HomeMy WebLinkAbout112 - 09/03/2024 - MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYS ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERORDINANCE NO.112,2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYS ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND
CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT IN SUPPORT OF THE EDORA
POOL AND ICE CENTER LIGHTING SYSTEM REPLACEMENT
PROJECT
A.The City applied for funds from the U.S.Department of Energy’s (DOE)
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant and was awarded $206,680 (the “Grant’)
to help cover the cost of replacing fluorescent lighting at the Edora Pool and Ice Center
(EPIC)with energy efficient LED lighting (the “Project”).
B.DOE will pay the Grant funds to the City on a reimbursement basis.On July
12,2024,the City Manager signed a DOE Special Terms and Conditions form
acknowledging the City’s obligations to DOE for receipt of the Grant funds.
C.Although the Grant does not require the City to provide any matching funds,
the total cost of the Project will likely exceed the amount of the Grant.The City will use
a formal DOE-approved bid process to request quotes for the installation services,and
Operation Services will cover the additional costs for installation from 2024 funds
appropriated in the Operation Services operating budget in the General Fund.
D.This appropriation of the Grant funds for the Project benefits the public
health,safety,and welfare of the residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose
of reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions,as well as the future
costs and environmental impacts of recycling fluorescent lighting.
E.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.
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 the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant.
H.The City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the U.S.
Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant as an
appropriation that shall not lapse until the earlier of the expiration of the Grant or the City’s
expenditure of all funds received from the Grant.
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 revenue or other funds in the
General Fund the sum of TWO HUNDRED SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY
DOLLARS ($206,680)to be expended in the General Fund for the Edora Pool and Ice
Center Lighting System Replacement project.
Section 2.The appropriation herein for the U.S.Department of Energy’s Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant 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 the City’s
expenditure of all funds received from such grant.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading on the August 20,2024,and
approved on second reading for final passage on the September 3,2024.
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Effective Date:September 13,2024
Approving Attorney:Ingrid Decker