HomeMy WebLinkAbout198 - 12/18/2001 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR POLICE SERVICES AND AUTHORIZING THE TRAN ORDINANCE NO. 198, 2001
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$75,275; and
WHEREAS, the LLEBG funds are to be used for the procurement of equipment and
technology related to basic law enforcement functions; and
WHEREAS,the LLEBG program 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 prosecutors's office,the court system,the public schools,and a non-profit agency
active in crime prevention or treatment; and
WHEREAS,the Advisory Board reviewed the project and supported the proposed use of the
LLEBG funds; and
WHEREAS,the grant requires$8,364 of City matching funds,which have been included in
the 2001 Police Services budget for this purpose and are available for transfer to the Police Services
LLEBG 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 project to another
project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains
unchanged.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE 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 SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE
DOLLARS ($75,275) for expenditure in the General Fund for the Police Services LLEBG project
and appropriated therein.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of EIGHT THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR DOLLARS($8,364)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
November, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the Isth day of December, A.D.
2001.
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ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of December,A.D. 2001.
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