HomeMy WebLinkAbout133 - 10/17/2023 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CHILDCARE SPACORDINANCE NO.133,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES AND AUTHORIZING
TRANSFERS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CHILDCARE
SPACE MODIFICATIONS AT THE NORTHSIDE AZTLAN COMMUNITY
CENTER AND RELATED ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
WHEREAS,City Council appropriated $721,932 for the Childcare Space Modification at
the Northside Aztlan Community Center (the “Project”)for the 2023 fiscal year;and
WHEREAS,on April 4,2023,Council adopted Ordinance No.040,2023,appropriating
an additional $260,000 to cover the overage in the original construction estimate;and
WHEREAS,City staff is requesting an additional $196,000 from Recreation Reserves to
cover costs incurred due to modifications to the Project to allow for new underground utilities to
be installed and to address safety concerns;and
WHEREAS,the Recreation Fund currently contains sufficient reserves to fully fund the
Project;and
‘WI-IEREAS,this appropriation benefits the public health,safety,and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of making improvements to a public
recreation center;and
WHEREAS,this Project involves construction estimated to cost more than $250,000 and,
as such,City Code Section 23-304 requires one percent of these appropriations to be transferred
to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for a contribution to the Art in Public Places program
(“APP Program”);and
WHEREAS,the total amount of this project to date including this Ordinance is $1,177,932;
and
WHEREAS,the project cost of $421,932 contributed by the American Rescue Plan Act
(ARPA)in the 2023 2024 Budget Offer #43.23 is not applicable for contribution to the APP
Program due to the funding restrictions in place;and
WHEREAS,the project cost of $300,000 appropriated from General Fund Reserves in the
2023-2024 Budget Offer #43.23 is applicable for contribution to the APP Program and contributed
in Ordinance No.040,2023;and
WHEREAS,the project cost of $260,000 appropriated from Recreation Fund Reserves in
Ordinance No.040,2023.is applicable for contribution to the APP Program and contributed in the
referenced Ordinance;and
WHEREAS,the project cost of $196,000 in this Ordinance contributed by Recreation Fund
Reserves is applicable for contribution to the APP Program;and
WHEREAS,the amount to be contributed in this Ordinance will be $1,960;and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council,upon the
recommendation of the City Manager,to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any
time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may be available from reserves
accumulated in prior years,notwithstanding that such reserves were not previously appropriated;
and
WHEREAS,the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and
determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the Recreation
Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Recreation 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 $1,960 from the
Recreation Fund to the Cultural Services &Facilities Fund and determined that the purpose for
which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged;and
WI-JEREAS,Article V,Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for capital projects that such appropriation
shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made,but continue until
the completion of the capital project;and
WHEREAS,the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the Project
as appropriations that shall not lapse until the completion of the capital project.
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 prior year reserves in the Recreation
Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY
DOLLARS ($197,960)to be expended in the Recreation Fund for the Childcare Space
Modifications at the Northside Aztlan Community Center project.The appropriation 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 completion of the capital project.
Section 3.That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of ONE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE DOLLARS ($1,529)in the Recreation Fund is
hereby authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and appropriated and
expended therein to fund art projects under the APP Program.The appropriation 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 completion of the capital project.
Section 4.That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of THREE
HUNDRED NINETY-TWO DOLLARS ($392)in the Recreation Fund is authorized for transfer
to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and appropriated and expended therein for the
operation costs of the APP Program.
Section 5.That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of THIRTY-
NINE DOLLARS ($39)in the Recreation Fund is authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services
and Facilities Fund and appropriated and expended therein for the maintenance costs of the APP
Program.
Introduced,considered favora.lys •n reading,and ordered published this 3rd day of
October,2023,and to be presented ,.ç~fI~ai~~~in the 17th day of 0 ober,2023.
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Passed and adopted 17th day of October,2023.
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