HomeMy WebLinkAbout031 - 03/06/2001 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES REPRESENTING A DONATION FROM THE WILKINS CHARITABLE TRUST ORDINANCE NO. 31, 2001
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN VARIOUS CITY FUNDS
REPRESENTING A DONATION FROM THE WILKINS CHARITABLE TRUST
WHEREAS,Don and May Wilkins moved to Fort Collins in 1937,and Mr.Wilkins was the
editor of the Fort Collins Express Courier (now the Coloradoan) for over 30 years; and
WHEREAS,the Wilkins created a Charitable Trust to provide support for cultural,charitable,
literacy, historic, and educational purposes in and around the Fort Collins area; and
WHEREAS, the City received a donation of$235,000, in December of 2000, through the
generosity of the Don and May Wilkins Charitable Trust; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Trust's objectives, the following projects and services
benefiting the Fort Collins community are recommended for funding:
Improvements to the north shore of Sheldon Lake in City Park $ 100,000
Museum Courtyard Improvements 50,000
Library/Museum Facility Study 25,000
Fundraising Services from The North Group
for a New Performing Arts Center 60,000
Total $ 235,000
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (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 the total amount of $235,000,
representing a donation from the Don and May Wilkins Charitable Trust, as follows: $100,000 in
the Capital Improvement Expansion Fund for improvements to Sheldon Lake; $110,000 in the
Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for improvements to Museum courtyard ($50,000) and for
fundraising services from the North Group for a new performing arts center($60,000);and$25,000
in the General Fund for a Library/Museum Facility study.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Capital
Improvement Expansion Fund the amount of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
($100,000) to be used with existing appropriations for improvements to Sheldon Lake.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Cultural
Services and Facilities Fund the amount of ONE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
($110,000) to be used as follows:
Museum Courtyard Improvements $ 50,000
Fundraising Services from the North Group
for a New Performing Arts Center 60,00
Total $ 110,000
Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the General Fund
the amount of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) to be used for a
Library/Museum Facility Study.
Introduced and considered favorable on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of
February, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of March, A.D. 2001.
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 6th day of March, A.D. 2001.
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