HomeMy WebLinkAbout079 - 06/20/2023 - MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE COLORADO DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYNTHETIC OPIATE POORDINANCE NO.079,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF 1’HE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE
COLORADO DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYNTHETIC OPIATE POISONING
INVESTIGATION AND DISTRIBUTION INTERDICTION GRANT FOR THE
FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES FORENSIC SERVICES UNIT
WHEREAS,like many law enforcement agencies across the nation,over the last few years
Fort Collins Police Services (FCPS)has seen a significant rise in the use,addiction,distribution,
poisoning and deaths involving fentanyl and other highly addictive synthetic opiate narcotics;and
WHEREAS,the Colorado Department of Public Safety,Division of Criminal Justice
(DCJ),Office of Adult and Juvenile Justice Assistance,HB22-1326 -Synthetic Opiate Poisoning
Investigation and Distribution Interdiction Grant Program provides grant funding across Colorado
to support local law enforcement agencies work in prevention,disruption of distribution,and
investigation of serious injuries and deaths caused by fentanyl and other illegal synthetic opiate
poisoning;and
WHEREAS,the purpose of this item is to appropriate $255,833 of unanticipated grant
revenue from the DCJ to support FCPS Forensic Services Unit work on fentanyl and other
synthetic opiate investigations,and any other criminal investigations as needed;and
WHEREAS,GrayKey,is a software product that can unlock a cell phone and extract data
which may be used as evidence in a criminal case;and
WHEREAS,the $255,833 unanticipated grant funding will be used to purchase a 5-year
license for GrayKey Premier,four 5-year licenses for GrayKey Reveal and two GrayKey units.
WHEREAS,the FCPS Forensic Services Unit Forensic Examiners will utilize GrayKey to
assist in obtaining evidence from locked and unlocked cell phones to further investigations related
to fentanyl and opiate poisoning and distribution,and any other criminal investigation as needed;
and
WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits public health,safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves a public purpose of the prevention and investigation of serious injuries and
deaths caused by fentanyl and other illegal synthetic opiates to protect our community and hold
offenders accountable;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 current 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 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 this Fund during
this fiscal year;and
WHEREAS,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
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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 Division of Criminal Justice 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
General Fund the sum of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS ($255,833)to be expended in the General Fund for the Fort Collins
Police Services Forensic Services Unit.
Section 3.That the appropriation herein of grant revenues received from the Colorado
Division of Criminal Justice 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 for final passage on the 20th day of June,2023.
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Chief Deputy City Clerk
Passed and adopted on
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on the 20th day of June,2023.
Chief Deputy City Clerk