HomeMy WebLinkAbout107 - - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM THE COMMUNORDINANCE NO. 107, 2017
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL
FUND AND TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OPERATING BUDGET
TO THE GRANT BUDGET FOR THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice has awarded the City of Fort
Collins Community Development and Neighborhood Services ("CDNS") a grant in the amount
of $67,612 for salaries associated with the continued operation of the Restorative Justice
Program (the "Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Program is an alternative method to the traditional criminal justice
system, providing services to more than 2,850 young people who committed chargeable offenses
in the community since 2000; and
WHEREAS, the Program facilitates a meeting with the young offender, the victim, and
community members to discuss the harm caused by the young offender and to find meaningful
ways for the young person to repair that harm; and
WHEREAS, the grant period for this award is from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires a 25% grant`match of$22,538; and
WHEREAS, the City's cash match of$7,292 will come from the CDNS operating budget
for Restorative Justice and the remaining $15,246 match requirement will come from the City in
the form of office space and volunteers provided for the grant funded services; 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, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the Colorado Division of
Criminal Justice grant funds as described herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in
the General Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received
in that fund during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10, of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
transfer by Ordinance any unexpected and unencumbered amount or portion thereof from one
project to another project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be
expended remains unchanged.
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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 revenue in the
General Fund the sum of SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS
67,612) for expenditure in the General Fund for continuation of the Restorative Justice
Program..
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SEVEN THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED NINETY-TWO DOLLARS ($7,292) is hereby authorized for transfer from the
Community Development and Neighborhood Services operating budget in.the General Fund to
the grant project for Restorative Justice Services and appropriated herein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of
August, A.D. 2017, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th-.day of September, A.D.
2017.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 5th day of September, A.D. 2017.
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