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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/15/2011 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 021, 2011, APPROPR DATE: March 15, 2011 STAFF: Melissa Funk • - • • Second Reading of Ordinance No. 021, 2011, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for the Police Services Victim Services Team. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The City has received a grant in the amount of$40,000 from the Eighth Judicial District Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement Board to help fund victim services activities. This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on March 1, 2011, appropriates the grant funds. No cash match is required. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary- March 1, 2011 (w/o attachments) ATTACHMENT 1 DATE: March 1, 2011 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY STAFF: Melissa Funk FORT COLLINSCOUNCIL First Reading of Ordinance No. 021, 2011, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for the Police Services Victim Services Team. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY n r, The Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Team has been_awarded`a� 2-month grant in the amount of$40,000 for the period from January 1, 2011 to�Deec_ember��201��by.the Eighth Judicial District Victims Assistance and Law Enforcement(V.A.L.E.) Board to help fund=services p--r-ovidedJby this teams These funds will be used for part of the salary for the victim advocate who provides crisis intervention services during weekday hours and is housed in the Victim Services office. These funds will also pay for some of the operational expenses needed to provide 24-hour a day, 7-day a week services to victims of crime in Fort Collins. BACKGROUND/ DISCUSSION The Victim Services Team has received funding from the V.A.L.E. grant since the inception of the program in 1996. Services have been provided to thousands•of`victims-an�d themfamily m`grrembe(who have become victims of violent crime in the community. Council has apprve od/appropnationstithean/t revenue every year. Services to the community would be drastically cut with grand. Ll FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS u The City has received a grant in the amount of$40,000,a$6,000 increase from 2010,from the Eighth Judicial District Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement(V.A.L.E.) Board to help fund victim services activities. This grant requires no cash match. STAFF RECOMMENDATION , 5, /7 Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Readifn{g: v LJ r ORDINANCE NO. 021, 2011 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE OF $40,000 IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES VICTIM SERVICES TEAM WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant in the amount of$40,000 (the "Grant") for the period from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011 by the Eighth Judicial District Victims and Law Enforcement("VALE")Board to support the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Team (the "Victim Services Team"); and WHEREAS, the Victim Services Team provides crisis intervention, resources and referral services to victims of violent crime as well as other traumatic situations; and WHEREAS, the Grant will be used to fund a part of the salary for the victim advocate who provides crisis intervention services and to partially pay for operational expenses needed to provide 24-hour a day, 7-day a week services to victims of crime in our community; 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 Grant from the VALE Board to support the Victim Services Team 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 FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($40,000)for expenditure in the General Fund for the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Team. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1 st day of March, A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of March, A.D. 2011. V, Mayor ATTEST: PA City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 15th day of March, A.D. 2011. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk