HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/20/2007 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 046, 2007, APPROPRI ITEM NUMBER: 15
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: March 20, 2007
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Karen Carlson
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 046, 2007, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General
Fund for E911 and Emergency Medical Dispatch Systems at Fort Collins Police Services Dispatch
Center.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
This Ordinance appropriates the funds provided to Fort Collins Police Services by Latimer
Emergency Telephone Authority(LETA)to purchase equipment,train users and maintain equipment
for Emergency Services Dispatching. The total amount to be appropriated is $59,445.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Latimer 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 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
phones calls received in the Center. Based on the formula, LETA provides the funds to the
individual Centers for payment of expenses. The 2007 amount based on 2006 expenditures for Fort
Collins Police Services is $12,919.
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 2007 amount based on 2006 expenditures for EMD based on the
formula for Fort Collins Police Services is $46,526.
The total amount to be appropriated from these two budgets is $59,445.
ORDINANCE NO. 046, 2007
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR E911 AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH SYSTEMS
AT FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES DISPATCH CENTER
WHEREAS,Latimer Emergency Telephone Authority("LETA")collects a monthly fee from
Latimer County telephone users and allocates funds to purchase and maintain the equipment used
to process E91 I 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,in 2007 the City will receive a total amount of$59,445 from LETA to purchase
equipment, train users, and maintain equipment used to dispatch emergency services; 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 Latimer Emergency
Telephone Authority funds 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 appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the General Fund the sum of
FIFTY-NINE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($59,445) for
expenditure in the General Fund for E911 and Emergency Medical Dispatch Systems at Fort Collins
Police Services Dispatch Center.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of
March, A.D. 2007, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of April, A.D. 2007.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 17th day of April, A.D. 2007.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk