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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/06/2011 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 157, 2011, APPROPRDATE: December 6, 2011 STAFF: Brian Woodruff AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 9 SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 157, 2011, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for the Natural Resources Radon Program and Authorizing the Transfer of Funds Previously Appropriated in the Natural Resources Operating Budget. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on November 15, 2011, appropriates $11,725 that has been granted by Colorado Department of Health and Environment. It also transfers a matching amount of $11,725 from the 2011 General Fund and combine these funds in a Radon Program account. The Program will carry out radon risk- reduction activities identified in the current City Budget. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary - November 15, 2011 (w/o attachments) COPY COPY COPY COPY ATTACHMENT 1 DATE: November 15, 2011 STAFF: Brian Woodruff AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 14 SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 157, 2011, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for the Natural Resources Radon Program and Authorizing the Transfer of Funds Previously Appropriated in the Natural Resources Operating Budget. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance appropriates $11,725 that has been granted by Colorado Department of Health and Environment. It also transfers a matching amount of $11,725 from the 2011 General Fund and combine these funds in a Radon Program account. The Program will carry out radon risk-reduction activities identified in the current City Budget. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION Colorado Department of Health and Environment has granted $11,725 to the City for a program to encourage radon testing and mitigation through media advertising, and low-cost test kit sales, and to develop and test outreach messages designed to encourage homeowners with high radon to install radon-reduction systems. The grant directly supports radon activities identified in two City budget offers, Air Quality Improvement and the Radon Mitigation Behavioral Study. The grant requires a local match of $11,725. Matching funds would be transferred from the existing 2011 General Fund. Matching funds would come from two sources within in the Natural Resources operating budget: $1,725 from Air Quality Improvement and $10,000 from Radon Mitigation Behavior Study. Grant and matching funds would be combined a Radon Project account. FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS City resources would be increased by $11,725. Required matching funds have already been appropriated in the 2011 General Fund. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS These funds would be used to lower the lung-cancer risk of Fort Collins residents that have elevated home radon levels. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. ORDINANCE NO. 157, 2011 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES RADON PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN THE NATURAL RESOURCES OPERATING BUDGET WHEREAS, the Fort Collins Natural Resources Radon Program (the “Program”) is part of the City’s indoor air quality program, which is guided by the Air Quality Plan with a policy goal to educate and encourage residents to reduce their exposure to indoor air pollution; and WHEREAS, the Program includes aggressive education, a voluntary radon testing program, mandatory radon mitigation in new construction, and an ordinance requiring the distribution of radon information to all residential home buyers; and WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a grant from the Colorado Department of Health and Environment (“CDHE”) in the amount of $11,725; and WHEREAS, the CDHE grant funds are to be used to encourage radon testing and mitigation through media advertising and offering affordable test kits, and to develop and test outreach messages designed to encourage homeowners with high radon to install radon- reduction systems; and WHEREAS, the grant requires $11,725 of matching funds, which have been included in the 2011 Natural Resources budget and are available for transfer to the CDHE project for the Program; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City 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 combination 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 the CDHE 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; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10, of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by ordinance any unexpected and unencumbered amount or portion thereof from one project to another 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 ELEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($11,725) for expenditure in the General Fund for the Natural Resources Radon Program. Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ELEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($11,725) is authorized for transfer from the Natural Resources operating budget in the General Fund to the CDHE grant project for the Natural Resources Radon Program and appropriated herein. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of November, A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of December, A.D. 2011. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 6th day of December, A.D. 2011. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk