HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 06/02/2020 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 078, 2020 MAKING AAgenda Item 7
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY June 2, 2020
City Council
STAFF
Perrie McMillen, Mediation/Restorative Justice Supervisor
Marcy Yoder, Neighborhood Services Senior Manager
Bronwyn Scurlock, Legal
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 078, 2020 Making a Supplemental Appropriation in the General Fund for the
Restorative Justice Services Program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This item meets the following COVID-19 emergency priority for being on the Council agenda:
• Priority 6 - Items that relate to funding, operation and business activities that the City must continue
despite the current crisis.
The purpose of this item is to appropriate grant revenue to fund Restorative Justice Services within Community
Development and Neighborhood Services (CDNS). The City has received an amendment to an existing grant
providing $12,474 in additional funds from the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) Juvenile Diversion
fund to support Restorative Justice Services, which includes the RESTORE program for shoplifting offenses,
and the Restorative Justice Conferencing Program (RJCP) and Reflect Program for all other offenses. The
amendment to the existing grant provides additional funds for a specific project - the creation of videos and
other outreach materials to increase awareness for Restorative Justice Services. No match is required. The
additional funds were awarded from extra funds the state grant funding agency made available toward the end
of the grant cycle (7/1/2019-6/30/2020) and the funds must be spent by June 30, 2020, the end of the current
grant cycle.
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. Council accepts grant funds annually from the 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 3,000 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 youth will be reduced, and the needs and concerns of
the victims and affected community will be addressed.
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These programs help young people understand how family, friends, victim and community are harmed by their
actions and hold them accountable for the harm caused by their actions. 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.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
The additional funds for the 2019-20 grant of $12,474 are designated for an outreach project of creating videos
and written materials for increasing awareness of Restorative Justice Services. There is no local match
required and funds will be distributed to the City on a reimbursement basis upon completion of the project.
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ORDINANCE NO. 078, 2020
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SERVICES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice (“DCJ”) Juvenile Diversion fund
has awarded the City, as an amendment to an existing grant, additional funds in the amount of
$12,474 for the continued operation of Restorative Justice Services; and
WHEREAS, Restorative Justice Services includes the RESTORE program for shoplifting
offenses, and the Restorative Justice Conferencing Program and Reflect Program for all other
offenses; and
WHEREAS, these additional funds are specifically for the creation of videos and other
outreach materials to increase awareness for Restorative Justice Services;
WHEREAS, there is no match of funds required; and
WHEREAS, the appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of expanding awareness of Restorative Justice
Services within the 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 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
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
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.
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Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of TWELVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR
DOLLARS ($12,474) for expenditure from the General Fund for the Restorative Justice Services
program.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
June, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of June, A.D. 2020.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 16th day of June, A.D. 2020.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk