HomeMy WebLinkAbout003 - 01/18/2022 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM THE COLORADO DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE UNDER THE FORDINANCE NO.003, 2022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM
THE COLORADO DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE UNDER THE
FEDERAL VICTIM OF CRIME ACT IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR
THE FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES VICTIM SERVICES UNIT
WI IEREAS, 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 by the Colorado
Division of Criminal Justice in the amount of $49,101 (the "Grant") under the Federal Victim 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 first half of the Grant was received and appropriated by the City Council's
approval of Ordinance No. 003, 2021, on January 19, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the amount to be received and appropriated in 2022 is $24,550; 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 12" grade; 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 VOCA 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 TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS
($24,550) 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 the 18th day of JaQuary, A.D. 2022.
ATTEST:
Interim City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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