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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 16
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: September 3, 2002
STAFF: Gayle Foos
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 124,2002,Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Transportation Services
Fund and the North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council Fund and Authorizing the
Transfer of Appropriations Between Funds for the Operation of the North Front Range Transportation & Air
Quality Planning Council's 2001-2002 Metropolitan Planning Organization Program Year.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: This item appropriates an additional$207,609 in the Transportation Services Fund and$23,610 in the
North Front Range Transportation&Air Quality Planning Council Fund(NFRT&AQPC)representing
unanticipated revenue for the 2001-2002 Fiscal year, for administration of the NFRT&AQPC. The following funding sources have been
identified:
2001-2002 Federal Fiscal Year Funds administered by CDOT $ 164,975
2001-2002 State of Colorado Revenue Grant Funds 31,000
Local Matching funds from the City's Equipment Fund 18,554
Local Matching funds from MPO Member Entities 11,590
VanGo Program Revenue 5,100
Total $231,219
In addition,this item also transfers$207,625 of existing 2002 appropriations within the Transportation Services Fund to the NFRT&AQPC
Fund for personnel expenditures of non-City MPO employees. The funding for these transfers are 2001-2002 Federal Fiscal Year funds
administered by CDOT as well as applicable local match provided by MPO Member Entities. Because these appropriations are for federal
grant projects, the appropriations will be considered to be "non-lapsing".
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The North Front Range Transportation&Air Quality Planning Council(NFRT&AQPC),or MPO,received
additional federal funding on its 2001-2002 contracts with Colorado Department of Transportation as well
as some unanticipated State grant funding which wasn't originally budgeted or appropriated for the current
fiscal year. These funds ($195,975), along with required local matching funds from the City's Equipment
Fund($18,554),MPO member entities($11,590),and additional VanGo program revenue($5,100)will be
used for the administration of the MPO's projects during its 2001-2002 contract period.
Additionally, the funds to pay the personnel costs of non-City MPO employees, which were previously
budgeted and appropriated in the Transportation Services Fund, now need to be transferred to the
NFRT&AQPC Fund. The Council's approval of this portion of the Ordinance ($207,625) will not
appropriate additional funds; rather, it will serve as a transfer of existing appropriations to the fund that
incurred the expenditures.
BACKGROUND:
The NFRT & AQPC is the regional Metropolitan Planning Organization. As the MPO hires new
employees, they are no longer considered to be employees of the City of Fort Collins. For that reason, the
MPO has a separate Federal Taxpayer Identification Number and therefore has to report the MPO
employee's payroll expenditures separately, thus requiring the use of the separate MPO fund on the City's
accounting system. For this reason,the existing appropriations for these people (originally budgeted in the
Transportation Services Fund) need to be transferred to the NFRT&AQPC Fund.
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Additionally,since the MPO's fiscal year closes September 30,2002, all additional unanticipated revenues
not previously appropriated, need to be appropriated at this time so as to get the budgets/appropriations to
balance to the applicable contracts received from Colorado Department of Transportation and other State
funding agencies.
ORDINANCE NO. 124, 2002
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND AND THE NORTH FRONT RANGE
TRANSPORTATION & AIR QUALITY PLANNING COUNCIL FUND AND
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN FUNDS FOR THE
OPERATION OF THE NORTH FRONT RANGE TRANSPORTATION & AIR QUALITY
PLANNING COUNCIL'S 2001-2002 METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION
PROGRAM YEAR
WHEREAS, the North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council (the
"NFRT&AQPC"), consisting of representatives from thirteen front range local governments, is
the Metropolitan Planning Organization ("MPO") and lead air quality planning agency for the
North Front Range region; and
WHEREAS, primary funding for the administration of MPO programs consists of federal
transportation program funds appropriated by the federal government and administered by the
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), based on the federal fiscal year of October I
through September 30; and
WHEREAS, under the terms of an Intergovernmental Agreement dated May 17, 2001,
between the City of Fort Collins and the MPO, entitled Intergovernmental Agreement for the
Provision of Support Services, the City provides support services to the MPO, including
accounting and financial services, purchasing services, risk management services, budgeting
services, human resource services, and legal services, and accordingly, manages federal grant
revenue and matching funds received on behalf of the MPO; and
WHEREAS, the NFRT&AQPC has been notified that they will receive additional federal
funds totaling $164,975, from the Colorado Department of Transportation and $31,000 in the
form of State grants, to be applied towards the MPO's 2001-2002 contracts; and
WHEREAS, local matching funds, required upon receipt of the federal and state funds,
totaling $30,144, have been identified and are available in the form of existing appropriations in
the City's Equipment Fund ($18,554), and funds from MPO member entities ($11,590); and
WHEREAS, in addition, the VanGo program has received $5,100, representing an
insurance recovery settlement for damages to property incurred in providing 2001-2002 fiscal
year programming; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the
"Charter") 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 conjunction 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 federal and state grant
revenue, unanticipated local matching shares from MPO member entities, a transfer from the
City's Equipment Fund, and miscellaneous revenue from the VanGo program will not cause total
appropriations to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received
during any fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, in 2001, the City created a new NFRT&AQPC Fund to account for the
personnel costs of the MPO director and other key staff members; and
WHEREAS, the MPO will continue its search to secure adequate funding in an effort to
sustain its operations independent of the assistance provided by the City; and
WHEREAS, additionally, funds, totaling $207,625, needed to pay personnel costs of
non-City MPO employees were originally appropriated in the Transportation Services. Fund
2002 budget, need to be transferred to the NFRT&AQPC Fund; 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
capital project to another fund or capital project, provided that the purpose for which the funds
are to be expended remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of $207,609 from
unanticipated revenue in the Transportation Services Fund, $23,610 from unanticipated revenue
in the NFRT&AQPC Fund, and authorize the transfer of $207,625 from the Transportation
Services Fund to the NFRT&AQPC Fund, to be used to administer MPO projects for the 2001-
2002 contract period.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue
in the Transportation Services Fund, the sum of TWO HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED NINE DOLLARS ($207,609), from the following sources:
2001-2002 Federal Fiscal Year Funds Administered by CDOT $ 164,975
2001-2002 State of Colorado Grant Funds 10,890
Local Matching Funds from the City's Equipment Fund 18,554
Local Matching Funds from MPO Member Entities 8,090
VanGo Program Unanticipated Revenues 5,100
Total $ 207,609
to be used to administer MPO projects for the 2001-2002 contract period.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue
in the North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council Fund the sum of
TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TEN DOLLARS ($23,610), from the
following sources:
2001-2002 State of Colorado Grant Funds $ 20,110
Local Matching Funds from MPO Member Entities 3,500
Total $ 23,610
to be used to administer MPO projects for the 2001-2002 contract period.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount, totaling TWO HUNDRED
SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($207,625) is hereby
authorized for transfer from Transportation Services Fund to the North Front Range
Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council Fund to be used to administer MPO projects for
the 2001-2002 contract period.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 3rd day
of September, A.D. 2002, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of September,
A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 17th day of September, A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk