HomeMy WebLinkAbout018 - 03/04/2025 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES AND UNANTICIPATED PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED BY CITY GIVE FORORDINANCE NO.018,2025
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES AND
UNANTICIPATED PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED BY
CITY GIVE FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AS
DESIGNATED BY THE DONORS
A.The City has received generous donations in 2025 through its City Give
program,both large and modest,as philanthropic gifts to the public and the City programs
and activities to serve the community.
B.This appropriation benefits the public health,safety,and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of supporting programs throughout
the city,including,but not limited to,volunteer services,cultural and arts,parks and
recreation police services,conflict transformation,and forestry.
C.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.
D.The City Manager has recommended the appropriation described in Section
I of this Ordinance and determined that the funds to be appropriated in that Section are
available and previously unappropriated from the relevant Fund and that these
appropriations will not cause the total amount appropriated in the any referenced Fund to
exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be
received in such Fund during this fiscal year.
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 recommended the appropriation described in Section 2
of this Ordinance and determined that the funds to be appropriated in Section 2 are
available and previously unappropriated from the General Fund and that the appropriation
will not cause the total amount appropriated in the General Fund to exceed the current
estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in the General Fund during
this fiscal year.
G.Article V,Section II of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds,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 donation or the
City’s expenditure of all funds received from such 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 the following funds these amounts
of philanthropic revenue held in prior year reserves to be expended as designate by the
donors in support of the various City programs and services as described in The Agenda
Item Summary.
Benefits Fund $2,000
Cultural Services and Facilities Fund $200
General Fund $19,082
Golf Fund
Recreation Fund $42,000
Section 2.There is hereby appropriated from the following fund the stated
amount of philanthropic revenue received in 2025 to be expended as designated by the
donor in support of the NextGenServe,Volunteer Services Program,as described in the
Agenda Item Summary.
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General Fund I $25,000
Section 3.The appropriations herein of various donations are hereby
designated,as authorized in Article V,Section 11 of the City Charter,as appropriations
that shall not lapse at the end of this fiscal year but until the earlier of the expiration of the
relevant donation or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such or donation.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading on February 18,2025,and
approved on second reading for final passage on arch 4,20 -
ATtEST:
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Effective Date:March 14,2025
Approving Attorney:Dianne Criswell
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