HomeMy WebLinkAbout176 - 11/04/1997 - RELATING TO THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1998 AND ADOPTING THE 1998/1999 BUDGET AND FIXING THE 1998 ORDINANCE NO. 176, 1997
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
BEING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1998 AND ADOPTING THE BUDGET
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1998, AND ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1999, AND FIXING THE MILL LEVY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998
WHEREAS, the City Manager has,prior to the first Monday in September, 1997, submitted
to the Council a proposed budget for the next ensuing budget term, along with an explanatory and
complete financial plan for each fund of the City, pursuant to the provisions of Article V, Section
2, of the City Charter; and
WHEREAS, within ten (10) days after the filing of said budget estimate, the Council set
September 16 and October 7, 1997, as the dates for the public hearings thereon and caused notice
of such public hearings to be given by publication pursuant to Article V, Section 3, of the City
Charter; and
WHEREAS,the public hearings were held on said dates and all persons were then afforded
an opportunity to appear and object to any or all items and estimates in the proposed budget; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 4, of the City Charter requires that, prior to the last day of
November of each year, the City Council by passage of the annual appropriation ordinance shall
adopt the budget for the ensuing term and appropriate such sums of money as the Council deems
necessary to defray all expenditures of the City during the ensuing fiscal year; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 5, of the City Charter provides that the annual appropriation
ordinance shall also fix the tax levy upon each dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable property
within the City, such levy representing the amount of taxes for City purposes necessary to provide
for payment during the ensuing fiscal year for all properly authorized expenditures to be incurred by
the City, including interest and principal of general obligation bonds; and
WHEREAS, Article XII, Section 6, of the City Charter permits the City Council to fix,
establish, maintain, and provide for the collection of such rates, fees, or charges for water and
electricity, and for other utility services furnished by the City as will produce revenues sufficient to
pay into the General Fund in lieu of taxes on account of the City-owned utilities such amount as may
be established by Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. Budaet
a. That the City Council has reviewed the City Manager's 1998-1999 Recommended
Budget, a copy of which is on file with the office of the City Clerk, and has approved certain
amendments thereto.
b. That the City Manager's 1998-1999 Recommended Budget,as amended by the Council,
is hereby adopted, in accordance with the provisions of Article V, Section 4, of the City Charter and
incorporated herein by reference; provided, however, that the comparative figures contained in the
adopted budget may be subsequently revised as deemed necessary by the City Manager to reflect
actual revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year 1997 and/or revised projections for the fiscal
years 2000 through 2002.
c. That the adopted budget, as amended, shall be maintained in the office of the City Clerk
and identified as "The Budget for the City of Fort Collins for the Fiscal Years Ending December 31,
1998 and December 31, 1999, as Adopted by the City Council on November 4, 1997."
Section 2. Appropriations. That there be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the revenues
of the City of Fort Collins, for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 1998, and ending December 31,
1998,the sum of Three Hundred Nine Million Three Hundred Four Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-
three Dollars ($309,304,593) to be raised by taxation and otherwise, which sum is deemed by the
City Council to be necessary to defray all expenditures of the City during said budget year, to be
divided and appropriated for the following purposes, to wit:
TOTAL GENERAL FUND $62,361,412
ENTERPRISE FUNDS
Golf $ 1,975,469
Light& Power 66,549,223
Storm Drainage 3,600,373
Capital:
Canal Importation Basin $ 277,200
Cooper SloughBoxelder Basin 45,000
Dry Creek Basin Instream 40,000
Evergreen/Greenbriar Basin 36,000
Foothills Basin 237,321
Fossil Creek Basin 166,000
Fox Meadows Basin 40,000
McClelland/Mail Creek Basin 563,200
Old Town Basin 922,900
Poudre River Basin 12,000
Spring Creek Basin 310,200
West Vine Basin 250,910
Stormwater Capital Total $ 2,900,731
Wastewater $ 15,040,714
Capital:
Computer Systems& Mapping $ 105,000
Flow Monitoring Stations 200,000
Mulberry WRF Improvements 700,000
North College Sewer 200,000
Service Center Improvements 500,000
Sludge Disposal Improvements 100,000
Treatment Plant Improvements 2.235.000
Wastewater Capital Total $ 4,040,000
Water $ 18,490,157
Capital:
Backflow Prevention $ 275,000
Cathodic Protection 30,000
Computer Systems and Mapping 105,000
Halligan Reservoir Expansion 80,000
Master Plan Facilities 5,604,000
Meter Conversion Program 618,000
Service Center Improvements 500,000
South Taft Hill Road Waterline 30,000
Treated Water Reservoirs 2,030,000
Water Quality Lab 150,000
Water Supply Development 100,000
Water Capital Total $ 9,522,000
TOTAL ENTERPRISE FUNDS $122,118,667
INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS
Benefits $ 7,077,928
Communications 1,502,355
Equipment 4,869,708
Self Insurance 2,960,662
TOTAL INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS $ 16,410.653
SPECIAL REVENUE& DEBT SERVICE FUNDS
Cemeteries $ 540,135
Cultural Services & Facilities 2,518,406
Debt Service 5,024,188
General Employees' Retirement 1,099,800
Open Lands 3,024,441
Perpetual Care 69,746
Recreation 6,064,378
Sales & Use Tax 55,513,299
Special Assessments Debt Service 932,572
Street Oversizing 2,746,612
Transit Services 4,244,127
Transportation Services 9,980,749
1998 VanGo Program (federal) 84,809
Local Match 334,261
1998 Regional Marketing Program (federal) 410,191
1998 Local Marketing Program(federal) 143,000
Metropolitan Planning Organization (federal) 6,265
Transportation Projects Total 978,526
TOTAL SPECIAL REVENUE & DEBT SERVICE FUNDS $ 92,736,979
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS
General City Capital
Administration $ 32,052
Airport Maintenance 60,000
Facilities Master Plan Land Acquisition 282,461
Major Building Maintenance 1,003,456
Minor Street Capital 190,611
Pedestrian Accessibility 399,697
TOTAL GENERAL CITY CAPITAL $ 1,968,277
1/4 Cent Choices 95
Administration $ 50.678
TOTAL 1/4 CENT CHOICES 95 $50,678
1/4 Cent Street Maintenance
Administration $ 33,891
Street Overlays & Sealcoats 345,429
TOTAL 1/4 CENT STREET MAINTENANCE CAPITAL $ 379,320
1/4 Cent Natural Areas
Administration $ 35,983
Natural Areas 775,384
TOTAL 1/4 CENT NATURAL AREAS $ 811,367
1/4 Cent Community Enhancements
City/School District Community Projects $ 326,355
Shields, Horsetooth to Troutman 543,925
Police Building/Land Acquisition 326,355
Northeast Truck Route 217,570
Library Technology 244,766
New Main Library/Land Acquisition 326,355
Prospect, Poudre River to Summit View 435,140
Performing Arts Center/Land Acquisition 326,355
Taft Hill, Drake Road to Derby 870,279
TOTAL 1/4 CENT COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENTS $ 3,617,100
1/4 Cent Natural Areas and Parks
Natural Area $ 2,200,000
Community Horticulture Center 435.140
TOTAL 1/4 CENT NATURAL AREAS AND PARKS $ 2,635,140
1/4 Cent Streets and Transportation
Pavement Management Program $ 3,469,570
Mason Street Transportation Corridor 380.747
TOTAL 1/4 CENT STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION $ 3,850,317
Conservation Trust Fund
Administration $ 213,683
Fossil Creek Trail 350,000
Open Space & Trails Maintenance 55,020
Other Open Space 50,000
Trail Acquisition, Development & Repair 300,000
Tri-City Trails 30,000
TOTAL CONSERVATION TRUST FUND $ 998,703
Neighborhood Parkland Fund
Administration $ 220,980
Blevins Park Restroom 100,000
Boltz Area Playground 80,000
Case Park 300,000
Cottonwood Glen Park 250,000
Huidekoper Park 50,000
New Park Site Acquisition 100,000
New Park Site Development 100,000
Park Site Equipment 5,000
Ridgeview Park 160,000
TOTAL NEIGHBORHOOD PARKLAND FUND $ 1,365,980
TOTAL CITY FUNDS $309,304,593
Fire Fighter's Pension 2,427,450
TOTAL ALL FUNDS $311,732,043
Section 3. Mill Levy
a. That the 1998 mill levy rate for the taxation upon each dollar of the assessed valuation
of all the taxable property within the City of Fort Collins as of December 31, 1997, shall be 9.797
mills,which levy represents the amount of taxes for City purposes necessary to provide for payment
during the aforementioned budget year of all properly authorized e xpenditures to be incurred by the
City, including interest and principal of general obligation bonds. Said mill levy shall be distributed
as follows:
General Fund 8.717
Parks Debt Service 1.080
TOTAL 9.797
b. That the City Clerk shall certify this levy of 9.797 mills to the County Assessor and the
Board of Commissioners of Larimer County,Colorado,in accordance with the applicable provisions
of law, as required by Article V, Section 5, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21 st day of
October,A.D. 1997, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of November, A.D. 1997.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 4th day of November, A.D: 1997.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk