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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/16/2007 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 111, 2007, APPROPRI ITEM NUMBER: 10 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: October 16, 2007 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Craig Dodd SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 111, 2007, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue from the Bureau of Justice Assistance in the General Fund for the Larimer County Drug Task Force. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. FINANCIAL IMPACT The City has received a grant (formula) for the Latimer County Drug Task Force from the Bureau of Justice Assistance in the amount of$81,452. The funding cycle for this grant is October 1, 2007 through September 30,2008.There is no financial impact to the City as there are no matching funds required. The City has received a grant (discretionary) for the Larimer County Drug Task Force from the Bureau of Justice Assistance in the amount of$85,500. The funding cycle for this grant is October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008. There is no financial impact to the City as there are no matching funds required. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance appropriates grant funds received by the City for the Larimer County Drug Task Force from the Bureau of Justice Assistance. These funds are to be used to fund the investigation of illegal narcotics activities in Larimer County. BACKGROUND The Larimer County Drug Task Force(the"Drug Task Force")consists of representatives from Fort Collins Police Services, Loveland Police Department, Larimer County Sheriff's Department, Estes Park Police Department and the Colorado State University Police Department. Fort Collins Police Services ("FCPS") applied to the Bureau of Justice Assistance on behalf of the Drug Task Force for federal grant monies to help fund the investigation of illegal narcotics activities in Larimer County. As the grant administrator, FCPS will ensure funding to other participating agencies for their share of the federal funds. October 16, 2007 -2- Item No. 10 The Bureau of Justice Assistance notified the City that the first grant award will be $81,452. The grant will be used to provide funds for undercover drug purchases, equipment and training. The Bureau of Justice Assistance notified the City that a second grant award will be$85,500. This grant will be used to fund a confidential off-site lease agreement with the City of Fort Collins and daily operational expenses of the assigned Estes Park Police Department investigator position. This appropriation ordinance is not a request to identify new dollars for FCPS 2007 budget;instead it appropriates the two federal grants, $81,452 and $85,500, in new federal grant money. ORDINANCE NO. 111, 2007 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE LARIMER COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE WHEREAS, the Drug Task Force for the Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded Fort Collins Police Services grants of federal money in the amount of$81,452 ("Grant I") and $85,500 ("Grant II"); and WHEREAS,the Larimer County Drug Task Force(the"Task Force")will use the two grants to help fund the investigation of illegal narcotics activities; and WHEREAS, the Task Force consists of representatives from Fort Collins Police Services, Loveland Police Department,Larimer County Sheriff s Department, Estes Park Police Department, and the Colorado State University Police Department; and WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins and Fort Collins Police Services will administer the grants for the Task Force; and WHEREAS, Grant I will be used to fund purchases of narcotics from drug dealers, buy equipment, and pay for training costs; and WHEREAS, Grant II will fund a lease agreement for the Task Force and pay for operational expenses of the Estes Park Police Department investigator position; 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 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 General Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during the 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-SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO DOLLARS ($166,952) for expenditure, upon receipt, in the General Fund for Police Services for the Larimer County Drug Task Force. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of October, A.D. 2007, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of November,A.D. 2007. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 6th day of November, A.D. 2007. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk