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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY January 21, 2020
City Council
STAFF
Selina Lujan, Senior Indoor Air Quality Specialist
Judy Schmidt, Legal
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 003, 2020, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue and Authorizing
Transfers in the General Fund for the Environmental Services Radon Program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on January 7, 2020, appropriates unanticipated grant
revenue in the General Fund for the Environmental Services Radon Program. This appropriation includes
$11,052 of grant revenues provided by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)
to support radon testing and mitigation programs. The grant directly supports radon activities identified in the
Environmental Services Department’s core budget offer and requires a local match of $7,368. Matching funds
are appropriated and unexpended in the 2020 Environmental Services operating budget and will be transferred
to the Environmental Services Radon Program.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
ATTACHMENTS
1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, January 7, 2020 (w/o attachments) (PDF)
2. Ordinance No. 003, 2020 (PDF)
Agenda Item 8
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY January 7, 2020
City Council
STAFF
Selina Lujan, Senior Indoor Air Quality Specialist
Judy Schmidt, Legal
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 003, 2020, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue and Authorizing
Transfers in the General Fund for the Environmental Services Radon Program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate unanticipated grant revenue in the General Fund for the Environmental
Services Radon Program. This appropriation includes $11,052 of grant revenues provided by the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to support radon testing and mitigation programs. The
grant directly supports radon activities identified in the Environmental Services Department’s core budget offer
and requires a local match of $7,368. Matching funds are appropriated and unexpended in the 2020
Environmental Services operating budget and will be transferred to the Environmental Services Radon Program.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Radon is a priority indoor air quality pollutant in Fort Collins, as it is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-
smokers, and second leading cause for smokers (after smoking). Radon tests show that sixty-five percent of
homes in Fort Collins test higher than the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) defined "action levels" for
mitigating radon gas. The Environmental Services Department will use these grant funds to augment existing
programs for education and outreach to raise awareness of the health risks, provision of low cost radon test kits
to residents, and information to help mitigate high radon levels.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
City resources would increase by $11,052. Required matching funds have already been appropriated in the 2020
General Fund.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Radon is a priority pollutant identified by the Air Quality Advisory Board, but no formal recommendation was
sought for appropriation of the grant funds to augment existing radon program efforts.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
Public outreach regarding radon will be conducted throughout the year with radon presentations, provision of
outreach materials and radon test kit sales.
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ORDINANCE NO. 003, 2020
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE
AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES RADON PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment grant in the amount of $11,052 for the Environmental Services Radon Program (the
“Program”); and
WHEREAS, the grant will be used to support the Program; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires $7,368 in matching funds from the City, which have been
appropriated and are available in the General Fund for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, radon is a priority indoor air quality pollutant in Fort Collins and is the leading
cause of lung cancer in non-smokers; and
WHEREAS, radon tests show that sixty-five percent of homes in Fort Collins test higher
than the Environmental Protection Agency’s defined “action levels” for mitigating radon gas; and
WHEREAS, the Program provides education and outreach to raise awareness of the health
risks and provides low cost radon test kits to residents; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves a public purpose by helping to alleviate effects of radon in the homes of
the Residents of Fort Collins; 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 account to another fund or capital project account, provided that
the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged.
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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 ELEVEN THOUSAND FIFTY-TWO DOLLARS ($11,052) for
expenditure in the General Fund for the Environmental Services Radon Program.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SEVEN THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($7,368) is authorized for transfer from the
Environmental Services operating budget in the General Fund to the Environmental Services
Radon Program and appropriated therein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
January, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of January, A.D. 2020.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21st day of January, A.D. 2020.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk