HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/20/2003 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 075, 2003, APPROPRI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 14
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: May 20, 2003
STAFF: Gary Perman
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 075, 2003, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General
Fund for Police Services DUI Sobriety Checkpoints.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Ordinance appropriates funds provided to Fort Collins Police Services by the Office of
Transportation Safety, Colorado Department of Transportation, in the amount of$24,900.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Office of Transportation Safety, Colorado Department of Transportation, has received
funding from the Federal government for DUI sobriety checkpoints throughout the state between
Memorial Day and Labor Day this year.
Fort Collins Police Services has been asked to participate by holding three checkpoints during
this period. Off-duty officers working overtime paid by these funds, will staff the checkpoints.
Any funds not used for the checkpoints will be used to augment regular DUI enforcement during
the summer through the use of off-duty officers.
ORDINANCE NO. 075, 2003
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR POLICE SERVICES DUI SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins Police Services has received federal funds in the amount
of$24,900 from the Office of Transportation Safety, Colorado Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS,the money is to be used to provide DUI sobriety checkpoints between Memorial
Day and Labor Day this year; and
WHEREAS, Fort Collins Police Services will use the money to compensate officers for
overtime worked to staff three DUI sobriety checkpoints during this period; 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 funds received for the
DUI sobriety checkpoints 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 2003.
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 TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($24,900)for expenditure in the
General Fund for the Police Services DUI sobriety checkpoints between Memorial Day and Labor
Day.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of
May, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of June, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of June, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk