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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 04/01/2014 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 043, 2014, APPROPRAgenda Item 3 Item # 3 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY April 1, 2014 City Council STAFF Greg Yeager, Police Lieutenant SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 043, 2014, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund and Authorizing the Transfer of Appropriated Amounts Between Accounts and Projects for the Multi- Jurisdictional Northern Colorado Drug Task Force. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on March 18, 2014, appropriates federal grant monies received from the Office of National Drug Control Policy ($95,853) and the Department of Justice ($57,722) to fund a portion of the investigation of illegal narcotics activities in Larimer County by the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force. These grant awards will be used to offset operating expenses for each participating agency. In addition, because of the significant decrease in federal funds available for drug enforcement, the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force is transferring $236,160 from its forfeiture reserve account to its 2014 operating budget to cover unfunded expenses. The majority of the forfeiture reserve account is made up of assets seized from people engaged in illegal drug activities. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, March 18, 2014 (PDF) 2. Ordinance No. 043, 2014 (PDF) Agenda Item 11 Item # 11 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY March 18, 2014 City Council STAFF Greg Yeager, Police Lieutenant SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 043, 2014, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund and Authorizing the Transfer of Appropriated Amounts Between Accounts and Projects for the Multi- Jurisdictional Northern Colorado Drug Task Force. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Fort Collins Police Services applied to the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Department of Justice on behalf of the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force (NCDTF) for federal grant monies to fund a portion of the investigation of illegal narcotics activities in Larimer County. These grant awards will be used to offset operating expenses for each participating agency. In addition, because of the significant decrease in federal funds available for drug enforcement, the NCDTF is transferring $236,160 from its forfeiture reserve account to its 2014 operating budget to cover unfunded expenses. The majority of the forfeiture reserve account is made up of assets seized from people engaged in illegal drug activities. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION This appropriation is not a request to identify new dollars for the Police Services’ 2014 budget. This action is taken every year when federal awards are granted and the NCDTF budget is set. This action will appropriate $95,853 and $57,722 from two new federal grants and will authorize the transfer of $236,160 from the NCDTF forfeiture reserve account for unfunded operating expenses in 2014. The NCDTF currently includes Fort Collins Police Services, the Loveland Police Department, and the Colorado Department of Corrections Adult Parole, Region I office. FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS The City has received two grant awards for the operation of the NCDTF. These grants will be used for task force operating expenses.  Office of National Drug Control Policy (2014-HIDTA) in the amount of $95,853.  Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (2013-2014 JAG) in the amount of $57,722. In addition, $236,160 will be transferred from the NCDTF forfeiture reserve account to the City of Fort Collins General Fund to establish the 2014 annual operating budget for NCDTF expenses that are not grant funded. There is no financial impact to the City of Fort Collins as there are no matching funds required. ATTACHMENT 1 - 1 - ORDINANCE NO. 043, 2014 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATED AMOUNTS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS AND PROJECTS FOR THE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL NORTHERN COLORADO DRUG TASK FORCE WHEREAS, the Office of National Drug Control Policy and U.S. Department of Justice have awarded Fort Collins Police Services (“FCPS”) two grants of federal money in the combined amount of $153,575; and WHEREAS, no local matching funds are required for the grant funds, and the City and FCPS will administer the grant on behalf of the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force (the “Task Force”); and WHEREAS, the Task Force consists of representatives from FCPS, the Loveland Police Department, and the Colorado Department of Corrections Adult Parole Region I office; and WHEREAS, there are funds totaling $236,160 in prior forfeiture reserve funds in the restricted Task Force Reserve in the General Fund; and WHEREAS, the grants and prior reserve funds will be used by the Task Force to help fund the investigation of illegal narcotics activities and the Task Force 2014 annual operating budget; 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 also 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, the 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 reserves in the Task Force Reserve for transfer to the General Fund for appropriation therein for participation by FCPS in the Task Force. - 2 - 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 FIFTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($153,575) for expenditure, upon receipt, in the General Fund for participation by Fort Collins Police Services in 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 TWO HUNDRED THIRTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS ($236,160) for transfer to the General Fund and appropriated therein, for Fort Collins Police Services participation in the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of March, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 1st day of April, A.D. 2014. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 1st day of April, A.D. 2014. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk