HomeMy WebLinkAbout054 - 04/15/2025 - MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL AFFAIRSORDINANCE NO.054,2025
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS
RECEIVED FROM THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL
AFFAIRS GRAY AND BLACK-MARKET MARIJUANA
ENFORCEMENT GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE FORT COLLINS
POLICE SERVICES MARIJUANA ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
A.For over five years,the State has made grant funding available to help
address unlicensed and illegal marijuana activity in Colorado.
B.In 2024,Fort Collins Police Services (FCPS)received $39,641 from the
Department of Local Affairs (“DOLA”)and continues to investigate complaints of illegal
residential cultivation operations and unlicensed smoke shops selling synthetic marijuana
to minors.
C.In November 2024,City of Fort Collins was awarded $39,500 through the
DOLA Gray and Black-Market Marijuana Enforcement Grant Program for the purpose of
investigating cases of illegal marijuana cultivation and distribution outside the legal,
licensing framework.
D.Use of this grant funding and investigations has not only addressed criminal
activity but also improved neighborhood livability and provided insight into the level of
unlicensed/illegal marijuana activity in the community.With additional insight and
knowledge,Police Services can address community priorities and emerging trends in a
proactive manner.
E.These grant funds help provide additional financial resources to supplement
overtime costs,equipment,and storage expenses without having a direct impact on the
City budget
F.This item appropriates $39,500 to FCPS Marijuana Enforcement Program
from unanticipated grant revenue from DOLA by advancing the funds to the City of Fort
Collins so overtime and equipment purchases may be authorized and any unused funds
will be returned at the end of the grant period.
G.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.
H.The City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein
and determined that the funds to be appropriated are available and previously
unappropriated from the General Fund and that this appropriation 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.
I.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.
J.The City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the
Colorado Department of Local Affairs Gray and Black-Market Enforcement 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 such 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 THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($39,500)to be expended in the General Fund for the Fort Collins Police Services
Marijuana Enforcement Program.
Section 2.The appropriation herein for the Colorado Department of Local
Affairs Gray and Black-Market Enforcement Grant project 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 April 1,2025,and
approved on second reading for final passage on the April 15,2025.
MayoFPro T~fti
ATTEST:
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Effective Date:April 25,2025
Approving Attorney:Doug McDonald