HomeMy WebLinkAbout043 - 04/17/2001 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FOR THE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT OF THE FORT COLLINS MUSE ORDINANCE NO. 43, 2001
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE
IN THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
OF THE FORT COLLINS MUSEUM
WHEREAS, in January of 2000, the Fort Collins Museum submitted a grant application to
the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services ("IMLS") for a general operating support
(GOS) grant; and
WHEREAS,on September 19,2000,the Museum was awarded a GOS grant,in the amount
of$61,959 from the federal IMLS; and
WHEREAS,the aforementioned grant is an award of excellence,judged by peers within the
Museum profession,and was based on the Museum's performance in all areas of museum operation
including collections care, education, exhibitions, and long range planning; and
WHEREAS,the proceeds from the GOS grant will allow the Museum to pursue projects and
activities, including hiring temporary staff to work with exhibits, collections, and educational
programs, and to develop a newsletter and marketing plan; and
WHEREAS, no local matching funds are required; 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, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of $61,959 in federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services grant funds in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund,
Museum budget to be used to for general operating support.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in the
Cultural Services and Facilities Fund, IMLS grant project, the sum of SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND
NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE DOLLARS ($61,959) from the federal Institute of Museum and
Library Services, to be used for general operating support of the Fort Collins Museum.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of
March, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of April, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 17th day of April, A.Jp 2001.
ayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk