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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY January 6, 2015
City Council
STAFF
Melissa Funk, Victim Services Supervisor
John Hutto, Police Chief
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 002, 2015, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for
the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Team.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to fund the Victim Services Team of Fort Collins Police Services for victim advocacy
services under the Colorado Victim Rights Amendment for victims of crime and their family members. The Fort
Collins Police Services Victim Services Team has been awarded a 12-month grant in the amount of $37,000
for the period from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 by the Eighth Judicial District Victim Assistance and
Law Enforcement (VALE) Board to help fund services provided by this team. These funds will be used for part
of the salary for the victim advocate who provides crisis intervention services during weekday hours and is
housed in the Victim Services office. These fund will also pay for a portion of the operational expenses
needed to provide 24-hour a day, 7-day a week services to victims of crime in the community.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The Victim Services Team has received funding from the VALE grant since the inception of the program in 1996.
Services have been provided to thousands of victims and their family members who have become victims of
violent crime in the community. Council has approved appropriations of the grant revenue every year. Services
to the community would be drastically cut without this grant award.
FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS
The City has received a grant in the amount of $37,000 from the Eighth Judicial District Victim Assistance and
Law Enforcement Board to help fund victim services activities. This grant requires no local cash match.
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ORDINANCE NO. 002, 2015
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR
THE FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES VICTIM SERVICES TEAM
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant in the
amount of $37,000 (the “Grant”) for the period from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 by
the Eighth Judicial District Victims and Law Enforcement (“VALE”) Board to support the Fort
Collins Police Services Victim Services Team (the “Victim Services Team”); and
WHEREAS, the Victim Services Team provides crisis intervention, resources and
referral services to victims of violent crime as well as other traumatic situations; and
WHEREAS, the Grant will be used to fund a part of the salary for the victim advocate
who provides crisis intervention services and to partially pay for operational expenses needed to
provide 24-hour a day, 7-day a week services to victims of crime in our community; 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 Grant from the VALE
Board to support the Victim Services Team will not cause the total amount appropriated in the
relevant funds to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in
that fund during any fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($37,000) for expenditure
in the General Fund for the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Team.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of
January, A.D. 2015, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of January, A.D. 2015.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day of January, A.D. 2015.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk