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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/21/2003 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 004, 2003, APPROPR AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 12 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: January 21, 2003FROM Jack Taylor SUBJECT : Second Reading of Ordinance No. 004, 2003, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for Police Services for the Larimer County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In November 2002, the LCDTF received a grant for the purchase a mobile lab trailer to use in the surveillance and cleanup of methamphetamine labs. The current grant, for$15,816, provides for supplies and equipment to be used in conjunction with the trailer. Ordinance No. 004, 2003, lip which was unanimously adopted by a 5-0 vote (Councilmembers Bertschy and Tharp absent) on First Reading on January 7, 2003, appropriates unanticipated revenue for the Larimer County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force. ORDINANCE NO. 004, 2003 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR POLICE SERVICES FOR THE LARIMER COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL DRUG TASK FORCE WHEREAS, intelligence gathered by the Latimer County Drug Task Force(the"LCDTF') indicates that as many as 777 instances of distribution of methamphetamines and 313 instances of manufacturing of methamphetamines occurred between May 2001 to May 2002; and WHEREAS, during this same time period, 45 arrests were made and 52 labs were dismantled; and WHEREAS, during the first nine months of 2002, sixteen methamphetamine labs were dismantled; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 170, 2002, Fort Collins Police Services received funding for the purchase of a mobile lab trailer to be used in responding to methamphetamine labs; and WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins Police Services has received a grant from the Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice, in the amount of $15,816, for the LCDTF; and WHEREAS, the funds will be used to purchase six self-contained breathing apparatus and 36 pairs of Sarnex coveralls to be used in conjunction with the mobile lab trailer for the clean up of methamphetamine laboratories; 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 Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice Grant 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 grant revenue in the General Fund the sum of FIFTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTEEN DOLLARS ($15,816) for expenditure in the General Fund for Police Services for the Latimer County Drug Task Force. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of January, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of January, A.D. 2003. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 21st day of January, A.D. 2003. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 16 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: January 7, 2003 STAFF: Jack Taylor SUBJECT: First Reading of Ordinance No. 004, 2003, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for Police Services for the Latimer County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance oniFit'i`keading.I' FINANCIAL IMPACT: The City has received a grant for the Larimer County Drug Task Force in the amount of$15,816 from the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice for the purchase of supplies and equipment to be used in the clean up and enforcement of methamphetamines-labs. No matching funds are required. f- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Latimer County Drug Task Force (LCDTF) has been awarded a grant in the amount of $15,816 from the Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice for the period of January 1, 2003 to.July 03. T e we used to purchase six self- contained breathing apparatus,'RBA) $2,5 e d 3 rs of Samex coveralls at $11.50 each to be used in the enforcetneb t an c an u .of ethamph mine laboratories. Methamphetammes appear to be the drug of choice in Larimer County. Intelligence gathered by the LCDTF indicates that as many as 777 instances of distribution of methamphetamines and 313 instances of manufacture of methamphetamines occurred between May 2001 to May 2002. During this same time period, 45 arrests were made and 52 labs were dismantled. Sixteen methamphetamine labs were dismantled in the first nine months of this year. In November 2002, the LCDTF received a grant for the purchase a mobile lab trailer to use in the surveillance and cleanup of methamphetamine labs. The current grant, foi $15,816, provides for supplies and equipment to be used in conjunction with the trailer.