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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - Read Before Packet - 7/28/2020 - Emergency Ordinance No. 094, 2020…Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue In The General Fund From The Coronavirus Relief Fund (Cvrf), Cares A, Title V (Amended July 28, 2020)EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 094, 2020 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FROM THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND (CVRF), CARES ACT, TITLE V WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins is threatened with serious injury and damage, consisting of widespread human and economic impact caused by the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19); and WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, in order to undertake emergency measures to protect the life, health, safety and property of the citizens of the City and persons conducting business therein, and in order to attempt to minimize the loss of human life and the preservation of property, the City Manager, as the Director of the City's Office of Emergency Management, proclaimed a "local emergency" in accordance with Section 2-671(a)(1) of the City Code and activated the Emergency Operations Plan established pursuant to Section 2-673 of the City Code; and WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an unexpected and substantial impact on health risks for City residents, the social structures in the community, the economic wellbeing of the business community, and the services provided by the City in response; and WHEREAS, the prevention and management of exposure to COVID-19 and mitigation of related social, economic, and other impacts of all kinds continue to require emergency action by the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council has, with the adoption of Resolution 2020-030, extended the City Manager's proclamation of local emergency; and WHEREAS, the State of Colorado declared its first Emergency Disaster Declaration related to COVID-19 on March 11, 2020; and WHEREAS, on March 27, 2020, the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, (“CARES Act”) was signed into law, making over $330 billion in economic assistance available to state and local governments; and WHEREAS, on May 18, 2020, Governor Polis signed Executive Order D2020 070, directing the expenditure of federal funds pursuant to the CARES Act, to establish the Coronavirus Relief Fund (“CVRF”); and WHEREAS, the CVRF is intended to reimburse costs to counties, municipalities and special districts in Colorado that are necessary expenditures incurred due to the COVID emergency; are not accounted for in the local government’s most recent budget; and were are incurred between March 1, 2020 and December 30, 2020; and WHEREAS, the City’s CARES CVRF allocation of $9,015,692 is one component of the City’s overall recovery goals; and WHEREAS, the CARES CVRF funds will be used to provide economic assistance to the business community; to, through a grant process, assist local residents with social recovery and in complying with public health measures; and for direct City-incurred costs to address the public health emergency and in support of regional health initiatives, such as increased testing support through regional partners; and WHEREAS, this emergency ordinance is meant to further the City's emergency response related to COVID-19 consistent with the Governor’s May 18 Order by appropriating funds for quick deployment for the health and safety of our community and region, while advancing the City’s strategic plan ; and WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of assisting in the overall community recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon recommendation of the City Manager, 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 this fiscal year; and WHEREAS, Article II, Section 6 of the City Charter authorizes the Council to adopt emergency ordinances, which shall be finally passed on the first reading by the affirmative vote of at least five members of the Council and which shall contain the specific statement of the nature of the emergency. 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 NINE MILLION FIFTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINETY-TWO DOLLARS ($9,015,692) for expenditure in the General Fund for the reimbursements related to costs incurred to datealready incurred and costs that will be incurred to address the COVID-19 public health emergency. Section 3. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to cause the publication of this Emergency Ordinance in accordance with the Fort Collins City Charter. Introduced, considered favorably by at least five (5) members of the Council of the City of Fort Collins and finally passed as an emergency ordinance and ordered published this 28th day of July, A.D. 2020. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk