HomeMy WebLinkAbout089 - 07/16/2024 - REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 076, 2024, AND MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE CHARTER REVIEW COORDINANCE NO.089,2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO.076,2024,
AND MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE CHARTER
REVIEW COUNCIL PRIORITY FROM GENERAL FUND RESERVES
A.On February 27,2024,the City Council adopted Resolution 2024-024,
adopting a 2024-2026 Council Priority to modernize and update the City Charter.
B.The Resolution sets out the goals of this work as follows:
Modernize and Update the City Charter:Although small parts of the
Charter get reviewed and updated on a regular basis,due to changes in
state laws and election procedures,there is a need to modernize and
update the City Charter,which has not been done in a comprehensive way
in over 25 years.
C.The Council further discussed this Priority at the May 14 Council Work
Session,identifying as the objectives for this work:
1.Comprehensive review of City Charter to align with state law and legal
developments;
2.Update language in Charter to be inclusive;
3.Focus on cleanup and modernization rather than policy changes;
4.Evaluate form and timing options for presenting updates to voters;and
5.Fresh look at how Charter language is presented for ease of reading and clarity.
D.While staff continues to monitor for legal developments that impact Charter
language and identify changes that may be needed or beneficial,retaining a special legal
counsel with expertise and experience working with municipal charters throughout
Colorado will add a new perspective to the review and focus resources more intentionally
and systematically.
E.With this appropriation it is expected that initial work on the review would
begin in July 2024.
F.Election-related Charter amendments have been considered by the Council
Election Code Committee and are expected to be presented to Council for consideration
and referred to the voters at a special election to be called for November 2024.Updating
and modernizing the language of the provisions coming forward as part of that effort will
be part of those proposed amendments.
G.This appropriation benefits public health,safety and welfare of the citizens
of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of improving and updating the City’s Charter.
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
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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.
J.The City Council previously made these appropriations in Ordinance No.
076,2024 (“Ordinance No.076”)adopted at final reading on June 18,2024,but
Ordinance No.075 was not published after such adoption as required by Section 7 in City
Charter Article II.
K.It is therefore necessary that the City Council adopt this Ordinance No.089,
2024,to both repeal Ordinance No.076 and to authorize and approve these
appropriations again.
L.The City has not expended any of the appropriations approved in Ordinance
No.076.
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 prior year reserves in the General
Fund the sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000)to be expended in the
General Fund for the Charter Review Council Priority.
Section 2.Ordinance No.076,2024,is hereby repealed.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading on July 2,2024,and approved
on second reading for final passage on July 16,2024.
ATTEST:
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Effective Date:July 26,2024
Approving Attorney:Carrie Daggett
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