HomeMy WebLinkAbout052 - 04/21/1998 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE FROM AN ANONYMOUS DONOR FOR CONTINUATION OF THE LINC (LIBRARY IN ORDINANCE NO. 52, 1998
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE FROM AN
ANONYMOUS DONOR FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE
LINC (LIBRARY INFORMATION NETWORKING A COMMUNITY) PROGRAM
WHEREAS,an anonymous donor has,through the Community Foundation serving northern
Colorado, agreed to make a donation to the City and to the Poudre School District in the amount of
$100,000 to be used to enable continuation of the LINC program provided the City and School
District raise in-kind dollar-for-dollar contributions; and
WHEREAS,the City wishes to accept its share of the donation in the amount of$49,750 and
appropriate said funds for purposes consistent with the wishes of the donor; and
WHEREAS, the City's in-kind contribution will come from a grant received in 1997 from
the State of Colorado Technology Learning Committee in the amount of$175,000 which is already
appropriated in the Library's 1998 budget; and
WHEREAS, the City has agreed to use this generous donation to continue and expand
electronic resources, continue material purchases to meet children's and teens homework needs,
continue Barton Early Childhood Center as a LINC site, promote LINC programs, dial-in access to
school holdings and electronic information, and continue the LINC bookdrop service and to use as
its in-kind contribution funds from a grant received from the State of Colorado Technology Learning
Committee; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins permits the City
Council to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year,
provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriations,in combination with all previous
appropriations for that fiscal year, do not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the unanticipated revenue
from the anonymous donor referenced herein will not cause total appropriations to exceed the current
estimate of actual and anticipated revenues for fiscal year 1998.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that upon receipt,there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the General
Fund the sum of FORTY NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($49,750)
for expenditure in the General Fund for continuation of the LINC program in the Fort Collins
community.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
April, A.D. 1998, and to be presented for final passage on the 22 of April, 98.
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 21 st day of A ' , A.D '1998.
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