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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/01/2020 - RESOLUTION 2020-081 SETTING THE DATES OF THE PUBLI Agenda Item 10 Item # 10 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY September 1, 2020 City Council STAFF Darin Atteberry, City Manager Travis Storin, Interim Chief Finance Officer John Duval, Legal SUBJECT Resolution 2020-081 Setting the Dates of the Public Hearings on the 202 1 Proposed City of Fort Collins Budget. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to set two public hearing dates for the proposed 2021 budget that the City Manager has filed with the City Clerk pursuant to Section 2 of City Charter Article V. Secti on 3 of City Charter Article V now requires Council to set a date for a public hearing on the proposed budget and to cause notice of the hearing to be published. This Resolution sets two public hearing dates. The first for Council’s regular meeting on September 15, 2020, and the second for its regular meeting on October 6, 2020. The Resolution also directs the City Clerk to publish the notice of these two hearings that is attached as Exhibit “A” to the Resolution. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution. -1- RESOLUTION 2020-081 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS SETTING THE DATES OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE 2021 PROPOSED CITY OF FORT COLLINS BUDGET WHEREAS, City Charter Article V, Section 2 provides that the City Manager shall file with the City Clerk on or before the first Monday in September preceding each budget term the proposed budget for that ensuing budget term; and WHEREAS, City Charter Article V, Section 1 provides that the City Council is to set by ordinance the number of fiscal years that shall constitute the City’s “budget term”; and WHEREAS, in 2010, the City’s budget term was set in City Code Section 8 -1 as being two fiscal years, so a biennial budget term; and WHEREAS, under Code Section 8-1, the City’s next biennial budget term would be for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 (the “2021-22 Budget Term”); and WHEREAS, on May 19, 2020, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 067, 2020, (“Ordinance No. 067”) suspending for only the 2021-22 Budget Term the biennial budget term required by Code Section 8-1 to allow for one-year budget terms for both fiscal years 2021 and 2022 due to the economic turmoil and uncertainty that has occurred because of the COVID-19 global pandemic; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has therefore filed with the City Clerk a proposed budget for the City of Fort Collins for the fiscal year 2021 (the “Proposed 2021 Budget”) as required in Article V, Section 2 of the City Charter and as authorized in Ordinance No. 067; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 3 of the City Charter requires that, within ten days of the date of the filing of the proposed budget with the City Clerk by the City Manager, the City Council shall set a time certain for a public hearing and cause a notice of the hearing to be published; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to set two hearing dates to receive public input on the Proposed 2021 Budget and to cause the publication of a notice for these two hearings. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes any and all determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That public hearings will be conducted by the City Council at the City Council Chambers, City Hall West, 300 Laporte Avenue on September 15, 2020, and October 6, 2020, at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may come on for hearing, to receive public input on the Proposed 2021 Budget. -2- Section 3. That the notice of these two public hearings, which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by reference, is ordered to be promptly published by the City Clerk in the Fort Collins Coloradoan. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 1st day of September, A.D. 2020. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk Exhibit “A” NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLLINS CONCERNING THE CITY’S PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET Notice is hereby given that public hearings will be held by the Council of the City of Fort Collins in the Council Chambers in City Hall West, 300 LaPorte Avenue in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, on Tuesday, the 15th day of September 2020, and Tuesday, the 6th day of October, 2020, at the hour of 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may come on for hearing, to receive public input on the proposed 2021 budget for the City of Fort Collins. Upon request, the City of Fort Collins will provide language access services for individuals who have limited English proficiency, or auxiliary aids and services for individuals with disabilities, to access City services, programs and activities. Contact 221-6515 (V/TDD: Dial 711 for Relay Colorado) for assistance. Please provide 48 hours advance notice when possible. A solicitud, la Ciudad de Fort Collins proporcionará servicios de acceso a idiomas para personas que no dominan el idioma inglés, o ayudas y servicios auxiliares para personas con discapacidad, para que puedan acceder a los servicios, programas y actividades de la Ciudad. Para asistencia, llame al 221-6515 (V/TDD: Marque 711 para Relay Colorado). Por favor proporcione 48 horas de aviso previo cuando sea posible. Dated this 6th day of September, A.D. 2020. Delynn Coldiron, City Clerk