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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY January 15, 2019
City Council
STAFF
Melissa Funk, Victim Services Supervisor
Kevin Cronin, Police Assistant Chief
Bronwyn Scurlock, Legal
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 002, 2019, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for
the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Unit.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to fund the Victim Services Unit 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 Unit has been awarded a 12-month grant in the amount of $27,000 for
the period from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, 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 the
salary for the part-time victim advocate who provides crisis intervention services during weekday hours and is
housed in the Victim Services office.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The Victim Services Unit has received funding from the Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement (VALE) grant
since the inception of the program in 1996. Colorado statute mandates law enforcement agencies follow the
Victim Rights Constitutional Amendment. Many of the stages in the mandated statutes are fulfilled by the
Victim Services Unit. 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.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
The City/Police Services has received a grant in the amount of $27,000 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, 2019
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 UNIT
WHEREAS, Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant in the amount of
$27,000 (the “Grant”) for the period from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 by the Eighth
Judicial District Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement (“VALE”) Board to support the Fort
Collins Police Services Victim Services Unit (“Victim Services”); and
WHEREAS, Victim Services provides crisis intervention, resources and referral services
to victims of violent crime and other traumatic situations; and
WHEREAS, the Grant will be used to fund the salary for the part-time 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 the community; and
WHEREAS, appropriation of the Grant serves a public purpose by assisting crime
victims in the Fort Collins 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, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and
determined that the appropriation of the Grant from the VALE Board to support Victim Services
will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Police Services fund 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 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 grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($27,000) for
expenditure in the General Fund for the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Unit.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of
January, A.D. 2019, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th day of February, A.D. 2019.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 5th day of February, A.D. 2019.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk