HomeMy WebLinkAbout184 - 11/18/2025 - MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE COLORADO DORDINANCE NO.184,2025
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION E
TICKET AND E-CRASH SYSTEMS PROJECTS GRANT
A.Fort Collins Police Services (“FCPS”)has been piloting 50 Tyler Technology
handheld E-ticket and E-crash devices since mid-year 2022.
B.The E-ticket and E-crash devices allow officers to improve timeliness,
accuracy,and uniformity of citations and crashes;improve timeliness,accuracy,and
completeness of Records processes with the Citation/Adjudication Database Model;and
increase collaboration with statewide law enforcement agencies,municipal and county
courts,and the Department of Motor Vehicles.
C.Based on the efficiencies gained from the pilot project,FCPS applied for a
grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation (“CDOT”)to expand the E-ticket
and E-crash devices to additional officers in the department.
D.FCPS was awarded $171,613 in unanticipated revenue to expand their
Enhancing E-Ticket and E-Crash Systems Project.
E.The total anticipated cost of the project is $217,350.To cover the total cost
of the project,$171,613 will come from the CDOT grant funds,and the remaining $45,737
will come from a City match from Police Admin General Funds.
F.The CDOT grant will reimburse the city for expenses related to this project
up to $171,613.
G.The Section 405C Grant Program is a State of Colorado funding initiative
administered by the CDOT to support traffic safety programs based on national priorities.
This program,officially titled the “405C Traffic Records Program,”uses funds from the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA’)to improve the collection and
use of traffic safety data in Colorado to address issues like impaired driving,distracted
driving,and occupant protection.
H.This ordinance appropriates $171,613 in unanticipated revenue for Police
Services’Enhancing E-Ticket and E-Crash Systems project.
This appropriation benefits the public health,safety,and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of enhancing traffic safety.
Specifically,the project makes traffic enforcement efforts on behalf of police officers more
effective and efficient.
J.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.
K.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.
L.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.
M.The City Manager has recommended the transfer of $45,737 from the
Police Administration Budget in the General Fund to the E-Systems and E-Crash Grant
budget in the General Fund and determined that the purpose for which the funds were
initially appropriated no longer exists.
N.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.
0.The City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for Colorado
Department of Transportation E-Ticket and E-Crash Systems Projects Grant as an
appropriation that shall not lapse until the earlier 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 SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
THIRTEEN DOLLARS ($171,613)to be expended in the General Fund for Colorado
Department of Transportation E-Ticket and E-Crash Systems Projects Grant.
Section 2.The unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of
FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($45,737)is
authorized for transfer from the Police Administration Budget in the General Fund to the
E-Systems and E-Crash Grant budget in the General Fund and appropriated therein to
be expended for the Colorado Department of Transportation E-Ticket and E-Crash
Systems Projects Grant.
Section 3.The appropriation herein for Colorado Department of Transportation
E-Ticket and E-Crash Systems Projects 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 November
approved on second reading for final passage on November 18,2025.
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ATTEST:
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“FEDeputy City Clerk
Effective Date:November 28,2025
Approving Attorney:Dawn Downs
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Exhibit:None