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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 04/01/2003 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 045, 2003, APPROPR AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 10 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: April 1, 2003FROM Karen Carlson SUBJECT: Second 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 Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on March 25, 2003, 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. 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,this 25th 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 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 14 DATE: March 18, 2003 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 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 o CeOrdin(ce)oi PtReading FINANCIAL IMPACT: This Ordinance appropriates the funds provided to Fort Collins Police Services by Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority (ZETA) to purchase equipment, train users and maintain equipment for Emergency Services Dispatohm The..tot l.amount,to be appropriated is $73,990. _. 31 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority (LETA) collects a monthly fee from all county telephone users to purchase equi ment, train users and maintain equipment used to process E911 phone calls and dispatch a rop t eme en i i=oviders. In previous years, individual dispatch centers mitted eir e e for payment. In 2003, LETA developed a formula for the cipa nnu b ,get for th a services for each public safety answering point based on the number o ispatc ers and t e 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 EMD calls handled by the Center. The anticipated annual budget based on the formula for Fort Collins Police Services is $44,865. The total amount to be appropriated is $73,990.