HomeMy WebLinkAbout008 - 02/15/2022 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS INTHE GENERAL FUND FOR THE ENVIRORDINANCE NO. 008, 2022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE
AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES RADON PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment grant in the amount of $9,000 for the Environmental Services Radon Program (the
"Program"); and
WHEREAS, the grant will be used to support radon testing and mitigation programs; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires $6,000 in matching funds from the City, which have been
appropriated and are available in the General Fund for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, radon is a priority indoor air quality pollutant in Fort Collins and is the leading
cause of lung cancer in non-smokers; and
WHEREAS, radon tests show that sixty-five percent of homes in Fort Collins test higher
than the Environmental Protection Agency's defined "action levels" for mitigating radon gas; and
WHEREAS, the Program provides education and outreach to raise awareness of the health
risks and provides low cost radon test kits to residents; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves a public purpose by helping to alleviate effects of radon in the homes of
the residents of Fort Collins; 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 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 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 and all other funds to be received in that fund
during any fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council, upon
recommendation by the City Manager, to transfer by ordinance any unexpended and
unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof from one fund or capital project to another
fund or capital project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended
remains unchanged, the purpose for which the funds were initially appropriated no longer exists,
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or the proposed transfer is from a fund or capital project in which the amount appropriated exceeds
the amount needed to accomplish the purpose specified in the appropriation ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Interim City Manager has recommended the transfer of $6,000 from the
Environmental Services Operating Budget in the General Fund to the Radon Program in the
General Fund and determined that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended
remains unchanged.
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 NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($9,000) for expenditure in the General
Fund for the Environmental Services Radon Program.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS
($6,000) is authorized for transfer from the Environmental Services operating budget in the
General Fund to the Environmental Services Radon Program and appropriated therein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of
January, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day ofbruary, A.D. 2022.
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 15th day oUebruary, A.D. 2022.
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