HomeMy WebLinkAbout114 - 07/20/1999 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE USE OF CAMERA RADAR AND RED-LIGHT CA ORDINANCE NO. 114, 1999
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE USE OF CAMERA RADAR AND RED-LIGHT
CAMERAS TO ENFORCE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS
WHEREAS, a significant share of traffic accidents and fatalities are caused by motorists
exceeding the legal speed limits; and
WHEREAS, the existing traffic law enforcement resources of Fort Collins Police Services
cannot adequately address this problem and, therefore.. there is need for an alternative means of
traffic speed and traffic signal enforcement; and
WHEREAS, automated camera-radar and red-light camera enforcement systems that use
radar and/or a camera to record motorists violating speed limits have been shown in other
communities to be a significant deterrent to speeding violations and violations at traffic signals when
motorists are aware that such automated systems are being used in their community; and
WHEREAS,American Traffic Systems was selected by the City as its contractor to provide
camera radar and red-light camera services for the enforcement of traffic violations (the "ATS
Contract"); and
WHEREAS, based upon the number of present violations and corresponding fine amounts,
it is projected that the traffic citations that will be issued during the remainder of the year through
the use of camera radar and red-light camera enforcement systems will generate approximately
$294,475 in unanticipated revenue in the General Fund for the balance of 1999; and
WHEREAS, the unanticipated revenue from such citations will be available to make the
estimated ATS Contract payment of approximately $210,470, and
WHEREAS,the balance of such unanticipated revenue of approximately$74,005 should be
allocated to pay any costs incurred by the Municipal Court, Police Services,Traffic Engineering,and
the City Attorney's Office related to the use of camera radar and red-light camera systems or related
to other programs intended to address the City's current traffic problems; 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 traffic citations that will be issued through the use of camera radar and red-light camera
enforcement systems referenced herein will not cause total appropriations to exceed the current
estimate of actual and anticipated revenues for fiscal year 1999.
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 General Fund, upon the City's receipt of such revenue, the sum of TWO HUNDRED TEN
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY DOLLARS ($210,470) to pay American Traffic
Systems in accordance with the ATS Contract.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from the unanticipated revenue
in the General Fund, upon the City's receipt of such revenue, the sum of SEVENTY FOUR
THOUSAND FIVE DOLLARS ($74,005) in such amounts as the City Manager may deem
appropriate, for costs incurred by Municipal Court, Police Services, Traffic Engineering, and the
City Attorney's Office in connection with its use of camera radar and red-light camera systems or
other programs intended to address the City's current traffic problems.
Section 3. That any revenues accrued in the General Fund from previous years and not
needed to satisfy the contractual obligations to American Traffic Systems may be used by the City
Manager for the purposes described in Section 2 above_
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and ordered published this 6th day of July,
A.D. 1999, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of July, A.D. 1999.
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 20th day of July, A.D. 1999.
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