HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/05/2013 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 003, 2013, APPROPRDATE: February 5, 2013
STAFF: Melissa Funk
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 10
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 003, 2013, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for
the Police Services Victim Services Team.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on January 15, 2013, appropriates a grant received by the Fort
Collins Police Services Victim Services Unit in the amount of $32,000 from the Eighth Judicial District Victim
Assistance and Law Enforcement (VALE) Board to help fund services provided by this team. This grant will fund 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 the community.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
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DATE: January 15, 2013
STAFF: Melissa Funk
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 11
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 003, 2013, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for the
Police Services Victim Services Team.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Unit has been awarded a 12-month grant in the amount of $32,000
for the period from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013, by the Eighth Judicial District Victim Assistance and Law
Enforcement (VALE) Board to help fund services provided by this team. This grant will fund 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 the community.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The Victim Services Unit has received funding from the VALE grant since the inception of the program in 1996.
Services have been provided to thousands of victims and their family members who have become victims of violent
crime in the community. Council has approved appropriations of the grant revenue every year. Services to the
community would be drastically cut without this grant award.
FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS
The City has received a grant in the amount of $32,000, a $2,000 increase from 2012, from the Eighth Judicial District
Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement (VALE) Board to help fund victim services activities. This grant requires no
cash match.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
ORDINANCE NO.003, 2013
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE 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 $32,000 (the “Grant”) for the period from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 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 THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($32,000) 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 15th day of
January, A.D. 2013, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th day of February, A.D. 2013.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 5th day of February, A.D. 2013.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk