HomeMy WebLinkAbout124 - 08/17/1999 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE AND PRIOR YEAR RESERVES FOR THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATIO ORDINANCE NO. 124, 1999
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE AND PRIOR
YEAR RESERVES IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND AND
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN FUNDS FOR
THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMS
WHEREAS, the North Front Range Transportation and Air Quality Planning Council
("NFRT&AQPC")is the regional Metropolitan Planning Organization("MPO")and lead air quality
planning agency for the North Front Range; and
WHEREAS, the MPO is funded with federal transportation program dollars administered
by the Colorado Department of Transportation("CDOT"), based on the federal fiscal and program
year of October 1 to September 30; and
WHEREAS,the City's SmartTrips Local and Regional Transportation Demand Management
Programs promote awareness and participation in alternative modes of transportation,including but
not limited to car pooling,van pooling,biking, and public transit services, in concert with the goal
of shifting ten percent of single occupant vehicle trips to other modes; and
WHEREAS, the SmartTrips programs rely heavily on federal funding as well as working
closely with other cities around the region and the business community in an effort to leverage
resources to fund the program; and
WHEREAS,the NFRT&AQPC has identified$320,640,from the following sources,to be
appropriated for the SmartTrips programs to design, promote and implement additional
programming in 1999:
Colorado Department of Transportation $ 258,282
Matching Funds from MPO Member Entities 4,350
Matching Funds - City of Fort Collins 37,203
Total $ 299,835
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the"Charter")
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 conjunction with
all previous appropriations for that fiscal year, do not exceed the current estimate of actual and
anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 9,of the Charter also 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, Article V, Section 10,of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by
ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered amount or portion thereof from one fund or capital
project to another fund or capital project,provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds
are to be expended remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of $262,632 from
unanticipated revenues in the Transportation Services Fund,and $3,150 from prior year reserves in
the Transportation Services Fund,and authorize the transfer of$24,500 from the General Fund and
$9,553 from the Transit Services Fund, to be used to provide additional programming for the
Smart Trips Local and Regional programs.
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 Transportation Services Fund Local Transportation Demand Management program,the sum of
EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($85,344)
representing additional grant revenue from the Colorado Department of Transportation to be used
for additional programming in 1999.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in
the Transportation Services Fund Regional Transportation Demand Management program,the sum
of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT
DOLLARS ($177,288) representing additional grant revenue from the Colorado Department of
Transportation ($172,938) and matching funds from Metropolitan Planning Organization member
entities ($4,350) to be used for additional programming in 1999.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND
FIFTY-THREE DOLLARS($34,053)is hereby authorized for transfer from existing appropriations
in the 1999 Transit Services Fund budget ($9,553) and the 1999 Natural Resources budget in the
General Fund ($24,500) to the Regional Transportation Demand Management program in the
Transportation Services Fund and appropriated therein to be used for additional programming in
1999.
Section 4. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from prior year reserves in the
Transportation Services Fund the sum of THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY
DOLLARS ($3,150) to be used for additional programming in 1999.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 3rd day of
August, A.D. 1999, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of August, A.D. 1999.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 17th day of August, A.D. 1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Iy Clerk