HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 06/05/2007 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 075, 2007, APPROPR ITEM NUMBER: 13
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: June 5, 2007
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Marty Heffernan
Chuck Seest
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 075, 2007, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue from the Fort
Collins Regional Library District for Continuation of Library Services for Fiscal Year 2007.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
When Council approved the 2007 Budget last November, $1.2 million was also appropriated for
library services. This appropriation was intended to serve as funding during the transition of the
library services from City operations to District operations. The District and the City will need to
approve an intergovernmental agreement prior to full operations commencing under the direction
of the District. This ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 15, 2007, allows
funding of library services to continue under City direction for 2007. The City will also be
reimbursed for expenses incurred during the first quarter of 2007. From that point forward,the City
will be reimbursed on a monthly basis. These reimbursements will occur within thirty days after the
close of the month during which the charges were incurred.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary- May 15, 2007.
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ATTACHMENT
ITEM NUMBER: 28
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: May 15, 2007
FORT COLLINS rr,lLr)�VS'AFF: Marty Heffernan
Chuck Seest
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 075, 2007, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue from the Fort
Collins Regional Library District for Continuation of Library Services for Fiscal Year 2007.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The Ordinance would appropri(a7n on 2. i n ticipated revenue from the
Fort Collins Regional Library the d e used for continuation of library
services.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Board of the Fort Collins Regional Library District sent a letter dated April 16, 2007 to the
Fort Collins' City Council reflecting the Board's approval of reimbursing the City of Fort
Collins in an amount of$3,851,153 based upon actual expenditures incurred for the costs of
operations and maintenance of public library services for 2007. As of the end of April, the Fort
Collins Regional Library District has collected $2,318,000 of property taxes from the mill levy
approved by voters last November for funding the regional library district.
When Council approved the 2007 Budget last November, $1.2 million was also appropriated for
library services. This appropriation was intended to serve as funding during the transition of the
library services from City operations to District operations. The District and the City will need
to approve an intergovernment r YrursceO
ommencing under the
direction of the District. This dinan ill al w ry services to continue under
City direction for 2007. The will a be r seses incurred during the first
quarter of 2007. From that poin rc�%ar , i 11 b on a monthly basis. These
reimbursements will occur within thirty days after the close of the month during which the
charges were incurred.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Letter from the Fort Collins Regional Library District dated April 16, 2007.
ORDINANCE NO. 075, 2007
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE FROM THE FORT
COLLINS REGIONAL LIBRARY DISTRICT FOR THE
CONTINUATION OF LIBRARY SERVICES FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2007
WHEREAS, on November 7,2006, the voters approved a citizen initiative to establish and
fund the Fort Collins Regional Library District(the"Library District")pursuant to Title 24, Article
90 of the Colorado Revised Statutes (the"Library Law"); and
WHEREAS, the City Council and Larimer County Commissioners each appointed two of
their members to a committee (the "Committee") to fill seven positions on the initial board of
trustees of the Library District as required by the Library Law; and
WHEREAS,on March 6,2007,the City Council,pursuant to the requirements of the Library
Law, adopted a resolution that ratifies the Committee's appointments of the Board of Trustees of
the Fort Collins Regional Library District (the "Board of Trustees"); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees sent a letter to the City Council and the City Manager,
dated April 16,2007, in which it notified the City Council of its adoption of a motion to reimburse
the City of Fort Collins for providing library services during 2007 in an amount not to exceed
$3,851,153; and
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins has been accounting for the cost of library services and
the collections of the voter approved mill levy for funding the Library District; and
WHEREAS, the Library District has collected property taxes in the amount of$2,318,000
as of the end of April, 2007; and
WHEREAS, on November 21, 2006, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 177, 2006,
approving$1,200,000 to provide library services for the first quarter of 2007; and,
WHEREAS, City Council desires to fund Library Services for the balance of fiscal year
2007; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to appropriate the sum of$2,651,153 to
continue offering library services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue the sum of TWO
MILLION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE
DOLLARS ($2,651,153), in to the General Fund to provide Library Services.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of
May, A.D. 2007, and to be presented for final passage on the 5t y of June, A.D. 2007.
Mayo
ATTEST:
City Clerk O
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 5th day of June, A.D. 2007.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk