HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/19/2009 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 047, 2009, APPROPR ITEM NUMBER: 7
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: May 19, 2009
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: JoAnne Sizemore
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 047,2009,Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General
Fund for E911 and Emergency Medical Dispatch Systems at the Poudre Emergency Communications
Center.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of this Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 5, 2009, appropriates the funds
provided to Fort Collins Police Services by Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority (LETA) to
purchase equipment, train users and maintain equipment for emergency services dispatching. The
total amount to be appropriated is $50,935.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary - May 5, 2009.
(w/o original attachments)
ATTACHMENT 1
ITEM NUMBER: 18
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: May s, 2009
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL j,T,AFF: JoAnne Sizemore
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SUBJECT I
First Reading of Ordinance No. 047, 2009, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General
Fund for E911 and Emergency Medical Dispatch Systems at the Poudre Emergency
Communications Center.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT ��i�� ,� ll � �� ��
This Ordinance, appropriates (the fund('provided t ort Oo lins Police Services by Larimer
Emergency Telephone Authority=(•L'ETA`)=to�purchase equipment, train users and maintain
equipment for emergency services dispatching. The total amount to be appropriated is $50,935.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority(LETA)provides funds to the Fort Collins Police Services
to be used for equipment and training to process E911 calls. This Ordinance appropriates those
funds.
BACKGROUND
The Larimer Emergency Telepho�Autho ty (LETA) cohects�aa monthly fee from all county
telephone users to purchase equipment,(tram users and maintain equipment used to process E911
phone calls and dispatch appropriate erg�enose ces providers.
In 2003, LETA developed a formula for the anticipated annual budget for these services for each
Public Safety Answering Point (Emergency Services Dispatch Center) based on the number of
dispatchers and the number of E911 telephone calls received in the center. Based on this formula,
LETA provides the funds to the individual centers for payment of expenses. The 2009 amount based
on 2008 expenditures for Fort Collins Police Services is $25,154.
May 5, 2009 -2- Item No. 18
In the same manner, a formula was developed for each Public Safety Answering Point for
Emergency Medical Dispatch(EMD)based on the number of dispatchers and the number of EMD
calls handled by the center. The 2009 amount based on 2008 expenditures for EMD for Fort Collins
Police Services is $25,781.
The total amount to be appropriates these two budgets is $' 0,935.
ORDINANCE NO. 047, 2009
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR E911 AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH SYSTEMS
AT THE POUDRE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
WHEREAS, Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority ("LETA") collects a monthly fee
from Larimer 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 l 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 2009 the City will receive a total amount of$50,935 from LETA(the"LETA
Funds"); and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City 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 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 LETA 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 THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($50,935.) for expenditure
in the General Fund for E91 1 and Emergency Medical Dispatch Systems at the Poudre Emergency
Communications Center.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and ordered published this 5th day of May,
A.D. 2009, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th d o May, A.D. 2009.
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Mayor
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 19th day of May, A.D. 2009.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk