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STAFF: Carol Workman FORT COLLINSCOUNCIL
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 051, 2010, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for the
Purchase, Training and On-going Maintenance of the E911 and Emergency Dispatch Systems at Fort Collins Police
Services Dispatch Center.
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, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 4,
2010, appropriates those funds.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary- May 4, 2010
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ATTACHMENT 1
DATE: May 4, 2010 AUEND A ITEM SUMMARY
STAFF: Carol Workman FORT COLLINSCOUNCIL
First Reading of Ordinance No. 051, 2010, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for the
Purchase, Training and On-going Maintenance of the E911 and Emergency Dispatch Systems at Fort Collins Police
Services Dispatch Center.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Larimer Emergency Telephone Author`ty�ETA)\p�rov des funds to the Fort Collins Police Services to be used for
equipment and training to process E911-calls. This`•Ordinanee appropriates those funds.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority (LETA) collects a monthly fee from all county telephone users to
purchase equipment,train users and maintain equipment used to process E911 phone calls and dispatch appropriate
emergency services providers.
In 2003, LETA developed a formula/for�the entieip to ed�annual:budget fort hese services for each Public Safety
Answering Point(Emergency Services Dispatch iCenter)based on the number�f dispatchers and the number of E911
telephone calls received in the center` Based on the formuIa''tETA provides the funds to the individual centers for
payment of expenses. The 2010 amount ba ed�on�/explenditures for�Fort Collins Police Services is$10,967.
In the same manner,a formula was developed for each Public Safety Answering Point(PSAP)for Emergency Medical
Dispatch(EMD)based on the number of dispatchers and the number of EMD calls handled by the center. The 2010
amount based on 2009 expenditures for EMD for Fort Collins Police Services is $27,676.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
This Ordinance appropriates the funds provided to the Fort Collins Police Services by LETA to purchase equipment,
train users, maintain equipment for emergency services dispatching andp y/for quality assurance audits of EMD
related calls. lJ1
The total amount to be appropriated o\these l'budgets is$3-SJ,6�43. 1
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SUSTAINABILITY: ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS
This funding allows for continued training for employees in the Fort Collins Police Service Dispatch Center to include
annual training on Emergency Medical Dispatching and auditing use of the EMD protocols, resulting in staff that is
better trained and qualified to provide services to the community.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on FirReadifng.
ORDINANCE NO. 051, 2010
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE
GENERAL FUND FOR PURCHASE, TRAINING AND ON-GOING
MAINTENANCE OF THE E911 AND EMERGENCY DISPATCH SYSTEMS
AT FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES DISPATCH 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 E911 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,funding is based on 2009 expenditures,and for 2010 the City will receive a total
amount of$38,643 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 THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY THREE DOLLARS ($38,643) for
expenditure in the General Fund for E911 and Emergency Medical Dispatch Systems at the Poudre
Emergency Communications Center.
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 th418thda May, A.D. 2010.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of May, A.D. 2010.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk