HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 08/19/2008 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 092, 2008, APPROPRI ITEM NUMBER: 14
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: August 19, zoos
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Perrie McMillen
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 092, 2008, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for the Restorative Justice Program and Authorizing the Transfer of Matching Funds
Previously Appropriated in the Police Services Operating Budget.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The City has received a grant for Police Services in the amount of $17,259 from the Colorado
Division of Criminal Justice, Juvenile Diversion, for the continuation of the Restorative Justice
Program.A cash match of$5,753 (25%)is required and will be met by appropriating the funds from
the Police operating budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance appropriates funds received from a grant in the amount of$17,259 from the Division
of Criminal Justice, Juvenile Diversion, for salaries associated with the continued operation of the
Restorative Justice Program. It also appropriates the required cash match of$5,753 from the Police
operating budget.
BACKGROUND
Restorative Justice is an alternative method of holding a youth offender accountable by facilitating
a meeting with the young offender,the victim and members of the community to determine the harm
done by the crime, and what should be done to repair the harm. By identifying and repairing the
harm caused by the crime, Criminal Justice officials are optimistic repeat offenses by these youth
will be reduced and the needs and concerns of the victims and affected community will be
addressed. A$5,753 cash match is required and will be met by appropriating funds from the police
operating budget.
The grant period is from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.
ORDINANCE NO. 092, 2008
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING
THE TRANSFER OF MATCHING FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED
IN THE POLICE SERVICES OPERATING BUDGET
WHEREAS,the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice has awarded the City of Fort Collins
Police Services a grant in the amount of $17,259 for operating expenses associated with the
continued operation of the Restorative Justice Program (the "Program"); and
WHEREAS,the Program is an alternative method to the traditional criminal justice system;
and
WHEREAS, the Program facilitates a meeting with the young offender, the victim, and
community members to discuss the harm caused by the young offender and to find meaningful ways
for the young person to repair that harm; and
WHEREAS,the grant requires a cash match from the City in the amount of$5,753,and these
funds are currently in the General Fund operating budget for Police Services and available for
transfer to the grant project for the Program; 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 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 unexpected 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 revenue in the General
Fund the sum of SEVENTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTYNINE DOLLARS($17,259)
for expenditure in the General Fund for continuation of the Restorative Justice Program.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED FIFTY THREE DOLLARS ($5,753)is authorized for transfer from the Police Services
operating budget in the General Fund to the Police Services grant project for the Restorative Justice
Program and appropriated therein.
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 2nd day of September, A.D. 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 2nd day of September, A.D. 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk