HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/02/2008 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 146 , 2008, APPROPR ITEM NUMBER: 15
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December2, 2008
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Jerry Schiager
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 146, 2008, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund and Authorizing the Transfer of Appropriated Amounts Between Accounts and
Projects for Police Services.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Police Services applied to the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program and the State
Homeland Security Program for federal grant funding to purchase an armored rescue vehicle for the
Police Services Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team. Council appropriated $77,643 in
federal funds for this project in Ordinance No. 107, 2007. The 2005 State Homeland Security
Program grant amount was then increased by $30,302. This Ordinance appropriates the
unanticipated $30,302 for this purchase and decreases the financial impact of the equipment
purchase to the City by that amount.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Police Services received federal funding to apply to the purchase an armored rescue vehicle for the
use of the Police Services SWAT Team. Additionally, $48,000 in seized assets from the Larimer
County Drug Task Force was applied to the purchase. The total cost of the vehicle was $203,529.
The purchase was made in February 2008,and the vehicle is currently in use. After the initial grant
award notifications were received, an additional $30,302 was awarded from the 2005 State
Homeland Security Program. This Ordinance appropriates the unanticipated $30,302 for this
purchase. The total amount of federal funding received for this purchase is now$107,945.
ORDINANCE NO. 146, 2008
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL
FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATED AMOUNTS
BETWEEN ACCOUNTS AND PROJECTS FOR POLICE SERVICES
WHEREAS, Fort Collins Police Services has purchased an armored rescue vehicle for the
Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team with $77,643 in grants from the Law Enforcement
Terrorism Prevention Program and the State Homeland Security Program and appropriated by
Ordinance No. 107, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the State Homeland Security Program grant (the "Grant')has been increased
by $30,302; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance appropriates the unanticipated revenue from the Grant to the
armored vehicle purchase and decreases the financial impact of the equipment purchase to the City;
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 have determined that the appropriation of the Federal Grants 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 any fiscal year;
and
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 THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWO DOLLARS($30,302)for expenditure
in the General Fund towards the armored rescue vehicle purchase.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
December, A.D. 2008, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of December, A.D.
2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 16th day of December, A.D. 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk