HomeMy WebLinkAbout111 - 09/19/2023 - MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SMARTORDINANCE NO.111,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SMART GRANTS PROGRAM IN SUPPORT OF
THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEET
WHEREAS,the City’s 2018 EV Readiness Roadmap and 2019 Municipal Sustainability
and Adaptation Plan both list building out the City’s electric vehicle (EV)charging infrastructure
as a critical component to achieving the City’s climate goals;and
WHEREAS,the City does not currently have a way to centrally control,track and manage
use of the City’s many EVs and EV chargers;and
WHEREAS,in late 2022 the City applied for a grant from the U.S.Department of
Transportation (USDOT)Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART)
Grants Program;and
WHEREAS,the USDOT has awarded the City $1,059,037 (the “Grant”)to fund a project
to create a municipal fleet electrification standard framework and deploy software to manage all
City-owned EV charging locations,so that City EVs can be charged during times of lower energy
demand,reducing the cost to charge them (the “SMART Grid Project”);and
WHEREAS,the Grant does not require the City to dedicate matching funds to the SMART
Grid Project;and
WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits the public health,safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of supporting the City’s Climate Action
Plan,which aims to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions by 80°o by 2030 and achieve
carbon neutrality by 2050;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
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
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WHEREAS,the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein from the U.S.
Department of Transportation SMART Grants Program 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 ONE MILLION FIFTY-NINE THOUSAND THIRTY-SEVEN
DOLLARS ($1,059,037)to be expended in the General Fund for the City of Fort Collins Electric
Vehicle Fleet SMART Grid Project.
Section 3.That the appropriation herein from the U.S.Department of Transportation
SMART Grants Program 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
September,2023,and to be presented for final passage on the 19th da’
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 19th day of September,2023.
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