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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY February 4, 2014
City Council
STAFF
Melissa Funk, Victim Services Supervisor
John Hutto, Police Chief
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 011, 2014, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General
Fund for the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Unit.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on January 21, 2014, appropriates grant funds in the
amount of $32,000 received from the Eighth Judicial District Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement Board to
help fund services provided by the Victim Services Unit of Fort Collins Police Services for victim advocacy
services under the Colorado Victim Rights Amendment for victims of crime and their family members.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
ATTACHMENTS
1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, January 21, 2014 (PDF)
2. Ordinance No. 011, 2014 (PDF)
Agenda Item 7
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY January 21, 2014
City Council
STAFF
Melissa Funk, Victim Services Supervisor
John Hutto, Police Chief
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 011, 2014, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund
for the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Unit.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to fund the Victim Services Unit of Fort Collins Police Services for victim advocacy
services under the Colorado Victim Rights Amendment for victims of crime and their family members. 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, 2014 to December 31, 2014, by the Eighth Judicial District Victim
Assistance and Law Enforcement (V.A.L.E.) Board to help fund services provided by this team. 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 a portion 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 First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The Victim Services Unit 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 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 IMPACT
The City has received a grant in the amount of $32,000 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 local cash
match.
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ORDINANCE NO. 011, 2014
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 UNIT
WHEREAS, Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant in the amount of
$32,000 (the “Grant”) for the period from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 by the Eighth
Judicial District Victims and Law Enforcement (“VALE”) Board to support the Fort Collins
Police Services Victim Services Unit (“Victim Services”); and
WHEREAS, Victim Services 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 the community; 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 from the VALE
Board to support Victim Services will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Police
Services fund 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 Unit.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of
January, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of February, A.D. 2014.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 4th day of February, A.D. 2014.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk