HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/07/2006 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 012, 2006, APPROPRI ITEM NUMBER: 10
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: February 7, 2006
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Carol Tunner
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 012, 2006, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for the Landmark Preservation Commission and Staff Education and Training.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The City has been awarded a grant for Landmark Preservation Commission and Staff Education
and Training in the amount of $1,494 from the Colorado Historical Society's Certified Local
Government Program. This grant has no cash match requirement.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fort Collins is recognized by the Colorado Historical Society as a Certified Local
Government, and as such, is eligible for grants financed in part by Federal funds from the
National Historic Preservation Act. The Advance Planning Department has been awarded a
$1,494 grant with no cash match for the purpose of education and training of Landmark
Preservation Commission members and staff. The grant funds will be used to send Commission
members and staff to Colorado Preservation Inc.'s statewide conference "SAVING PLACES
2006: Building on the Past" in Denver. This is the largest preservation conference in the
country.
Accepting this grant will enable the Fort Collins Advance Planning Department to provide
training for three new Landmark Preservation Commission members and also three staff persons.
Ongoing training is an activity that is a requirement of maintaining the City of Fort Collins'
Certified Local Government status.
ORDINANCE NO. 012, 2006
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND
STAFF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins has been awarded a grant from the Colorado Historical
Society in the amount of$1,494 (the "Grant); and
WHEREAS,the Grant is to be used by the Advance Planning Department for education and
training, and
WHEREAS, accordingly, the Grant funds will be used to send Landmark Preservation
Commission members and City staff to Colorado Preservation, hic.'s statewide conference
"SAVING PLACES 2006: Building on the Past"in Denver; 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, do 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 Colorado Historical Society
grant revenues described herein will not cause the total appropriation in the relevant fund to exceed
the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during any fiscal
year.
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 ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY FOUR DOLLARS ($1,494) for
expenditure in the General Fund for education and training of Landmark Preservation Commission
members and City staff.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
February,A.D. 2006, and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of February, A.D. 2006.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21 st day of February, A.D. 2006.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk