HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/20/2001 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 43, 2001, APPROPRI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 13
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: March 20, 2001
STAFF: Jill Stilwell
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 43, 2001, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Cultural
Services and Facilities Fund for the General Operating Support of the Fort Collins Museum.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
In January of 2000, the Fort Collins Museum staff submitted a grant application to the federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for a general operating support (GOS) grant in
the amount of$61,959. On September 19, 2000, the Museum received written notice that it had
been awarded the $61,959 grant. The grant is an award of excellence,judged by peers within the
Museum profession, and based on the Museum's performance in all areas of museum operations
including collections care, education, exhibitions, and long range planning. In 2000, IMLS
awarded 177 museums out of 823 applicants the GOS award, amounting to a total of
$15,270,005.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The monies received are intended to allow the Museum to pursue projects and activities beyond
those normally performed within current budgetary allotments. The Museum will utilize the
funds to hire project staff for exhibits, collections, and educational programs, and to develop a
newsletter and marketing plan.
The $61,959 will be disbursed in 8 increments over a two-year period (approximately $7,744.87
each). The Museum is requesting that Council appropriate the $61,959 into the Museum's IMLS
grant project for use over the next two fiscal years, 2001 and 2002.
ORDINANCE NO. 43, 2001
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE
IN THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
OF THE FORT COLLINS MUSEUM
WHEREAS, in January of 2000, the Fort Collins Museum submitted a grant application to
the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services ("IMLS") for a general operating support
(GOS) grant; and
WHEREAS,on September 19,2000,the Museum was awarded a GOS grant,in the amount
of$61,959 from the federal IMLS; and
WHEREAS,the aforementioned grant is an award of excellence,judged by peers within the
Museum profession,and was based on the Museum's performance in all areas of museum operation
including collections care, education, exhibitions, and long range planning; and
WHEREAS,the proceeds from the GOS grant will allow the Museum to pursue projects and
activities, including hiring temporary staff to work with exhibits, collections, and educational
programs, and to develop a newsletter and marketing plan; and
• WHEREAS, no local matching funds are required; 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, do not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of $61,959 in federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services grant funds in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund,
Museum budget to be used to for general operating support.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in the
Cultural Services and Facilities Fund, IMLS grant project, the sum of SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND
NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE DOLLARS ($61,959) from the federal Institute of Museum and
Library Services, to be used for general operating support of the Fort Collins Museum.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of
March, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of April, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 17th day of April, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk