HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 07/05/2011 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 076, 2011, APPROPRIDATE: July 5, 2011
STAFF: Carol Workman
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 12
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 076, 2011, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the General Fund for the Purchase,
Training and Ongoing Maintenance of the E911 and Emergency Dispatch Systems at Fort Collins Police Services
Dispatch Center.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority provides funds to the Fort Collins Police Services to be used for equipment
and training to process E911 calls. This Ordinance appropriates those funds.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority (LETA) collects a monthly fee from all county telephone users to
purchase equipment, train users and maintain equipment used to process E911 phone calls and dispatch appropriate
emergency services providers.
In 2003, LETA developed a formula for the anticipated annual budget for these services for each Public Safety
Answering Point (Emergency Services Dispatch Center) based on number of dispatchers and the number of E911
telephone calls received in the center. Based on the formula, LETA provides the funds to the individual centers for
payment of expenses. The 2011 amount is $14,961, based on 2010 expenditures for Fort Collins Police Services.
In the same manner, a formula was developed for each Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for Emergency Medical
Dispatch (EMD) based on the number of dispatchers and the number of EMD calls handled by the center. The 2011
amount of $27,477 is based on the 2010 expenditures for EMD for the Fort Collins Police Services.
FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS
This Ordinance appropriates the funds provided to the Fort Collins Police Services by LETA to purchase equipment,
train users, maintain equipment for emergency services dispatching and pay for quality assurance audits of EMD
related calls. The total amount to be appropriated to these two budgets is $42,438.
This funding allows for continued training for employees in the Fort Collins Police Services Dispatch Center to include
annual training on Emergency Medical Dispatching and auditing use of the EMD protocols, resulting in staff that is
better trained and qualified to provide services to the community.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
ORDINANCE NO. 076, 2011
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE
GENERAL FUND FOR THE PURCHASE, TRAINING AND ONGOING
MAINTENANCE OF THE E911 AND EMERGENCY DISPATCH SYSTEMS
AT FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES DISPATCH CENTER
WHEREAS, Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority (“LETA”) collects a monthly fee
from Larimer County telephone users and allocates funds to purchase and maintain the
equipment used to process E911 telephone calls, train users, and dispatch appropriate
Emergency Services Providers; and
WHEREAS, LETA distributes funds to each Emergency Services Dispatch Center based
on the number of dispatchers and the number of E911 telephone calls received at that location;
and
WHEREAS, LETA also distributes funds to each Emergency Services Dispatch Center
based on the number of dispatchers and the number of Emergency Medical Dispatch calls
handled by that location; and
WHEREAS, funding is based on 2010 expenditures, and for 2011 the City will receive a
total amount of $42,438 from LETA (the “LETA Funds”); 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 LETA 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 revenue in the General
Fund the sum of FORTY-TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT DOLLARS
(42,438) for expenditure in the General Fund for E911 and Emergency Medical Dispatch
Systems at the Poudre Emergency Communications Center.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 5th day of
July, A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of July, A.D. 2011.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 19th day of July, A.D. 2011.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk