board was formed of representatives from local law enforcement, the prosecutor's office,the court system,the public schools,and a non-profit agency active in crime prevention or treatment; and WHEREAS, the Advisory Board reviewed the proposed use of the grant funds and recommended to the United States Department of Justice the agency's use of the funds; and WHEREAS, the grant requires $1,535 of matching funds, which was included in the 2004 Police Services budget for this purpose and are available for transfer to the Police Services LLEBG program; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins ("Charter") permits 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 LLEBG 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; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10,of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered amount or portion thereof from one project to another project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged. 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 THIRTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN DOLLARS ($13,817)for expenditure in the General Fund for Police Services equipment related to basic law enforcement functions. Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS($1,535)i s authorized for transfer from the Police Services operating budget in the General Fund to the Police Services I IF G program for equipment and technology related to basic law enforcement functions and appropriated therein. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of November,A.D.2004,and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of December,A.D.2004. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 7th day of December, A.D. 2004. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk ITEM NUMBER: 17 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: November 16, 2004 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Rita Davis SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 180, 2004, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for Police Services and Authorizing the Transfer of Matching Funds Previously Appropriated in the Police Services Operating Budget to the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. FINANCIAL IMPACT The City has received a grant in the amount of$13,817 from the U.S.Department of Justice for the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant ("LLEBG") program. The funds will be used to procure equipment related to basic law ti i antrquires a cash match of$1,535 which will be met by the exist' g Polic ervic ge EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Fort Collins Police Services("FCPS")has been awarded a grant from the U.S.Department of Justice LLEBG program in the amount of$13,817. The funds are to buy equipment related to basic law enforcement functions. A local cash match of$1,535 is required and will be met by the existing Police Services budget. The grant funds will be used to purchase trunk vaults for securing SWAT rifles and other SWAT equipment in vehicles. The grant requires input from an Advisory Board who will make a non-binding recommendation to the U.S. Department of Justice on the agency's use of the funds. The Advisory Board, consisting of representatives from local law enforcement(FCPS Chief Harrison),prosecution(District Attorney Stuart VanMeveren), court system (Judge Kathleen Lane), public school (Ellyn Dickmann), and a non-profit agency active in crime prevention or treatment(Scoot Crandall—TEAM Fort Collins and Pam McCracken — CSU Center;,,,fq Dru d of ducal' n), reviewed the project and supported the proposed use of 'e grant nds. In addition, a Public Hearing a on u t 2004, t llow any citizen of Fort Collins to comment on the proposed use of the grant funds. No one attended the public hearing and no comments were received. FCPS documented the Advisory Board recommendation and Public Hearing input and sent the results to the U.S. Department of Justice. Final notice of grant award was received on August 24, 2004, and the grant period closes on September 30, 2005.