HomeMy WebLinkAbout065 - 05/18/2021 - AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD AND COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE GRANT AND APPR ORDINANCE NO. 065, 2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD AND COMPLY
WITH THE TERMS OF THE GRANT, AND APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT
REVENUE IN THE RECREATION FUND TO SUPPORT CHILDCARE NEEDS
DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need for childcare in the Fort
Collins community and the costs to childcare facilities of providing such care; and
WHEREAS, the City's Recreation Department operates licensed childcare programs and
has sought out grants and other sources of funding to help meet community needs; and
WHEREAS,in January 2021,the Colorado Department of Human Services Office of Early
Childhood announced the creation of two grant programs to support childcare providers across the
state; and
WHEREAS the Recreation Department applied for funds from the Child Care Relief Grant
Program and was awarded $32,800 to offset additional unbudgeted expenses associated with
childcare during the COVID-19 pandemic, including cleaning, health monitoring and equipment
costs; reduced revenue; salaries and compensation; scholarships for reduced-fee participants; and
marketing of programs to the community (the "Grant"); and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized to enter into intergovernmental agreements, such as
grant agreements, to provide any function, service or facility, under Article II, Section 16 of the
City Charter and Section 29-1-203 of the Colorado Revised Statutes; and
WHEREAS, City Code Section 1-22 requires intergovernmental agreements or
cooperative activities between the City and other governmental entities to be submitted to the City
Council for review and approval by ordinance or resolution; and
WHEREAS,the Grant does not require execution of a post-award agreement,but the Grant
application did require the City to acknowledge that grantees must submit quarterly responses to
Child Care Relief Grant data requests and maintain documentation to demonstrate how the funds
were used for three years after receiving funds; and
WHEREAS, City staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager, or
the City Manager's,designee to accept the Grant award and comply with the terms of the Grant as
describe herein; and
WHEREAS, appropriation of the Grant benefits public health, safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of supporting affordable childcare
programs; 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
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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 Recreation
Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Recreation 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.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the
Recreation Fund the sum of THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS
($32,800) for expenditure in the Recreation Fund to support childcare needs due to the COVID-
19 pandemic.
Section 3. That the City Manager or his designee is authorized to execute any grant
agreement or other forms reasonably required by the State to receive the Grant funds.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of
May, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of May, A.D. 2021.
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