HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/01/2005 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 010, 2005, APPROPRI ITEM NUMBER: 13
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: February 1, 2005
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Lucinda Smith
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 010, 2005, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for the Natural Resources Radon Program and Authorizing the Transfer of
Matching Funds Previously Appropriated in the Natural Resources Operating Budget to the
Grant Project.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has awarded the City of Fort
Collins a grant in the amount of $15,000 which requires matching funds of $15,000. Matching
funds will be provided from existing Natural Resource Department appropriations.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance appropriates $15,000 in Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
grant funds in the General Fund for the Radon Program. It also authorizes the transfer of
$15,000 from the Natural Resources operating budget to the Grant Fund. The funds will be used
to continue the radon education and testing program.
ORDINANCE NO. 010, 2005
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES RADON PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE
TRANSFER OF MATCHING FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN THE
NATURAL RESOURCES OPERATING BUDGET TO THE GRANT PROJECT
WHEREAS, since 1995, the City has placed special emphasis on reducing radon in Fort
Collins, where levels average above 4 picocuries per liter of air, the level at which the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Surgeon General recommend action; and
WHEREAS, the Fort Collins radon program is part of the City's indoor air quality
program, which is guided by the Air Quality Plan with a policy goal to educate and encourage
residents to reduce their exposure to indoor air; and
WHEREAS, the current radon program includes aggressive education, a voluntary radon
testing program, mandatory radon mitigation in new construction, and an ordinance requiring the
distribution of radon information to all residential home-buyers at point-of-sale; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has been awarded a grant from the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment ("CDPHE") in the amount of$15,000; and
WHEREAS, the CDPHE grant funds are to be used to continue radon education and
testing programs; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires $15,000 of matching funds, which have been included in
the 2005 Natural Resources budget and are available for transfer to the CDPHE project; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the
"Charter") enables the City Council to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any
time during the fiscal year, provided the total amount of such supplemental appropriations, in
combination with all previous appropriations for the 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 CDPHE 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 grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($15,000) for expenditure in the
General Fund for the Natural Resources Radon Program.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of FIFTEEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($15,000) is authorized for transfer from the Natural Resources operating budget in
the General Fund to the CDPHE grant project for the Natural Resources Radon Program and
appropriated herein.
Introduced, considered favorable on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of
February, A.D. 2005, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of February, A.D.
2005.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 15th day of February, A.D. 2005.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk