HomeMy WebLinkAbout075 - 06/20/2023 - MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS FOR THE DORDINANCE NO.075,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF UNANTICIPATED GRANT
REVENUE AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
PARATRANSIT MOBILE APPLICATION AND WEB PORTAL
WHEREAS,Transfort’s Dial-a-Ride paratransit service contributes greatly to the
transportation community of Fort Collins by providing a door to-door paratransit service for
individuals who are prevented from using Transfort’s fixed-route system because of a disability;
and
WHEREAS,the Colorado Department of Transportation (“CDOT”)has awarded the City
$50,000 in state discretionary funding for a paratransit client web portal and mobile application
(the “CDOT Grant”);and
WHEREAS,the CDOT Grant requires a local match of $10,000 from the City;and
WHEREAS,the local match of $10,000 for the CDOT Grant will come from unexpended
and unencumbered amounts of the Transit Services operating budget in the Transit Services Fund;
and
WHEREAS,Transfort will use the CDOT Grant to create and implement a new paratransit
client web portal and mobile application,allowing paratransit clients in Fort Collins to schedule
their own trips with 24/7 access to the system,to edit trips,to receive trip alerts,to view real-time
vehicle information,and to track vehicle location,thereby greatly improving the Dial-a-Ride client
experience and program efficiency;and
WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits the public health,safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of improving Transfort’s Dial-a-Ride
paratransit service;and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council,upon
recommendation of the City Manager,to make a supplemental appropriation by ordinance at any
time during the fiscal year,provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriation,in
combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year,do not exceed the cu~ent estimate
of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds 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 Transit
Services Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Transit Services
Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be
received in this Fund during this 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,
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 City Manager has recommended the transfer of $10,000 from the Transit
Services operating budget in the Transit Services Fund to the Transit Services Paratransit Mobile
Application project budget in the Transit Services Fund and determined that the purpose for which
the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged;and
W1-IEREAS,Article V,Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a federal,state or private grant,that such
appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made,but
continue until the earlier of the expiration of the federal,state or private grant or the City’s
expenditure of all funds received from such grant or donation;and
WHEREAS,the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein from the
Colorado Department of Transportation as an appropriation that shall not lapse until the earlier of
the expiration of the grant or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant.
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 new revenue or other funds in the
Transit Services Fund the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000)to be expended in
the Transit Services Fund for a Paratransit Mobile Application and Web Portal.
Section 3.That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of TEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000)is authorized for transfer from the Transit Services operating
budget in the Transit Services Fund to the Paratransit Program in the Transit Services Fund and
appropriated therein to be expended for Paratransit Mobile Application and Web Portal.
Section 4.That the appropriation herein of grant revenues from the Colorado
Department of Transportation is hereby designated,as authorized in Article V,Section 11 of the
City Charter,as an appropriation that shall not lapse at the end of this fiscal year but continue until
the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such
grant.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and ordered published this 6th day of
June,2023,and to be presented forjinal
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2othdayofJune,23.
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Chief Deputy City Clerk
Passed and adopted
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on the 20th day of June,2023.
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Chief Deputy City Clerk