HomeMy WebLinkAbout050 - 05/04/1999 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR POLICE SERVICES AND AUTHORIZING THE TRAN ORDINANCE NO. 50, 1999
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL
FUND FOR POLICE SERVICES AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER
OF MATCHING FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN THE POLICE SERVICES
OPERATING BUDGET TO THE GRANT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant under the
United States Department of Justice,Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program(LLEBG)in the
amount of$87,695; and
WHEREAS, the LLEBG grant funds are to be used for the procurement of equipment and
technology related to basic law enforcement functions, and
WHEREAS, the LLEBG grant required that an Advisory Board be formed to review the use
of the grant funds and make a non-binding recommendation to the United States Department of
Justice on the agency's use of the funds; and
WHEREAS, an Advisory Board was formed consisting of representatives from local law
enforcement, the prosecutor's office, the court system. the public schools, and a non-profit agency
active in crime prevention or treatment; and
WHEREAS,the Advisory Board met on February 25, 1999,and supported the proposed use
of the LLEBG grant funds; and
WHEREAS,the grant requires$9,744 of City matching funds,which have been included in
the 1999 Police Services budget for this purpose and are available for transfer to the Police Services
LLEBG grant project; and
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 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,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 project
to another fund or project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be
expended remains unchanged.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY rHE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the General
Fund the sum of EIGHTY-SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINETY FIVE DOLLARS
($87,695) for expenditure in the General Fund for the Police Services LLEBG grant project and
appropriated therein.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of NINE THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR DOLLARS($9,744)is authorized for transfer from the Police Services
operating budget in the General Fund to the Police Services LLEBG project and appropriated
therein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of
April, A.D.1999, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of May, A.D. 1999.
s �
Mavor
ATTEST:
)(1k I A QQU A A
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 4th day of May, A.D. 1999.
Mavor
ATTEST:
LL 1.)
City Clerk