HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 06/04/2002 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 091, 2002, APPROPRI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 19
DATE: June 4, 2002
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
STAFF:
John F. Fischbach
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 091, 2002, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General
Fund for the Department of Justice State Domestic Preparedness Equipment Program Grant to the
Office of Emergency Management in the Amount of$164,172.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The grant award will provide $164,172 to acquire personal protective, decontamination, and
detection equipment. As the grantee is the City of Fort Collins, the grant proceeds will be
appropriated in the City's General Fund. The equipment will be managed by the City's Office of
Emergency Management which is coordinated by the Poudre Fire Authority.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
In July 2001,the City's Office of Emergency Management filled a grant request to receive Terrorism
Consequence Management Preparedness Assistance through the Department of Justice's Equipment
Grant Program. On April 16, 2002, the State Office of Emergency Management notified the City
that $164,172 of the total grant request ($178,533) had been approved for funding. The proceeds
of the grant will be used to acquire equipment in the following categories:
Personal protective equipment $142,350
Decontamination equipment 9,155
Detection equipment 12,667
The grant application stated the City's and the Poudre Fire Authority's commitment to use a regional
approach to response, training and equipment, through the cooperatively managed Office of
Emergency Management. This equipment will be used throughout the northeast Colorado region.
The grant received the full support of Latimer County, Loveland, Union Colony Fire Rescue,
• Windsor,Wellington,Estes Park,Berthoud, and many others in the Northeast and Eastern Plains of
Colorado. The Poudre Fire Authority will provide training to Office of Emergency Management
response partners and will develop a multi-tiered response structure.
ORDINANCE NO. 091, 2002
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE STATE DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS
EQUIPMENT PROGRAM GRANT TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF$164,172
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Office of Emergency Management has been awarded
funds from the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, State Domestic Preparedness
Equipment Program Grant in the amount of$164,172 (the "Grant"); and
WHEREAS, the Grant is to be used to acquire personal protective equipment ($142,350),
decontamination equipment($9,155),and detection equipment($12,667)to help respond safely and
effectively to a high risk incident; and
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins Office of Emergency Management is aregional resource
on weapons of mass destruction, hazardous material, and emergency management;
WHEREAS, the equipment purchased with the Grant will be used throughout the northeast
Colorado region; 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 as described
herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the relevant funds 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 grant revenue in the General Fund
the sum of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO
DOLLARS ($164,172) for expenditure in the General Fund for the Domestic Preparedness
Equipment Program.
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Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and ordered published this 4th day of June,
A.D. 2002, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of July, A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of July, A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk