HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/18/2003 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 045, 2003, APPROPRI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 14
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: March 18, 2003
STAFF: Karen Carlson
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 045, 2003, 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 Larimer
Emergency Telephone Authority (LETA) to purchase equipment, train users and maintain
equipment for Emergency Services Dispatching. The total amount to be appropriated is $73,990.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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 previous years,
individual dispatch centers submitted their expenses to LETA for payment. In 2003, LETA
developed a formula for the anticipated annual budget for these services for each public safety
answering point based on the number of dispatchers and the number of E911 phones calls
received in the Center. Based on the formula, LETA provided the funds to the individual
Centers for payment of expenses. The anticipated annual budget based on the formula for Fort
Collins Police Services is $29,125.
In the same manner, a formula was developed for each Emergency Medical Dispatch based on
the number of dispatchers and the number of EMI) calls handled by the Center. The anticipated
annual budget based on the formula for Fort Collins Police Services is $44,865.
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The total amount to be appropriated is $73,990.
ORDINANCE NO. 045, 2003
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, Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority ("LETA") collects a monthly fee
from county telephone users to purchase equipment, train users and maintain the equipment used
to process E911 telephone calls and dispatch appropriate Emergency Services Providers; and
WHEREAS,LETA distributes the revenue to each public safety answering point 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 Medical Dispatch Center
based on the number of dispatchers and the number of Emergency Medical Dispatch calls handled
by that location; and
WHEREAS,in 2003 the City will receive a total amount of$73,990 from LETA to be used
to purchase equipment, train users and maintain the equipment used to process E911 telephone
calls and dispatch appropriate Emergency Services Providers; 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 then 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 Larimer Emergency
Telephone Authority 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 SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS($73,990)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 18th day of
March, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 1st day of April, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 1st day of April, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk