HomeMy WebLinkAbout075 - 07/18/2000 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR PREPARATION OF A CHEMICAL, BIOLOGI ORDINANCE NO. 75, 2000
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR PREPARATION OF A CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL
AND RADIOLOGICAL RESPONSE PLAN
WHEREAS, City staff recognizes that the threat from a weapons of mass destruction event
is very possible and has worked diligently to try to identify potential hazards; and
WHEREAS, one of the major problems identified is the lack of a planning template from
which to begin; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has been awarded a grant in the amount of$144,617
from the Colorado Office of Emergency Management through the Federal Emergency Management
Agency; and
WHEREAS,the funds have been granted to selected cities across the country to improve the
ability of local communities to respond to and recover from acts of terrorism involving weapons of
mass destruction; and
WHEREAS,the grant will cover personnel costs associated with authoring the plan,training,
development,seminars,site visits,materials,supplies,and a weapons of mass destruction command
development plan for state-wide distribution; 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,does not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the General Fund the sum
of ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTEEN DOLLARS
($144,617) for expenditure in the General Fund for the preparation of a Chemical, Biological and
Radiological Response Plan.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 24th day of
June, A.D. 2000, and to be considered for final passage on the 18th day of July, A.D. 2000.
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Mayor p �n
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of July, A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST/
City Clerk