HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 08/15/2017 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 103, 2017, APPROPRAgenda Item 10
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY August 15, 2017
City Council
STAFF
Rita Knoll, Chief Deputy City Clerk
Ryan Malarky, Legal
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 103, 2017, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the General Fund for the
Conduct of a Special Election on November 7, 2017, that was not included in the 2017 Adopted City Budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on August 8, 2017, appropriates $150,000 from prior
year reserves for the conduct of the November 7, 2017, Special Election. This is an estimated amount based
on prior participation in coordinated elections. Final costs will be determined by the number of eligible Fort
Collins voters, and the number of entities participating/sharing in the cost of the election.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
ATTACHMENTS
1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, August 8, 2017 (PDF)
2. Ordinance No. 103, 2017 (PDF)
Agenda Item 4
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY August 8, 2017
City Council
STAFF
Wanda Winkelmann, City Clerk
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 103, 2017, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the General Fund for the
Conduct of a Special Election on November 7, 2017, that was not included in the 2017 Adopted City Budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate $150,000 from prior year reserves for the conduct of the November
7, 2017, Special Election. This is an estimated amount based on prior participation in coordinated elections.
Final costs will be determined by the number of eligible Fort Collins voters, and the number of entities
participating/sharing in the cost of the election.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
On July 18, 2017, Council passed on First Reading Ordinance No. 096, 2017, calling a Special Municipal
Election on November 7, 2017, to be held in conjunction with the Larimer County Coordinated Election to
preserve the opportunity for Council to place initiated or referred issues on the November ballot. City staff will
present to the City Council for consideration at this same meeting, proposed Charter amendments that would
authorize the City to add communication services as a component of the Electric Utilities services and adding
related provisions. City staff will also present a Charter amendment concerning the Municipal Court. Council
may also place additional measures on the ballot, if desired.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
This Ordinance appropriates $150,000 from prior year reserves in the General Fund. Participation in the
November election was not budgeted.
ATTACHMENT 1
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ORDINANCE NO. 103, 2017
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE CONDUCT OF A SPECIAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 7, 2017,
THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2017 ADOPTED CITY BUDGET
WHEREAS, on July 18, 2017, the City Council passed on First Reading Ordinance No.
096, 2017, calling for a Special Municipal Election to be held in conjunction with the
November 7, 2017, Larimer County Coordinated Election; and
WHEREAS, it is expected that the City Council will adopt Ordinance No. 096, 2017,
on Second Reading on August 15, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this special election is to preserve the opportunity for
Council to place initiated or referred issues on the November ballot; and
WHEREAS, while the actual cost of this special election will not be known until after
it is held, City staff estimates the cost to be $150,000; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council to
appropriate by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may be
available from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not
previously appropriated; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriations as described herein are
available and previously unappropriated in the General Fund; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations
and findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from reserves in the General Fund the
sum of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000) for the participation
in the coordinated election to be held on November 7, 2017.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 8th day of
August, A.D. 2017, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of August, A.D. 2017.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 15th day of August, A.D. 2017.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Interim City Clerk