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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/18/2010 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 050, 2010, APPROPR DATE: :Perrie y 18, 2010 ' STAFF: McMillen • • • Second Reading of Ordinance No. 050, 2010, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for Police Services and Providing for the Transfer of Matching Funds Previously Appropriated in the Police Services Operating Budget. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 4, 2010, appropriates grant funds received from the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, Juvenile Diversion, in the amount of$6,142 for Restorative Justice Services. An in-kind match of$2,047 is required and has been met by donated administrative support from the 8th Judicial District Probation Department. Additional funds of $1,965 are needed to meet expenditure requirements of the Division of Criminal Justice Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant, which also funds Restorative Justice Services. This need will be met by appropriating funds from prior program income. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary- May 4, 2010 (w/o attachments) ATTACHMENT 1 DATE: May 4, 2010 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY STAFF: Perrie McMillen FORT COLLINSCOUNCIL First Reading of Ordinance No.050,2010,Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for Police Services and Providing for the Transfer of Matching Funds Previously Appropriated in the Police Services Operating Budget. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 11 1� Ja L� The City has received additional grant fundgfdr Police,Services. A grant received from the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice(DCJ), Juvenile Dive no provides additional funds in theJamount of$6,142 for the continuation of Restorative Justice Services. These additional funds were awarded from unspent funds returned to DCJ from other agencies. An in-kind match of$2,047 is required and has been met by donated administrative support from the 8th Judicial District Probation Department. Additional funds of$1,965 are needed to meet expenditure requirements of the Division of Criminal Justice Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant(JABG), which also funds Restorative Justice Services. This need will be met by appropriating funds from prior program income. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION � Restorative Justice Services(RJS)and its two programs, REST4 ORE�for�shoplifting offenses,and Restorative Justice Conferencing Program (RJCP) for all otheroffenses, has been grant funded since its inception in 2000. Council accepts grant funds each year from Colorados Division of<Criminal Justice and other grant funding agencies to support Restorative Justice Services. The RJC-programs are supported by three grants and funds from the City. Since it began, Restorative Justice Services has provided a restorative justice alternative to more than 1,700 young people. FINANCIAL IMPACT The additional grant money in the amount of $6,142 from Division of Criminal Justice, Juvenile Diversion Grants, provides funding for the continuation of Restorative Justice Services. The appropriation of prior program income will meet the spending requirements of the Division of Criminal Justice JABG grant. r SUSTAINABILITY: ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS Environment There is no known or measurable impact on the environment. RJCP meetings and circles are held primarily at the RJS Offices, 112 North Howes Street. RESTORE sessions are held at Plymouth Congregational Church once a month. The use of the space is donated by the church. In RESTORE, education about the impact of shoplifting on the environment(excess packaging to prevent theft that ends up in the landfill) is part of the program, so there may be some future positive impact on the environment if fewer youth continue to shoplift. Occasionally, there may be a positive impact on the environment when young people are educated about when and how their actions have an environmental impact. The programs have.no known-negative, -,impact-on_ the,environment. Social Impact \�// The objective of the RJS programs iCeAat e'young•peo 1 who have committed chargeable offenses in the City of Fort Collins about how others are impacted by their actions, words and behaviors. The intention is that young people,who understand how they, their families,friends and community are harmed by their actions,will make better May 4, 2010 -2- ITEM 11 future decisions and not commit the same or similar crime again. Reducing future criminal behavior and keeping young people out of the justice system, both contribute positively to a safer and healthier community. Without grant funding and the support of the City, Restorative Justice Services would not be a service available to young people and their families, the courts, law enforcement and our community. Economic Diverting youth and young adults from the justice system relieves pressure on Fort Collins Municipal Court and the 8th Judicial District Court and saves courts personnel time and money. Reducing future shoplifting, theft and other criminal behavior by young people who have participated in the RJS programs will have a long-term positive impact on the economic health of the community by keeping young people out of the justice system, thereby improving their future employment options and encouragingung people toPnpliftYthemselves and to actively encourage other youth not to steal. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. RESTORE Program Information Sheet 2. Restorative Justice Conferencing Pgram;(RJCP) Information,St ORDINANCE NO. 050, 2010 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR POLICE SERVICES AND PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF MATCHING FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN THE POLICE SERVICES OPERATING BUDGET WHEREAS,the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice has awarded the City of Fort Collins Police Services ("Police Services") a grant in the amount of $6,142 for operating expenses associated with the continued operation of the Restorative Justice Program (the "Program"); and WHEREAS,the Program is an alternative to the traditional criminal justice system and it has provided services to more than 1,700 young people since its inception; and WHEREAS, the Program facilitates a meeting with the young offender, the victim, and community members to discuss the harm caused by the young offender and to find meaningful ways for the young offender to repair that harm; and WHEREAS, the grant requires an in-kind cash match of$2,047,which is being donated by administrative support from the 8th Judicial District Probation Department; and WHEREAS,additional funds of$1,965 are needed to meet expenditure requirements of the Program and will be met by appropriating funds currently in the General Fund operating budget for Police Services and available for transfer to the grant project for the Program; 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 Colorado Division of Criminal Justice grant 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; and WHEREAS,Article V,Section 10,of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof from one fund to another fund, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the General Fund the sum of SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FORTY TWO DOLLARS ($6,142) for - expenditure in the General Fund for continuation of the Restorative Justice Program. Section 2. That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS ($1,965) is authorized for transfer from the Fort Collins Police Services operating budget in the General Fund to the Police Services grant project for the Restorative Justice Program and appropriated therein. Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and ordered published this 4th day of May, A.D. 2010, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day May, A.D. 2010. Mayor _ ATTEST: t11' t' e City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of May, A.D. 2010. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk.