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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/01/2011 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 013, 2011, APPROPR DATE: March 1, 2011 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARYD STAFF: John Pino FORT COLLINSCOUNCIL Second Reading of Ordinance No.013,2011,Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue and Transferring Prior Year Reserves in the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force Reserve to the General Fund for the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on February 15, 2011, appropriates grant funds and money from the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force seizure reserve. Fort Collins Police Services has received two grants from the Office of National Drug Control Policy and U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force (NCDTF)to help fund the investigation of illegal narcotics activities in Larimer County. These two grant awards will be used in conjunction with NCDTF reserves to pay for Task Force operating expenses in 2011. Combined, these three items equal an appropriation of$348,649. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary- February 15, 2011 (w/o attachments) ATTACHMENT DATE: February 15, 2011 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY STAFF: John Pino FORT COLLINSCOUNCIL AD First Reading of Ordinance No. 013, 2011, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue and Transferring Prior Year Reserves in the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force Reserve to the General Fund for the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance appropriates grant funds andrmo`ey from the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force seizure reserve. Fort Collins Police Services has received two granse-from4the Office ofJNational Drug Control Policy and U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force (NCDTF) to help fund the investigation of illegal narcotics activities in Larimer County. These two grant awards will be used in conjunction with NCDTF reserves to pay for Task Force operating expenses in 2011. Combined, these three items equal an appropriation of $348,649. BACKGROUND/ DISCUSSION The Northern Colorado Drug Task Fo rce-is`.atcritic6l-cornponent-of'law;enf r ement in the community. The NCDTF is made up of fifteen sworn and non-sworn members tasked�with identifyingaddressing, and impacting drug crimes and criminals in Larimer County and�is staffed tiy,officers'from=Fort'ColIins., olice Services and the Loveland Police Department. The NCDTF is committed inn reducing th_e production, manufacture, transportation, distribution, and chronic use of illegal drugs. FINANCIAL/ ECONOMIC IMPACTS This appropriation is not a request to identify new dollars for the Police Services 2011 budget. This action appropriates $94,323 from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, plus$93,129 in new federal grant money and authorizes the transfer of$161,197 from the forfeiture reserve. There is no financial impact to the City of Fort Collins as there are no matching funds required. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. ORDINANCE NO. 013, 2011 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE AND TRANSFERRING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO DRUG TASK FORCE RESERVE TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE NORTHERN COLORADO DRUG TASK FORCE WHEREAS, the Office of National Drug Control Policy has awarded Fort Collins Police Services ("FCPS") a grant of federal money in the amount of$187,452; and WHEREAS,there are$161,197 in prior year reserves in the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force (the "Task Force") Reserve in the General Fund; and WHEREAS, the grant and prior reserve funds will be used by the Task Force to help fund the investigation of illegal narcotics activities and the 2011 annual operating budget of the Task Force; and WHEREAS,the Task Force consists of representatives from FCPS and the Loveland Police Department; and WHEREAS, the City and FCPS will administer the grant for the Task Force; 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,Article V,Section 9,of the City Charter permits the City Council to appropriate by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may be available from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not previously appropriated; 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 General Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during the fiscal year; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to appropriate unanticipated revenue and prior year reserves in the Task Force Reserve for transfer to the General Fund for appropriation therein for Police.Services for the Task Force. 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 ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO DOLLARS ($187,452)for expenditure,upon receipt, in the General Fund for Police Services for the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force. Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force Reserve the sum of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($161,197) for transfer to the General Fund, and appropriated therein, for Police Services for the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of February, A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the ay of March, A.D. 2011. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 1 st day of March, A.D. 2011. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk