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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/01/2015 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 094, 2015 APPROPRIAgenda Item 4 Item # 4 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY September 1, 2015 City Council STAFF Perrie McMillen, Restorative Justice Program Coordinator Delynn Coldiron, Interim Neighborhood Services Manager SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 094, 2015 Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund and Appropriating Funds From the Community Development and Neighborhood Services Operating Budget for the Restorative Justice Program. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on August 18, 2015, appropriates grant revenue to fund Restorative Justice Services within Community Development and Neighborhood Services. A grant in the amount of $56,192 has been received from the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) Juvenile Diversion fund for the continued operation of Restorative Justice Services, which includes the RESTORE program for shoplifting offenses, and the Restorative Justice Conferencing Program (RJCP) for all other offenses. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, August 18, 2015 (w/o attachments) (PDF) 2. Ordinance No. 094, 2015 (PDF) Agenda Item 9 Item # 9 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY August 18, 2015 City Council STAFF Perrie McMillen, Restorative Justice Program Coordinator Delynn Coldiron, Interim Neighborhood Services Manager SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 094, 2015 Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund and Appropriating Funds From the Community Development and Neighborhood Services Operating Budget for the Restorative Justice Program. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to appropriate grant revenue to fund Restorative Justice Services within Community Development and Neighborhood Services. A grant in the amount of $56,192 has been received from the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) Juvenile Diversion fund for the continued operation of Restorative Justice Services, which includes the RESTORE program for shoplifting offenses, and the Restorative Justice Conferencing Program (RJCP) for all other offenses. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION Restorative Justice Services and its two programs; RESTORE for shoplifting offenses, and RJCP (Restorative Justice Conferencing Program) for all other offenses, has been partially grant funded since its inception in 2000. The Council yearly accepts grant funds from Colorado Division of Criminal Justice and other grant funding agencies, to support Restorative Justice Services. Since it began, Restorative Justice Services has provided a restorative justice alternative to more than 2,600 young people who committed chargeable offenses in our community. Restorative Justice is an alternative method of holding a young offender accountable by facilitating a meeting with the offender, the victim/victim representative and members of the community to determine the harm done by the crime, and how to repair the harm. By identifying and repairing the harm caused by the crime, Criminal Justice Officials are optimistic repeat offenses by these youth will be reduced and the needs and concerns of the victims and affected community will be addressed. The programs help young people understand how family, friends, victim and community are harmed by their actions and hold them accountable for the harm they caused. The intention is that these young people will make better future decisions and not commit the same or similar crime again. Reducing future criminal behavior and keeping young people out of the justice system, both contribute positively to a safer and healthier community. Addressing the needs and concerns of crime victims and community members also has a positive effect of the overall health and safety of the community. Without grant funding and the support of the City, Restorative Justice Services would not be a service available to young people and their families, crime victims, the courts, law enforcement and our community. ATTACHMENT 1 Agenda Item 9 Item # 9 Page 2 CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS The additional grant money in the amount of $56,192 from Division of Criminal Justice, Juvenile Diversion Grants, provides funding for the continuation of Restorative Justice Services. The match requirement will be met by appropriating $7,372 from the Neighborhood Services operating budget, designated for restorative justice and a $11,358 match designated from the City for the restorative justice office space, which is used to provide grant-funded services. The grant period for is from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016. This is the second year in a 3-year cycle for the Juvenile Diversion grant. ATTACHMENTS 1. RJCP Info Sheet (PDF) 2. RESTORE Info sheet (PDF) - 1 - ORDINANCE NO. 094, 2015 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM WHEREAS, the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice has awarded the City of Fort Collins Community Development and Neighborhood Services (“CDNS”) a grant in the amount of $56,192 for salaries associated with the continued operation of the Restorative Justice Program (the “Program”); and WHEREAS, the Program is an alternative method to the traditional criminal justice system, providing services to more than 2,600 young people who committed chargeable offenses in the community; and WHEREAS, the Program facilitates a meeting with the young offender, the victim, and community members to discuss the harm caused by the young offender and to find meaningful ways for the young person to repair that harm; and WHEREAS, the grant period for this award is from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016; and WHEREAS, the grant requires a 25% grant match of $18,730 where the City’s cash match of $7,372 will come from the CDNS operating budget for Restorative Justice and the remaining $11,358 match requirement will come from the City in the form of office space provided for the grant funded services; 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 Colorado Division of Criminal Justice 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: - 2 - Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the General Fund the sum of FIFTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY TWO DOLLARS ($56,192) for expenditure in the General Fund for continuation of the Restorative Justice Program. Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO DOLLARS ($7,372) is hereby authorized for transfer from the Community Development and Neighborhood Services operating budget in the General Fund to the grant project for Restorative Justice Services and appropriated herein. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of August, A.D. 2015, and to be presented for final passage on the 1st day of September, A.D. 2015. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 1st day of September, A.D. 2015. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk