HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/15/2011 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 157, 2011, APPROPRIDATE: November 15, 2011
STAFF: Brian Woodruff
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 14
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 157, 2011, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for the
Natural Resources Radon Program and Authorizing the Transfer of Funds Previously Appropriated in the Natural
Resources Operating Budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance appropriates $11,725 that has been granted by Colorado Department of Health and Environment. It
also transfers a matching amount of $11,725 from the 2011 General Fund and combine these funds in a Radon
Program account. The Program will carry out radon risk-reduction activities identified in the current City Budget.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Colorado Department of Health and Environment has granted $11,725 to the City for a program to encourage radon
testing and mitigation through media advertising, and low-cost test kit sales, and to develop and test outreach
messages designed to encourage homeowners with high radon to install radon-reduction systems. The grant directly
supports radon activities identified in two City budget offers, Air Quality Improvement and the Radon Mitigation
Behavioral Study. The grant requires a local match of $11,725. Matching funds would be transferred from the existing
2011 General Fund. Matching funds would come from two sources within in the Natural Resources operating budget:
$1,725 from Air Quality Improvement and $10,000 from Radon Mitigation Behavior Study. Grant and matching funds
would be combined a Radon Project account.
FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS
City resources would be increased by $11,725. Required matching funds have already been appropriated in the 2011
General Fund.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
These funds would be used to lower the lung-cancer risk of Fort Collins residents that have elevated home radon
levels.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
ORDINANCE NO. 157, 2011
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL
FUND FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES RADON PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING
THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN THE
NATURAL RESOURCES OPERATING BUDGET
WHEREAS, the Fort Collins Natural Resources Radon Program (the “Program”) is part
of the City’s indoor air quality program, which is guided by the Air Quality Plan with a policy
goal to educate and encourage residents to reduce their exposure to indoor air pollution; and
WHEREAS, the Program includes aggressive education, a voluntary radon testing
program, mandatory radon mitigation in new construction, and an ordinance requiring the
distribution of radon information to all residential home buyers; and
WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a grant from the Colorado Department of Health
and Environment (“CDHE”) in the amount of $11,725; and
WHEREAS, the CDHE grant funds are to be used to encourage radon testing and
mitigation through media advertising and offering affordable test kits, and to develop and test
outreach messages designed to encourage homeowners with high radon to install radon-
reduction systems; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires $11,725 of matching funds, which have been included in
the 2011 Natural Resources budget and are available for transfer to the CDHE project for the
Program; 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 CDHE 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, Article V, Section 10, of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
transfer by ordinance any unexpected and unencumbered amount or portion thereof from one
project to another project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be
expended remains unchanged.
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 ELEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE
DOLLARS ($11,725) for expenditure in the General Fund for the Natural Resources Radon
Program.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ELEVEN THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($11,725) is authorized for transfer from the
Natural Resources operating budget in the General Fund to the CDHE grant project for the
Natural Resources Radon Program and appropriated herein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of
November, A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of December, A.D.
2011.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 6th day of December, A.D. 2011.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk