HomeMy WebLinkAbout219 - 12/15/1998 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE TRANSIT SERVICES FUND FOR THE ACQUISITION OF REPLACEMENT BU ORDINANCE NO. 219. 1998
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE
TRANSIT SERVICES FUND FOR THE ACQUISITION OF
REPLACEMENT BUSES FOR DIAL-A-RIDE AND
A REPLACEMENT ENGINE FOR THE FIXED ROUTE BUSES
WHEREAS,the 1996 Transit Services Fund budget included an appropriation of$191,416
from the Federal Transit Administration(FTA)grant program,and$67,256,representing the City's
share of local matching funds, to be used to acquire four replacement mini-buses for Dial-A-Ride
and one spare engine for the fixed route Transfort buses: and
WHEREAS,the City,as the grantee,has four years(1996-1999)to spend the appropriations
associated with the FTA grant program; 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, at the end of each fiscal year, grants which are completed or have expired are
"closed out", eliminating the ability to use appropriations associated with the"closed"project; and
WHEREAS, portions of the 1996 FTA grant and City matching funds, totaling $174,582,
were inadvertently closed before the replacement mini-buses and spare engine were purchased,
causing the unspent and unencumbered appropriations to lapse into the Transit Services Fund
reserves at the end of fiscal year 1997; and
WHEREAS, Staff recommends appropriating $174,582, representing the lapsed
appropriations associated with the 1996 ETA grant program, which are part of the Transit Services
Fund prior year reserves, and using them with existing appropriations to acquire four replacement
mini-buses for Dial-A-Ride and one replacement engine for Transfort's fixed route buses; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9, of the Charter permits the City Council to appropriate by
ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may be available from
reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not previously
appropriated; and
WHEREAS,it is the desire of the Council to appropriate funds,totaling$174,582,from prior
year reserves in the Transit Services Fund to be used to acquire four replacement mini-buses for
Dial-A-Ride and one replacement engine for Transfort's fixed route buses.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure in the Transit Services Fund, 1996 ETA
Grant project, from prior year reserves in the Transit Services Fund, the sum of ONE HUNDRED
SEVENTY-FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO DOLLARS ($174,582)to be
used to acquire four replacement mini-buses for Dial-A-Ride and one replacement engine for
Transfort's fixed route buses.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 1 st day of
December, A.D. 1998, and to be presented for final passage on the l5th day of December, A.D.
1998.
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading the 15th day of December, A.D. 1998.
ayor
ATTEST:
Lk
City Clerk