HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/18/2003 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 024, 2003, APPROPRI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 15
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: February 18, 2003
STAFF: Lt. John Pino
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 024, 2003, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General
Fund for the Police Services Underage Drinking Education and Enforcement Program.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The Colorado Department of Transportation, Office of Transportation Safety has awarded Fort
Collins Police Services a 2003 grant in the amount of $8,900 to help combat underage alcohol
consumption. No matching funds are required.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Colorado Department of Transportation, Office of Transportation Safety has awarded Fort
Collins Police Services a 2003 grant in the amount of $8,900 to help combat underage alcohol
consumption. The program is designed to reduce underage drinking through student
involvement and education, as well as enforcement. The grant funds will be used to: (1)
purchase equipment for educational presentations; and (2) enforce the underage drinking laws
through compliance checks and stings.
ORDINANCE NO. 024, 2003
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE
GENERAL FUND FOR THE POLICE SERVICES UNDERAGE
DRINKING EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant in the amount
of$8,900 from the Colorado Department of Transportation,Office of Transportation Safety to help
combat underage alcohol consumption (the "Grant'); and
WHEREAS,the Grant will be used for the Police Services Underage Drinking Education and
Enforcement Program; and
WHEREAS, the Grant will provide funds to purchase equipment for educational
presentations,and to enforce the underage drinking laws through compliance checks and stings;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 grant funds from
Colorado Department of Transportation, Office of Transportation Safety for Police Services
Underage Drinking Education and Enforcement Program, 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 any 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 EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($8,900) for expenditure in the General
Fund for the Police Services Underage Drinking Education and Enforcement Program.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 18th day of
February, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of March, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 4th day of March, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk