HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/20/2005 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 104, 2005, APPROPRI ITEM NUMBER: 11
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: September 20, 2005
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Gary Perman
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 104, 2005, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General
Fund for Police Services DUI Sobriety Checkpoints.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
This Ordinance appropriates funds provided to Fort Collins Police Services by the Office of
Transportation Safety, Colorado Department of Transportation, in the amount of$24,900.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Office of Transportation Safety, Colorado Department of Transportation, has received
funding from the Federal government for DUI sobriety checkpoints throughout the state between
Memorial Day and Labor Day this year.
Fort Collins Police Services was asked to participate by holding four checkpoints during this
period. The checkpoints were staffed by off-duty officers working overtime and the grant funds
will pay for the overtime costs. Any funds not used for the checkpoints will be used to augment
regular DUI enforcement during the summer through the use of off-duty officers.
ORDINANCE NO. 104, 2005
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR POLICE SERVICES DUI SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Police Services has received federal funds in the
amount of$24,900 through a program administered by the Office of Transportation Safety,Colorado
Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS, the money is to be used to provide Driving Under the Influence ("DUI")
sobriety checkpoints which were set up between Memorial Day and Labor Day this year; and
WHEREAS, Fort Collins Police Services will use the money to compensate officers for
overtime worked to staff four DUI sobriety checkpoints during this period; 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 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 funds received for the
DUI sobriety checkpoints 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 2005.
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 TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS($24,900) for expenditure in the
General Fund for the Police Services DUI sobriety checkpoints which were set up between
Memorial Day and Labor Day.
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