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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/20/2005 - ITEMS RELATING TO APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVE ITEM NUMBER: 13 A-B AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: September20, 2005 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Craig Dodd SUBJECT Items Relating to Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for the Larimer County Drug Task Force. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinances on First Reading. FINANCIAL IMPACT The City has received two grants for the Latimer County Drug Task Force (the "Task Force") from the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program. The first is in the amount of$92,526 and has a funding cycle of October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2008. The second is in the amount of$105,804 and has a funding cycle of October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. First Reading of Ordinance No. 106, 2005, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for the Latimer County Drug Task Force. B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 107, 2005, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for the Latimer County Drug Task Force. Fort Collins Police Services applied to the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant program on behalf of the Task Force for Federal Grant monies to help fund the investigation of illegal narcotics activities in Latimer County. The Task Force includes Fort Collins Police Services, Loveland Police Department, Larimer County Sheriff's Department, Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Colorado State University Police Department. The grant award for $92,526 will be used for rental and operational costs at the Task Force off- site location and for the purchase of narcotics from drug dealers by undercover police officers. The grant award for $105,804 will be used to buy supplies and operating costs for the Colorado State University detective, for the purchase of narcotics from drug dealers by undercover police officers and to pay for overtime costs incurred by drug task force operations. These appropriations are not requests to identify new dollars for Police Services 2005 budget, instead they simply appropriate new Federal grant money. ORDINANCE NO. 106, 2005 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE LARIMER COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE WHEREAS, Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant of federal money in the amount of$92,526 from the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program; and WHEREAS, this grant is to be used by the Larimer County Drug Task Force (the "Task Force") to help fund the investigation of illegal narcotics activities in Larimer County; and WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins will administer the grant for the Task Force which includes Fort Collins Police Services, Loveland Police Department, Larimer County Sheriff's Department, Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Colorado State University Police Department; and WHEREAS, the grant will be used to pay for rent and operational costs at the Task Force off-site location and for the purchase of narcotics from drug dealers by undercover police officers; 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 the fiscal year, does not exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during the 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 ofNINETY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX DOLLARS($92,526) for expenditure upon receipt from the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program in the General Fund for Police Services for the Larimer County Drug Task Force Grant Project. Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of September, A.D. 2005, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of October, A.D. 2005. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 4th day of October, A.D. 2005. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 107, 2005 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE LARIMER COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE WHEREAS, the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program awarded a federal grant in the amount of$105,804 to Fort Collins Police Services; and WHEREAS, this grant is to be used by the Larimer County Drug Task Force (the "Task Force") to help fund the investigation of illegal narcotics activities in Larimer County; and WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins will administer the grant for the Task Force which includes Fort Collins Police Services, Loveland Police Department, Larimer County Sheriffs Department, Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Colorado State University Police Department; and WHEREAS, the grant will be used to pay for supplies and operating costs of the Colorado State University detective, for the purchase of narcotics from drug dealers by undercover police officers, and to pay for overtime costs incurred during drug task force operations; 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 the fiscal year, does not exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during the 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 HUNDRED FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FOUR DOLLARS ($105,804) for expenditure upon receipt from the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program in the General Fund for Police Services for the Larimer County Drug Task Force Grant Project. Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of September, A.D. 2005, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of October,A.D. 2005. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 4th day of October, A.D. 2005. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk