HomeMy WebLinkAbout003 - 01/19/2021 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM THE COLORADO DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTINCE UNDER THE ORDINANCE NO. 003, 2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM
THE COLORADO DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE UNDER THE
FEDERAL VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE
FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES VICTIM SERVICES UNIT
WHEREAS, Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant by the Colorado
Division of Criminal Justice in the amount of$49,901 (the "Grant") under the Federal Victims of
Crime Act ("VOCA") to support the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Unit ("Victim
Services") for the period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the amount to be received and appropriated in 2021 is $24,551, with the
balance projected to be received in 2022; 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 a part of the salary for the victim advocate
who provides crisis intervention services for sexual assault victims between school ages of
kindergarten through 121h grade; and
WHEREAS, the Grant requires a 25% match which will be filled by an in-kind match
from volunteer hours worked; 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 VOCA Grant 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.
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Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE
DOLLARS ($24,551) for expenditure in the General Fund for the Fort Collins Police Services
Victim Services Unit.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 5th day of
January, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of January, A.D. 2021.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 19th day of January, A.D. 2021.
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