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HomeMy WebLinkAbout118 - 08/19/2025 - MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF AORDINANCE NO.118,2025 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRANSIT REPLACEMENT,ENHANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF ASSETS A.The Federal Transit Administration (FTA)awarded Transfort $329,072 in Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25)5339 Federal Formula Funds (5339 grant)to be used for capital repair,replacement and enhancement of assets related to rolling stock,facilities and technology,and $400,000 in FY25 5307 Federal Formula Funds (5307 grant)to be used to maintain and replace capital assets as well as for transit planning and design projects. B.Both of these grants were previously scheduled for appropriation in 2026 as part of the City’s Budgeting for Outcomes Process; however,these awards are now available and can be used to initiate Transfort projects in 2025. C.The City will utilize these ftinds to provide for general concrete maintenance,a passenger survey,and exterior lighting at the Transfort Maintenance Facility. D.The FY25 5339 grant requires a local match of $82,268,and the FY25 5307 grant requires a local match of $100,000. E.The local match for both grants will be funded using the transit system line item of the 2050 Tax Parks Rec Transit OCF Fund. F.This appropriation benefits the public health,safety,and welfare of the residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of supporting the essential transportation services that many transit dependent members of the community rely on to get to and from work,buy groceries and other essentials,to receive medical care,and to care for family and friends. 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 Transit Services Fund and that this appropriation will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Transit Services 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. 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. J.The City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and determined that the funds to be appropriated are available and previously unappropriated from the 2050 Tax Parks Rec Transit OCF Fund and that this appropriation will not cause the total amount appropriated in the 2050 Tax Parks Rec Transit OCF 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. K.Article V,Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council,upon recommendation by the City Manager,to transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof from one fund or capital project to another fund or capital project,provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged,the purpose for which the funds were initially appropriated no longer exists,or the proposed transfer is from a fund or capital project in which the amount appropriated exceeds the amount needed to accomplish the purpose specified in the appropriation ordinance. L.The City Manager has recommended the transfer of $182,268 from the 2050 Tax Parks Rec Transit OCF Fund to the Transit Services Fund and determined that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged. M.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 donation or the City’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant or donation. N.The City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the Federal Transit Authority 5339 and 5307 Grants and Local Grant Match 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 Transit Services Fund the sum of SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND SEVENTY-TWO DOLLARS ($729,072)to be expended in the Transit Services Fund for Transit Replacement,Enhancement and Maintenance of Assets. Section 2.There is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the 2050 Tax Parks Rec Transit OCF Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED EIGHT-TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($182,268)to be expended in the 2050 Tax Parks Rec Transit OCF Fund for transfer to the Transit Services Fund to be expended therein for Local Grant Match for Transit Services Fund for Transit Replacement Enhancement and Maintenance of Assets. Section 3.The appropriation herein for Federal Transit Authority 5339 and 5307 Grants and Local Grant Match 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 July 15,2025,and approved on second reading for final passage on August 19,2025. / ~yor ATtEST:‘—F SrDeputj’T Clerk Effective Date:August 29,2025 Approving Attorney:Stefanie Boster and Madelene Shehan 41 Exhibit:None