HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/15/2002 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 150, 2002, APPROPRI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 14
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: October 15, 2002
STAFF:
Rita Davis
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 150, 2002, 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 Grant Project.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
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FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The City has received a grant in the amount of $61,090 from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) program for the procurement of equipment and
technology related to basic law enforcement functions. This grant requires a cash match of
$6,788 which will be met by the existing Police Services budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant under the U.S. Department of Justice,
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program (LLEBG) in the amount of $61,090 for the
procurement of equipment and technology related to basic law enforcement functions. A local
cash match of $6,788 is required and will be met by the existing Police Services budget. The
grant funds will be used to purchase computer, video, digital, and radar equipment, portable
personal alarms and a conference call system.
A condition of the grant requires that input be sought 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 (Chief Dennis
Harrison), prosecutor's office (Stu VanMeveran), court system (Judge Kathleen Lane), public
school (Ellyn Dickmann), and non-profit agency active in crime prevention or treatment (Jep
I Erick — TEAM Fort Collins and Pam McCracken — CSU Center for Drue and Alcohol
Education), reviewed the project, and supported the proposed use of the grant funds.
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In addition, a public hearing was held on August 28, 2002, to receive comments from any citizen
of Fort Collins on the proposed use of the grant funds. No one attended the public hearing and
no comments were received.
Documentation on the Advisory Board meeting and public hearing was sent to the U.S.
Department of Justice and final notice of grant award was received on September 30, 2002.
ORDINANCE NO. 150, 2002
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 GRANT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant under the
United States Department of Justice,Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program ("LLEBG") in
the amount of$61,090; and
WHEREAS, the LLEBG funds are to be used for the procurement of equipment and
technology related to basic law enforcement functions; and
WHEREAS,the LLEBG program required that an Advisory Board be formed to review the
use of the grant funds and make a non-binding recommendation to the United States Department of
Justice on the agency's use of the funds; and
WHEREAS, an Advisory Board was formed consisting of representatives from local law
enforcement, the prosecutors'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 project and supported the proposed use of the
LLEBG funds; and
WHEREAS,the grant requires$6,788 of City matching funds, which have been included in
the 2002 Police Services budget for this purpose and are available for transfer to the Police Services
LLEBG project; 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 then 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 United States Department
of Justice, Local Law Enforcement Block 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 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 SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND AND NINETY DOLLARS ($61,090) for
expenditure in the General Fund for Police Services equipment and technology related to basic law
enforcement functions and appropriated therein.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SIX THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($6,788) is authorized for transfer from the Police
Services operating budget in the General Fund to the Police Services LLEBG project for equipment
and technology related to basic law enforcement functions and appropriated therein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of
October, A.D. 2002, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th day of November, A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 5th day of November, A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk