HomeMy WebLinkAbout060 - 05/21/2024 - APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED THROUGH CITY GIVE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CURBSIDE RORDINANCE NO.060,2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED THROUGH
CITY GIVE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CURBSIDE RECYCLING
A.The City’s residential waste collection program (the “Program”)will begin
on September 30,2024,and include weekly single-stream curbside recycling collection
for approximately 41,500 households within City limits.
B.The City has been awarded a reimbursement-based grant from The
Recycling Partnership totaling approximately $622,500 to support the purchase of
recycling carts and an additional $41,500 to support additional recycling outreach and
education (the “Grant”).In addition to the Grant,The Recycling Partnership will provide
the City access to resources,time,and other in-kind services at an estimated value of up
to $125,000.
C.The Grant will be used to purchase recycling carts delivered to residents as
part of the Program.Republic Services,the City’s contracted waste hauler,will make the
initial purchase of all carts for the Program,including recycling carts.Republic Services
will invoice the City for the amount of the Grant dedicated to purchasing recycling carts
and recover the remaining cost of the carts by amortizing the cost over Republic Services’
five-year contract with the City.Program customers will receive a discount on their bill of
$0.25 per month to reflect the value of the Grant funding.Ownership of the carts will
transfer from Republic Services to the City upon expiration or termination of the City’s
contract with Republic Services.
D.This appropriation benefits public health,safety and welfare of the citizens
of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of improving and economizing recycling
services offered to City residents.
E.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 from such revenues and funds for expenditure as may
be available from reserves accumulated in prior years,notwithstanding that such reserves
were not previously appropriated.
F.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.
G.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.
H.The City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for
Environmental Services Curbside Recycling as an appropriation that shall not lapse until
the earlier of the expiration of the grant or donation or the City’s expenditure of all funds
received from such grant or donation.
In light of the foregoing recitals,which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1.There is hereby appropriated from new Philanthropic Revenue in the
General Fund the sum of SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS
($664,000)to be expended in the General Fund for curbside recycling collection.
Section 2.The appropriation herein for Environmental Services Curbside
Recycling 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 donation or the City’s expenditure of all funds
received from such grant or donation.
Interim City Clerk
Effective Date:May 31,2024
Approving Attorney:Ted Hewitt
Introduced,
on second reading
ATTEST:
considered favorably on first reading on May 7,2024,and approved
for final passage on May 21,2024.