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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/04/2007 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 084, 2007, APPROPR ITEM NUMBER: 7 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: September4, 2007 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Wendy Williams SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 084, 2007, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for the Poudre Valley Health System Choose the Right Road Driving Program. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Poudre Valley Health System ("PVHS") has developed "Choose the Right Road", a program designed to minimize the number of individuals who drive while intoxicated. PVHS has received a grant from the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division of the Colorado Department of Human Services which requires that the grant funds be dispersed to a"local public procurement unit." PVHS has requested that the City serve as the local public procurement unit and a pass-through recipient of the grant proceeds. This Ordinance,unanimously adopted on First Reading on August 21,2007,allows the City to disburse the grant funds to PVHS (via the Hospital Foundation)upon completion of any grant-related documents and a subgrant agreement between the City and PVHS. ATTACHMENTS 1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary- August 21, 2007. ATTACHMENT ITEM NUMBER: 9 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: August 21, 2007 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FF: Wendy Williams SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 084, 2007, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for the Poudre Valley Health System Choose the Right Road Driving Program. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. FINANCIAL IMPACT The Poudre Valley Health Sy has n a d a 51 0 ant from the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division of the Colora Dep ent o an Sery s. These funds will be disbursed by the Colorado Department o s e City ort Collins, pursuant to State of Colorado requirements, and then paid to the Poudre Valley Health System as the program administrator. This grant carries no additional financial impact or responsibility for the City of Fort Collins. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Poudre Valley Health System ("PVHS") developed a comprehensive prevention program called "Choose the Right Road" to minimize the number of individuals who drive while intoxicated. "Choose the Right Road" collaborates with local government, businesses, law enforcement, health care providers, Colorado State University, Poudre School District and other community sectors to reduce the number of individuals who drive intoxicated. The program uses many strategies to decrease the nuriesand eop ho in ca such as public education and dissemination of informatio ards f ri g h' intoxicated to youth in the community. A listing of strat pro get is tached. The State of Colorado and the Alcohol and Drug Division of the Colorado Department of Human Services require that the grant funds be dispersed to a "local public procurement unit." A "local public procurement unit' means any county, city, municipality, or other public subdivision of the state, any public agency of any such political subdivision, any public authority, any education, health or other institution, and to the extent provided by law, any other entity which expends public funds for the procurement of supplies, services and construction. August 15, 2006 -2- Item No. 9 PVHS requested that the City serve as the local public procurement unit and a pass-through recipient of the grant proceeds. This Ordinance will allow the City to disburse the grant funds to PVHS (via the Hospital Foundation) upon completion of any grant-related documents and a subgrant agreement between the d py, ATTACHMENTS 1. Listing of Strategies 2. Program Budget ORDINANCE NO. 084, 2007 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE POUDRE VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM CHOOSE THE RIGHT ROAD DRIVING PROGRAM WHEREAS, Poudre Valley Health System ("PVHS") has applied for and been awarded a grant from the State of Colorado Department of Human Services,Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division in the amount of$25,000; and WHEREAS, PVHS developed a comprehensive prevention program called "Choose the Right Road" (the "Program") which seeks to minimize the frequency of individuals driving while intoxicated; and WHEREAS, the Program calls for collaboration among local governments,businesses,law enforcement agencies, healthcare providers,Colorado State University,Poudre School District,and other sectors of the community to reduce the number o f individuals who drive while intoxicated;and WHEREAS,the Program uses a number of strategies to decrease the number of people who drive while intoxicated in the community; and WHEREAS, under the terms of the grant program,PVHS requested that the City receive the grant funds as a pass-through agent and then pay the grant funds to PVHS for use consistent with grant purposes; and WHEREAS, upon completion of any grant-related documents and a subgrant agreement between the City and PVHS, the City proposes to pay the above described grant proceeds to PVHS (via the Hospital Foundation) for the Program; 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,incombination 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 funds from the State of Colorado Department of Human Services, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division to PVHS for the Program, 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 TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) for expenditure in the General Fund for the Poudre Valley Health System "Choose the Right Road" program, pursuant to related grant and subgrant agreements. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of August, A.D. 2007, and to be presented for final passage on th th ay of September,ZAZAD 2607. i ayo ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 4th day of September, A.D. 2007. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk