HomeMy WebLinkAbout187 - 11/03/1998 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE FLOOD RECOVERY FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPRO ORDINANCE NO. 187, 1998
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE
IN THE FLOOD RECOVERY FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN THE FLOOD RECOVERY FUND
AND THE GENERAL. FUND
WHEREAS, on July 28 and 29, 1997, certain areas of the City were severely damaged and
five lives were lost due to the flooding of Spring Creek; and
WHEREAS,the flood destroyed or severely damaged numerous mobile homes and vehicles
located in the Johnson Center Mobile Home Park and the South College Trailer Park; severely
damaged public and private infrastructure; caused the evacuation of residences and businesses;
caused the temporary closure of businesses; and caused the loss or destruction of various items of
personal property; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 132, 1997, on August 5, 1997,
appropriating $2,500,000 from prior year reserves (Emergency Reserve) in the General Fund to be
used for repair and maintenance of public facilities and flood incident services; and
WHEREAS, the City has received damage reimbursement payments from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and
insurance proceeds, none of which have been appropriated in the Flood Recovery Fund; and
WHEREAS, the City will use the aforementioned payments, totaling $1,107,565, to cover
expenditures incurred for the repair and maintenance of public facilities and for flood incident
services,and to provide partial reimbursement to the City's General Fund Emergency Reserve;and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the"Charter")
permits the Council to appropriate unanticipated revenue received 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,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 transferred funds
are to be expended remains unchanged; and
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 unanticipated revenue in
the Flood Recovery Fund, the sum of NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($957,565) representing insurance reimbursements and
payments from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Highway
Administration to be used for flood related expenditures.
Section 2. That the amount of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
($150,000) is hereby appropriated in the Flood Recovery Fund and authorized for transfer to the
General Fund Emergency Reserve.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered lished this 20 a of
October,A.D. 1998, and to be presented for final passage on the 3 da of Novemb , A.D. 98.
(L-Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of Nove:!er A.D. 1998.
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