HomeMy WebLinkAbout057 - 04/15/2025 - MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL AFFAIRS FORORDINANCE NO.057,2025
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF GRANT
FUNDS FROM THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL
AFFAIRS FOR THE FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES’OFFICE
OF HUMAN SERVICES
A.Since 1990,the Fort Collins Police Services (FCPS)Office of Human
Services has been staffed by one full-time Police Psychologist providing behavioral health
support to police employees,including confidential psychological counseling,post critical
incident support,supervision and coordination of the Police Services Peer Support Team,
mental health education and training for employees,and consultation for police units.
Increased demand for these services has led to shortfalls in the support of our officers
and other employees.
B.The Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA)awarded the City
$100,000 of unanticipated grant funding under the FY2024-2025 Peace Officers
Behavioral Health Support and Community Partnerships Grant Program.The program
will be managed as a pilot program.Police Services will have the option to apply to
Colorado DOLA for additional funding to provide counseling services for the year July 1,
2026 -June 30,2027.
C.The grant funds will be used to hire a contractual Police Mental Health
Counselor.This full-time position will work under the direction of the current Police
Psychologist to close gaps in demand for current services as described above and to
extend/improve service offerings in accordance with best practices in supporting police
employees’wellness and behavioral health.
D.The purpose of this item is to appropriate $100,000 of unanticipated grant
revenue from DOLA’s Peace Officers Behavioral Health Support and Community
Partnerships Grant Program in support of Police Services Office of Human Services.
E.This appropriation benefits the public health,safety,and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of supporting the health and
wellbeing of FCPS employees.
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 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.
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
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.
I.The City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the
Colorado Department of Local Affairs Peace Officers Behavioral Health Support and
Community Partnerships 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 ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000)to be
expended in the General Fund for the Fort Collins Police Services Office of Human
Services.
Section 2.The appropriation herein for the Colorado Department of Local
Affairs Peace Officers Behavioral Health Support and Community Partnerships 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 April 1,2025,and
approved on second reading for final passage on the April 15,2025.
Mayo~~~’
ATTEST:
City Cl
Effective Date:April 25,2025
Approving Attorney:Dawn Downs