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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/06/2015 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 002, 2015, APPROPRIAgenda Item 7 Item # 7 Page 1 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. - 1 - 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. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk - 2 - Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day of January, A.D. 2015. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk