HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/06/2007 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 001, 2007, APPROPR ITEM NUMBER: 8
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: February 6, 2007
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Melissa Funk
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 001, 2007, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for the Police Services Victim Services Team.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on January 16, 2007, appropriates funds
from a grant in the amount of$36,850 received from Eighth Judicial District Victims Assistance and
Law Enforcement(V.A.L.E.)Board. It will be used to fund services provided by the Police Services
Victim Services Team.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary- January 16, 2007.
ATTACHMENT
ITEM NUMBER: 11
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: January 16, 2007
FORT COLLINS C CO CIL In I ST F: Melissa Funk
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 001, 2007, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund for the Police Services Victim Services Team.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The City has received a gran n the t of m ighth Judicial District Victims
Assistance and Law Enforcem L " B help fund tim services activities. This grant
requires no cash match.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Team has been awarded a 12-month grant in the
amount of$36,850 for the period from January 1,2007 through December 31, 2007,by the Eighth
Judicial District Victims Assistance and Law Enforcement(V.A.L.E.)Board to help fund services
provided by this team. These funds will be used for a part-time paid victim advocate who provides
crisis intervention services during weekday hours and is housed in the Victim Services office. These
funds will also pay for some of the operational expenses needed to provide 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week services to victims of crime in our community.
ORDINANCE NO. 001, 2007
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES VICTIM SERVICES TEAM
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant in the amount
of$36,850(the"Grant") from the Eighth Judicial District Victims and Law Enforcement("VALE")
Board to support the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Team (the "Victim Services
Team"); and
WHEREAS, the Victim Services Team provides crisis intervention, resources and referral
services to victims of violent crime as well as other traumatic situations; and
WHEREAS, the Grant will be used to compensate a part-time paid victim advocate and to
pay for some of the operational expenses of the Victim Services Team office; 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 Grant from the VALE
Board to support the Victim Services Team as described herein will not cause the total amount
appropriated in the relevant funds 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 THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($36,850) for
expenditure in the General Fund for the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Team.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of
January, A.D. 2007, and to be presented for final passage on the ay of February, A.D 2007.
ATTEST:
Mayor
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 6th day of February, A.D. 2007,
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk