HomeMy WebLinkAbout145 - 11/21/2023 - THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024; AORDINANCE NO.145,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
BEING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024;AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1,2024,AND ENDING
DECEMBER 31,2024;AND FIXING THE MILL LEVY FOR
PROPERTY TAXES PAYABLE FISCAL YEAR 2024
WHEREAS,on November 15,2022,the City Council adopted on second reading
Ordinance No.126,2022,approving the biennial budget for the years beginning on January 1,
2023,and January 1,2024;and
WHEREAS,the City Manager has submitted to the City Council proposed amendments to
the 2024 budget adopted by the City Council in Ordinance No.126,2022;and
WHEREAS,the 2024 fiscal year budgets,fixing of mill levies,and annual appropriations
for the City’s General Improvement District No.I and Skyview South General Improvement
District No.15 are not addressed in this Ordinance,but will be considered by City Council in
separate ordinances;and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 4 of the City Charter requires that,before the last day of
November of each fiscal year,the City Council shall appropriate,on a fund basis and by individual
project for capital projects and federal or state grant projects,such sums of money as it deems
necessary to defray all expenditures of the City during the ensuing fiscal year,based upon the
budget as approved by the City Council;and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 5 of the City Charter provides that the annual appropriation
ordinance shall also fix the tax levy in mills upon each dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable
real property within the City,such levy representing the amount of taxes for City purposes
necessary to provide for payment during the ensuing fiscal year for all properly authorized
expenditures to be incurred by the City,including interest and principal of general obligation
bonds;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 the
transfers in this Ordinance are being made upon the City Manager’s recommendation for one or
more of these purposes;and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 11 of the City Charter provides that all appropriations
unexpended or unencumbered at the end of the fiscal year shall lapse to the applicable general or
special fund,except that City Council may designate in an ordinance appropriating funds for
capital projects and for federal,state,and private grants and donations that such funds shall not
lapse until the completion of the capital project or 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,with the exception of grants for Transfort,federal,state,and private grants
and donations are not included in the budget and,therefore,are not identified as being non-lapsing
in this Ordinance because they are separately appropriated after the City enters into grant
agreements or receives donations;and
WHEREAS,the appropriations in the Ordinance also include appropriations as needed to
transfer monies from the dedicated funds receiving the revenues to the funds from which those
monies will be expended;and
WHEREAS,the City Council finds and determines that the adoption of this Ordinance is
necessary for the public’s health,safety,and welfare,and therefore,wishes to approve the
Proposed 2024 Budget,as hereafter amended,and authorize the expenditures described in this
Ordinance for the 2024 fiscal year.
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 the City Council,having reviewed the City Manager’s recommended
changes to the 2024 Proposed Appropriations section of the Fort Collins 2023 and 2024 Biennial
Budget (the “Biennial Budget”),a copy of which is on file with the office of the City Clerk,and
as shown in the 2024 budget revisions submitted to the City Clerk as part of the materials for the
City Council’s September 26,2023,Work Session,hereby amends the Biennial Budget to reflect
the following changes and adopts said Biennial Budget as amended:
Existing Additions Reductions As Amended
GENERAL FUND $240,354,974 $2,481,391 ($83,457)$242,752,908
SPECIAL REVENUE
FUNDS
Capital Expansion Fund $488,773 $0 $0 $488,773
Cemeteries Fund $898,323 $0 $0 $898,323
Cultural Services Fund
Operating Total $7,541,711 $136,722 $0 $7,678,433
Capital
Art in Public Places $74,494 $0 $0 $74,494
Total Cultural Services
Fund $7,616,205 $136,722 $0 $7,752,927
General Employees
Retirement Fund $6,839,500 $0 $0 $6,839,500
Keep Fort Collins Great
Fund $0 $0 $0 $0
Museum Fund $1,190,246 $0 $0 $1,190,246
Natural Areas Fund $15,061,361 $0 $0 $15,061,361
Parking Fund $2,939,175 $0 $0 $2,939,175
Perpetual Care Fund $40,000 $0 $0 $40,000
Recreation Fund $10,199,381 $0 $0 $10,199,381
Sales &Use Tax Fund $10,670,330 $0 $0 $10,670,330
Transit Service Fund $23,154,839 $0 $0 $23,154,839
Transportation CEF Fund $1,552,339 $0 $0 $1,552,339
Transportation Fund $41,878,918 $0 $0 $41,878,918
Capital Leasing Corp Fund $6,536,882 $0 $0 $6,536,882
TOTAL SPECIAL
REVENUE &DEBT
SERVICE FUNDS $129,066,272 $136,722 $0 $129,202,994
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS
General City Capital
Capital
CCIP Arterial
Intersection Improvements $1,200,000 $0 $0 $1,200,000
CCIP Bicycle
Infrastructure Improvements $800,000 $0 $0 $800,000
CCIP Bike/Ped Grade
Sep Cross $1,200,000 $0 $0 $1,200,000
CCIP Bus Stop
Improvements $100,000 $0 $0 $100,000
CCIP Nature in the City $400,000 $0 $0 $400,000
CCIP Pedestrian
Sidewalk -ADA $2,400,000 $0 $0 $2,400,000
City Bridge Program $2,800,000 $0 $0 $2,800,000
East Community Park $113,773 $0 $0 $113,773
Landfill Groundwater
Remediation ISA $100,000 $0 $0 $100,000
Parks Assets
Management $65,000 $0 $0 $65,000
Railroad Crossing
Replacement $125,000 $0 $0 $125,000
Total General City Capital $9,303,773 $0 $0 $9,303,773
Community Capital Improvement
Afford Housing Capital
Program $500,000 $0 $0 $500,000
Arterial Intersection
Improvements $1,200,000 $0 $0 $1,200,000
Bicycle Infrastructure
Improvements $800,000 $0 $0 $800,000
Bike/Ped Grade
Separated Cross $1,200,000 $0 $0 $1,200,000
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Bus Stop Improvements $100,000 $0 $0 $100,000
Carnegie Building
Renovation $25,000 $0 $0 $25,000
Linden St Renovation $12,000 $0 $0 $12,000
Nature in the City $400,000 $0 $0 $400,000
Pedestrian Sidewalk -
ADA $2,400,000 $0 $0 $2,400,000
Willow Street
Improvements $11,000 $0 $0 $11,000
Total Community Capital
Improvement $6,648,000 $0 $0 $6,648,000
Conservation Trust Fund
Operating Total $648,743 $0 $0 $648,743
Capital
Trail Acquisition?
Development $552,020 $0 $0 $552,020
Total Conservation Trust
Fund $1,200,763 $0 $0 $1,200,763
Neighborhood Parkland Fund
Operating Total $740,639 $0 $0 $740,639
Capital
New Park Site
Development $3,021,212 $0 $0 $3,021,212
Total Neighborhood
Parkland Fund $3,761,851 $0 $0 $3,761,851
TOTAL CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT FUNDS $20,914,387 $0 $0 $20,914,387
ENTERPRISE FUNDS
Broadband Fund
Operating Total $29,564,608 $1,159,674 ($834,702)$29,889,580
Total Broadband Fund $29,564,608 $1,159,674 ($834,702)$29,889,580
Golf Fund
Operating Total $4,902,600 $0 $0 $4,902,600
Total Golf Fund $4,902,600 $0 $0 $4,902,600
Light &Power Fund
Operating Total $160,492,863 $2,954,708 $0 $163,447,571
Capital
Grid Integrated Water
Heater Installations $355,000 $0 $0 $355,000
Direct Install Demand
Response T-stat
Replacement $100,000 $0 $0 $100,000
Art in Public Places $30,260 $0 $0 $30,260
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CMMS—Maintenance
Management $380,000 $0 $0 $380,000
Dist.System
Improvements &Replace.$381 000 $0 $0 $381,000
Distribution
Automation-Parent $200,000 $0 $0 $200,000
New Capacity-Circuits $1,730,000 $0 $0 $1,730,000
Operational
Technology $250,000 $0 $0 $250,000
Service Center -L&P
Parent $400,000 $0 $0 $400,000
Streetlights -Parent $1,106,866 $0 $0 $1,106,866
Substation Cap Prj -
Parent $696,000 $0 $0 $696,000
System Relocations -
Parent $400,000 $0 $0 $400,000
Transformers -Parent $2,000,000 $0 $0 $2,000,000
Capital Total $8,029,126 $0 $0 $8,029,126
Total Light &Power Fund $168,521,989 $2,954,708 $0 $171,476,697
Stormwater Fund
OperatingTotal $15,363,452 $268,000 $0 $15,631,452
Capital
2021 -Boxelder
Watershed Dams $90,000 $0 $0 $90,000
Art in Public Places $47,000 $0 $0 $47,000
Poudre River Flow
Consolidation Upstream of
College Avenue -
Conceptual Design $250,000 $0 $0 $250,000
Cured in Place Pipe $500,000 $0 $0 $500,000
Developer Repays $200,000 $0 $0 $200,000
Master Planning $200,000 $0 $0 $200,000
Stormwater Basin
Improvements $2,000,000 $0 $0 $2,000,000
Stream Rehabilitation
Program $4,000,000 $0 $0 $4,000,000
SW Land Acquisition $250,000 $0 $0 $250,000
Utility Service Center
Phase 2 $200,000 $0 $0 $200,000
Capital Total $7,737,000 $0 $0 $7,737,000
Total Stormwater Fund $23,100,452 $268,000 $0 $23,368,452
Wastewater Fund
Operating Total $21,247,009 $0 $0 $21,247,009
Capital
Water Reclamation and
Biosolids Master Plan $150,000 $0 $0 $150,000
Art in Public Places $35,500 $0 $0 $35,500
Collection System
Replace Program $1,750,000 $0 $0 $1,750,000
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DWRF HVAC
Improvements $600,000 $0 $0 $600,000
Operational Technology $500,000 $0 $0 $500,000
PARENT-Collect Small
Projects $1,500,000 $0 $0 $1,500,000
PARENT-Cured In
Place Pipe $1,000,000 $0 $0 $1,000,000
PARENT-Sew Center
Improvements $200,000 $0 $0 $200,000
PARENT-Water Red.
Replacement Program $530,000 $0 $0 $530,000
Capital Total $6,265,500 $0 $0 $6,265,500
Total Wastewater Fund $27,512,509 $0 $0 $27,512,509
Water Fund
Operating Total $30,604,500 $60,000 ($150,000)$30,514,500
Capital
Joe Wright Reservoir -
Water Control Gate
Replacement $2,400,000 $0 $0 $2,400,000
Art in Public Places $150,850 $0 $0 $150,850
Water Treatment Plant
Master Plan $700,000 $0 $0 $700,000
Distribution System
Replacement $1,000,000 $0 $0 $1,000,000
Galvanized Service
Replacement $1,200,000 $0 $0 $1,200,000
Halligan Res
Enlargement Project $8,000,000 $0 $0 $8,000,000
PARENT-Cathodic
Protection $625,000 $0 $0 $625,000
PARENT-Distro.Small
Projects $2,000,000 $0 $0 $2,000,000
PARENT-Service
Center Improvement $300,000 $0 $0 $300,000
PARENT-Water Prod
Replacement Program $1,030,000 $0 $0 $1,030,000
PARENT-Watershed
Protection $140,000 $0 $0 $140,000
PARENT-Water Meter
Replacement $850,000 $0 $0 $850,000
Capital Total $18,395,850 $0 $0 $18,395,850
Total Water Fund $49,000,350 $60,000 ($150,000)$48,910,350
TOTAL ENTERPRISE
FUNDS $302,602,508 $4,442,382 ($984,702)$306,060,188
INTERNAL SERVICE
FUNDS
Benefits Fund $40,443,127 $0 $0 $40,443,127
Data &Communications
Fund $14,142,969 $156,000 $0 $14,298,969
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Equipment Fund $15,817,038 $63524 $0 $15,880,562
Self-Insurance Fund $8,632,596 $0 $0 $8,632,596
Utility CS&A Fund $24,322,219 $0 $0 $24,322,219
TOTAL INTERNAL
SERVICE FUNDS $103,357,949 $219,524 $0 $103,577,473
TOTAL CITY FUNDS $796,296,090 $7,280,019 ($1,068,159)$802,507,950
Section 3.That there is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of the City,for the
fiscal year beginning January 1,2024,and ending December 31,2024,the sum of EIGHT
HUNDRED TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY
DOLLARS ($802,507,950)to be raised by taxation and otherwise,which sum is deemed by the
City Council to be necessary to defray all expenditures of the City during said budget year,to be
divided and appropriated for the purposes shown in Section 2 above.
Section 4.That,as provided by Article V,Section 11 of the City Charter,all
appropriations for federal,state,and private grants and donations shall not lapse 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 that all of the following funds appropriated herein
for capital projects shall not lapse until the completion of the capital project:
a.$74,494 in the Cultural Services Fund for Art in Public Places;
b.$9,303,773 in Capital Improvements Funds for Total General City Capital;
c.$6,648,000 in the Community Capital Improvements Fund for Total Community Capital
Improvement;
d.$552,020 in the Conservation Trust Fund for Capital Trail Acquisition!Development;
e.$3,021,212 in the Neighborhood Parkland Fund for Capital New Park Site Development;
f.$8,029,126 for Capital in the Light &Power Fund;
g.$7,737,000 for Capital in the Stormwater Fund;
h.$6,265,500 for Capital in the Wastewater Fund;
i.$18,395,850 for Capital in the Water Fund;and
j.$4,438,723 in grants for Transfort in the Transit Services Fund.
Section 5.Mill Levy.
a.That the mill levy rate for the taxation upon each dollar of the assessed valuation of
all the taxable real property within the City of Fort Collins shall be 9.797 mills to be imposed on
the assessed value of such property as set by state law for property taxes payable in 2024,which
levy represents the amount of taxes for City purposes is necessary to provide for payment during
the 2024 budget year of all properly authorized expenditures to be incurred by the City,including
interest and principal of general obligation bonds.
b.That the City Clerk shall certify this levy of 9.797 mills to the County Assessor and
the Board of Commissioners of Larimer County,Colorado,in accordance with the applicable
provisions of law,as required by Article V,Section 5 of the City Charter and no later than
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December 15,2023;provided however,that if a majority of voters approve Proposition HH,the
deadline to certify this tax levy shall be no later than January 5,2024
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.
ATTEST:
City er
day of November,023.
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Passed and adopted
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