HomeMy WebLinkAbout002 - 01/18/2022 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT VICTIM ASSISTANCE AND LAORDINANCE NO. 002, 2022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM
THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT VICTIM ASSISTANCE AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT BOARD IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR
THE FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES VICTIM SERVICES UNIT
WHEREAS, the Colorado Victim Rights Act requires law enforcement agencies to provide
certain services to victims of crime and their family members; and
WHEREAS, Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant in the amount of
$49,000 (the "Grant") for the period from January 1, 2022 to December 32, 2022 by the Eighth
Judicial District Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement ("VALE") Board to support the Fort
Collins Police Services Victim Services Unit ("Victim Services"); 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 part of the salary for the victim advocate who
provides crisis intervention services as well as a part-time victim advocate, and to partially pay
operational expenses to provide 24-hour a day, 7-day a week services to victims of crime in the
community; 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 and all
other funds to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the Interim City Manager has recommended the appropriation described
herein and determined that the appropriation of the Grant from the VALE Board 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 and all other funds 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
General Fund the sum of FORTY-NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($49,000) 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 4th day of
January, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the4th day of J*Mary, A.D. 2022.
ATTEST:
Interim City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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