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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 06/17/2003 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 091, 2003, APPROPRI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER` 12 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: June 17, 2003 STAFF: Jack Taylor SUBJECT: First Reading of Ordinance No. 091, 2003, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund and Authorizing the Transfer of Appropriated Amounts Between Accounts and Projects for the Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The City has received a grant for the Drug Task Force from the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice in the amount of$271,081. The funding cycle for this grant is July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004. The requested local match of $43,664 is already appropriated and available in the Police Services budget. As administrator of the grant, the City of Fort Collins will also receive $3,600 from Colorado State University for its share of training costs. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Fort Collins Police Services and Loveland Police, Larimer County Sheriff's Department, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Colorado State University Police Department are members of the Latimer County Drug Task Force (LCDTF). For the past 16 years, Fort Collins Police Services, as administrator of the LCDTF has applied to the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice for Federal Byrne Grant monies to help fund the investigation of illegal narcotics activities. The City has recently received notification of the grant award in the amount of $271,081. The participating agencies must provide matching funds in the amount of $426,658. Fort Collins' portion of the match is $43,664. This match is met via the budgeted salary and fringe benefits of existing Fort Collins Police Services personnel currently assigned to the Drug Task Force. In addition, the City will receive $3,600 from CSU, to fund their portion of training costs. The participating agencies will benefit from grant funds in the areas of overtime, confidential funds, salaries, training, and lease expenses associated with the off-site facility. This appropriation is not a request to identify new dollars for Police Services 2003-2004 budget. This action appropriates the $271,081 in new Federal grant money and the $3,600 from Colorado State University. . ORDINANCE NO. 091, 2003 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATED AMOUNTS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS AND PROJECTS FOR THE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL DRUG TASK FORCE WHEREAS,Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant of federal money in the amount of$271,081 through the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice; and WHEREAS,this grant is to be used by the Larimer County Drug Task Force to help fund the investigation of illegal narcotics activities; and WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins will administer the grant for the Larimer County Drug Task Force which includes the Fort Collins Police Department, Loveland Police Department, Larimer County Sheriff's Department,Drug Enforcement Agency,and the Colorado State University Police Department; and WHEREAS, the members of the Larimer County Drug Task Force will provide grant matching funds in the amount of$426,658; and WHEREAS,Fort Collins' portion of the matching funds is$43,664 which is included in the 2003 Police Services budget for this purpose and is available for transfer to the Multi jurisdictional Drug Task Force Grant Project; and WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins will also receive$3,600 from Colorado State University to fund their portion of training costs; 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,Article V,Section 10,of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered amount or portion thereof from one fund or project to another fund or project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged. NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the General Fund the sum of TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND EIGHTY-ONE DOLLARS ($271,081) for expenditure, upon receipt, in the General Fund for Police Services for the Multi- jurisdictional Drug Task Force Grant Project. Section2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of FORTY-THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($43,664)is hereby authorized for transfer from the Police Services operating budget in the General Fund to the Multi jurisdictional Drug Task Force Grant Project. Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the General Fund the sum of THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS ($3,600) for expenditure, upon receipt from Colorado State University, in the General Fund for Police Services for the Multi- jurisdictional Drug Task Force Grant Project. Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 17th day of June, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 1st day of July, A.D. 2003. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 1st day of July, A.D. 2003. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk i