HomeMy WebLinkAbout178 - 12/17/2024 - MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTAORDINANCE NO. 178, 2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS
RECEIVED FROM THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE
ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM FOR FORT COLLINS POLICE
SERVICES
A.The Northern Colorado Drug Task Force (the "Drug Task Force") is
managed by the Larimer County Sheriff Department, with both Fort Collins Police
Services and Loveland Police being members. These member agencies support a broad
range of activities to prevent and control drug-related crimes.
B.Larimer County applied for and was awarded $53,616 thrcugh the Edward
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant ("JAG") program in support of operating the
Drug Task Force.
C.The City of Fort Collins, City of Loveland, and Larimer County have entered
into an intergovernmental agreement demonstrating the allocation of the $53,616
awarded under JAG in support of the Drug Task Force. Fort Collins Police Services
received $16,313 to support personnel costs and other operating costs directly attributed
to the Drug Task Force.
D.The $16,313 in JAG grant funds supports Fort Collins Police Services
covering some of the operational costs incurred as a member of the Drug Task Force.
E.This appropriation benefits the public health, safety, and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of keeping Northern Colorado
communities safer through work to prevent and control drug-related crimes.
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 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
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