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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/04/2005 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 105, 2005, APPROPR ITEM NUMBER: 9 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: October 4, 2005 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Karen Carlson SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 105,2005,Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for E911 and Emergency Medical Dispatch Systems at Fort Collins Police Services Dispatch Center. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY LETA collects a monthly fee from all county telephone users and allocates those funds to purchase and maintain equipment used to process E911 phone calls; train users; and dispatch appropriate Emergency Services Providers. In 2003, LETA developed a budget allocation formula for each Public Safety Answering Point (also known as Emergency Services Dispatch Center or "Center") based on the number of Dispatchers and the number of E911 phones calls received in each Center. Based on the formula,LETA provides the funds to the individual Centers to pay expenses.The 2005 amount based on 2004 expenditures for Fort Collins Police Services is $10,391. In the same manner, a formula was developed for each Center for Emergency Medical Dispatch ("EMD")based on the number of dispatchers and the number of EMD calls handled by the Center. The 2005 amount based on 2004 expenditures for EMD based on the formula for Fort Collins Police Services is $44,826. The total amount to be appropriated from these two budgets is $55,217. Ordinance No. 105, 2005, was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 20, 2005. ORDINANCE NO. 105, 2005 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR E911 AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH SYSTEMS AT FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES DISPATCH CENTER WHEREAS, Latimer Emergency Telephone Authority ("LETA") collects a monthly fee from Latimer County telephone users and allocates funds to purchase and maintain the equipment used to process E911 telephone calls, train users, and dispatch appropriate Emergency Services Providers; and WHEREAS,LETA distributes funds to each Emergency Services Dispatch Center based on the number of dispatchers and the number of E91 I telephone calls received at that location; and WHEREAS,LETA also distributes funds to each Emergency Services Dispatch Center based on the number of dispatchers and the number of Emergency Medical Dispatch calls handled by that location; and WHEREAS, in 2005 the City will receive a total amount of$55,217 from LETA; 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 has determined that the appropriation of the Latimer Emergency Telephone Authority 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. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the General Fund the sum of FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTEEN DOLLARS ($55,217) for expenditure in the General Fund for E91 I and Emergency Medical Dispatch Systems at Fort Collins Police Services Dispatch Center. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, this 20th day of September, A.D. 2005, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of o er, A.D. 20�; Mayor TEST: XL_�b N Citv Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 4th day of October, A.D. 2005. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk ITEM NUMBER: 12 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: September 20, 2005 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Karen Carlson k SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 105, 2005, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for E911 and Emergency Medical Dispatch Systems at Fort Collins Police Services Dispatch Center. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. FINANCIAL IMPACT This Ordinance appropriates the yi's ed o ollins Police Services by Latimer Emergency Telephone Autho ty (" ") t p c e pment, train users and maintain equipment for Emergency Serices Dhin e total unt to be appropriated is $55,217. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY LETA collects a monthly fee from all county telephone users and allocates those funds to purchase and maintain equipment used to process E911 phone calls; train users; and dispatch appropriate Emergency Services Providers. In 2003, LETA developed a budget allocation formula for each Public Safety Answering Point (also known as Emergency Services Dispatch Center or "Center") based on the number of Dispatchers and the number of E911 phones calls received in each Center. Based on the formula, LETA provides the funds to the individual Centers to pay expenses. The 2005 amount based on 2004 expenditures for Fort Collins Police Services is $10,391. In the same manner, a formula w veloped for each Center f L Emergency Medical Dispatch ("EMD") based on the number of spa'tchers,anti the nutnbof EMD calls handled by the Center. The 2005 amount ba ed on *04 expe'gdihrres for ENID based on the formula for Fort Collins Police Services is $44,826. The total amount to be appropriated from these two budgets is $55,217.