HomeMy WebLinkAbout142 - 11/21/2023 - APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED THROUGH CITY GIVE FOR THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM,ORDINANCE NO.142,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED
THROUGH CITY GIVE FOR THE ART IN PUBLIC
PLACES PROGRAM,PIANOS ABOUT TOWN PROJECT
WHEREAS,the Pianos About Town project was started by the City’s Art in Public Places
(APP)program in 2010 and involved local artists painting or decorating pianos in Old Town
Square,with the finished pianos being rotated throughout Fort Collins for the public to enjoy;and
WHEREAS,Pianos About Town is now a collaboration between APP,the Downtown
Development Authority’s Art in Action Program,and Bohemian Foundation;and
WHEREAS,in 2023,Bohemian Found donated $45,221 to support Pianos About Town
in 2023,and this Ordinance would appropriate the donated funds for that purpose;and
WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits public health,safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of contributing to the vibrancy of Fort Collins by making
art and music fun and accessible for all;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 Cultural
Services and Facilities Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Cultural
Services and Facilities 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 or
donation,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 donation 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 for Art in Public
Program Places Pianos About Town Project as an appropriation that shall not lapse until the earlier
of the expiration of the donation or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such donation.
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.
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Section 2.That there is hereby appropriated from new philanthropic revenue in the
General Fund the sum of FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE
DOLLARS ($45,221)to be expended in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for the Art in
Public Places Program Pianos About Town Project.
Section 3.That the appropriation herein for Art in Public Places Program Pianos About
Town Project 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 donation or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant
donation.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 17th day of
October,2023,and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of November,2023.
Passed and adopted on final reading this 21st day of November,2023.
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