HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 07/17/2018 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 095, 2018, APPROPRIAgenda Item 8
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY July 17, 2018
City Council
STAFF
Perrie McMillen, Restorative Justice Program Coordinator
Jody Hurst, Legal
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 095, 2018, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund
and Transferring Funds from the Community Development and Neighborhood Services Operating Budget to
the Grant 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 (CDNS). A grant in the amount of $67,612 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) and Reflect for all other offenses. The grant period for is
July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. This is the second year in a 3-year cycle for the Juvenile Diversion grant.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Restorative Justice Services and its three programs; RESTORE for shoplifting offenses, and RJCP
(Restorative Justice Conferencing Program) and Reflect 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 to support Restorative Justice Services. This grant helps fund youth referred to the program
from the 8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Since it began, Restorative Justice Services has provided a
restorative justice alternative to more than 2,970 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 youths 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 on the overall health and safety of the community. As part of the programs, youth and families are
referred to appropriate community resources based on needs identified during program participation.
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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.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
The additional grant money in the amount of $67,612 from Division of Criminal Justice, Juvenile Diversion
Grants, provides funding for the continuation of Restorative Justice Services. The match requirement has
already been met by utilizing $9,091 from the Neighborhood Services operating budget, designated for
restorative justice, $9,846 as in-kind from the City in the form of office space provided for grant funded services
and $3,600 is committed donated volunteer time from a primary volunteer who assists with administrative
duties.
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ORDINANCE NO. 095, 2018
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL
FUND AND TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OPERATING BUDGET
TO THE GRANT 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 $67,612 for salaries associated with the continued operation of the Restorative Justice
Program (“Program”); and
WHEREAS, the Program is an alternative method to the criminal justice system,
providing services to more than 2,970 young people who committed chargeable offenses in the
community since 2000; 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, 2018 to June 30, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires a 25% match of $22,537; and
WHEREAS, the City’s cash match of $9,091 will come from the CDNS operating budget
for Restorative Justice and the remaining $13,446 match requirement will come from the City in
the form of office space and volunteers provided for the grant-funded services; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens
of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of rebuilding community ties after a crime has been
committed; 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, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and
determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the General
Fund and 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 any fiscal year;
and; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10, of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof
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from one fund or capital project to another fund or capital project, provided that the purpose for
which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged; the purpose for which the
funds were initially appropriated no longer exists; or the proposed transfer is from a fund or
capital project in which the amount appropriated exceeds the amount needed to accomplish the
purpose specified in the appropriation ordinance.
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 unanticipated revenue in the
General Fund the sum of SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS
($67,612) for expenditure in the General Fund, Restorative Justice Services grant project, for
continuation of the Restorative Justice Program.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of NINE THOUSAND NINETY-
ONE DOLLARS ($9,091) 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 17th day of
July, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of August, A.D. 2018.
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Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21st day of August, A.D. 2018.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk