HomeMy WebLinkAbout066 - 06/04/2024 - MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION AND APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES TO DEVELOP A DIGITAL ACCESORDINANCE NO.066,2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION AND
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES TO
DEVELOP A DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY ROADMAP
A.Colorado House Bill 21-1110,as amended by Senate Bill 23-244,makes it
a state civil rights violation for a government agency to exclude people with disabilities
from receiving services or benefits because of lack of accessibility.
B.The state accessibility standards apply to all technology,hardware,and
software,that is both public-facing and internal-facing.This includes any technology
provided by or procured by a government entity that is used by the public or used by a
government entity employee.This technology includes but is not limited to websites,
applications,kiosks,digital signage,documents,video,audio,and third-party tools.
C.The City seeks to hire an outside consultant to assist the City in reaching
compliance with these state accessibility standards by developing a comprehensive and
actionable Digital Accessibility Roadmap.The estimated cost of this consultant will be
$150,000 for phase 1 of this project.
D.Future phases of this project may include ongoing services to ensure future
digital content is compliant with accessibility standards,including but not limited to,
processes to validate that newly created content is in compliance with accessibility
regulations;provide training for City staff to ensure that they have knowledge and skills
to maintain compliance;and recommendations for modifying existing City procurement
processes and documents to ensure that new or renewing third party software and digital
services comply with applicable accessibility regulations.
E.This appropriation benefits the public health and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose and strategic objective of improving the
accessibility of the City’s information and communication technology.
F.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.
G.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.
H.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.
The City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein
and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated the
General Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the General Fund,as
applicable,to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other
funds to be received in these funds during this fiscal year.
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 that there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the General
Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000)to be
expended in the General Fund to hire a consultant for the development of a Digital
Accessibility Roadmap.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading on May 21,2024,and approved
on second reading for final passage on June 4,2024.
ATTEST:
aL!
Interim City Clerk
Effective Date:June 14,2024
Approving Attorney:Sara Arfmann
iayor