HomeMy WebLinkAbout184 - 10/20/1998 - APPROPRIATING FEDERAL GRANT REVENUE AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN PROJECTS ORDINANCE NO. 184, 1998
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING FEDERAL GRANT REVENUE AND
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN PROJECTS
IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND FOR THE OPERATION
OF THE NORTH FRONT RANGE TRANSPORTATION & AIR
QUALITY PLANNING COUNCIL'S 1998-1999 METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM YEAR
WHEREAS, the North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council is the
Metropolitan Planning Organization ("MPO") and lead air quality planning agency for the North
Front Range; and
WHEREAS, voting members of the MPO include Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, Evans,
Timnath, Windsor, Berthoud, LaSalle, Garden City, the Colorado Department of Transportation
("CDOT") and the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment; and
WHEREAS,the funds for the administration of the MPO program are federal transportation
program funds appropriated by the federal government and administered by CDOT, based on the
federal fiscal year of October 1st through September 30th; and
WHEREAS, the City will receive in MPO program year 1998-1999, federal grant revenue
from various federal transportation programs,totaling$388,043, and along with required matching
funds from MPO member entities (excluding the City of Fort Collins' share), totaling $68,851, to
be used to provide coordinated, comprehensive and cooperative transportation and air quality
planning services in the North Front Range region; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins' share for supporting the 1998-1999 MPO program,
totaling $6,484, is included in the City's 1998-1999 Biennial Budget; and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 11,of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins(the"Charter")
provides that appropriations for a federal grant shall not lapse if unexpended at the end of the fiscal
year until the expiration of the federal grant; and
WHEREAS, CDOT will permit unexpended funds remaining in the 1997-1998 MPO
program in the amount of$35,000 to be reallocated and used for the 1998-1999 MPO year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter 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, does not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be
received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 10,of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by
ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered amount or portion thereof from one fund or capital
project to another fund or capital project provided that the purpose for which the funds were initially
appropriated remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of federal grant revenues
administered through CDOT and unanticipated local matching shares from MPO member entities
will not cause total appropriations to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues
to be received during any fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from federal grant revenue in
the Transportation Services Fund, 1998-1999 Metropolitan Planning Organization program,the sum
of THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT THOUSAND FORTY-THREE DOLLARS ($388,043),
upon receipt from federal fiscal year 1998-1999 funds administered through the CDOT,to be used
for the 1998-1999 MPO program year.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from federal grant program revenue in the
Transportation Services Fund, 1998-1999 MPO program,the sum of SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE DOLLARS ($68,851),upon receipt from MPO member entities
local shares,to be used for the 1998-1999 MPO program year.
Section 3. That the unexpended and unencumbered amount of THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($35,000)is hereby authorized for transfer from the 1997-1998 MPO grant program to
the 1998-1999 MPO grant program,upon the effective date of this Ordinance.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered blushed this 20th of
October,A.D. 1998,and to be presented for final passage on the 3r ay Novembe D. 1 8.
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of No tuber D. 1998
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