HomeMy WebLinkAbout096 - 07/15/1997 - AMENDING THE CITY CODE REGARDING TAX AND UTILITY REBATES ORDINANCE NO. 96, 1997
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 25 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
REGARDING TAX AND UTILITY REBATES
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Fort Collins has determined that it is in the best
interest of the City to provide property tax, utility, and sales tax rebate programs for low-income,
elderly, and disabled residents of the city to provide some financial relief to those members of the
population who may have difficulty paying routine bills and to help make the cost of food and
housing more affordable to these residents; and
WHEREAS, the last update to the Code of the City of Fort Collins pertaining to financial
guidelines was made in 1981 for the property tax and utility rebates and 1984 for the sales tax rebate
program; and
WHEREAS, approximately $16,000 has gone unspent each year because of the unchanged
gross income limits for participation in the rebate programs; and
WHEREAS, an additional amount of $20,000 was also appropriated for the 1997 rebate
year; and
WHEREAS, changing the gross income limits for all rebate programs to match those used
by the City's HOME Program provides consistency among city programs.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 25-29(4)of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 25-29. Qualifications.
(4) Any applying household shall have an annual income which shall not
exceed the following maximum limits:
Number in Maximum
household household limits
1 $10,000.
2 12,000.
3 14,000.
4 or more 16,000.
Section 2. That Section 25-49(1) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
See. 25-49. Qualifications.
(1) All members of an applicant household must have resided within the city prior
to the commencement of the calendar year for which application is made and at
the time the application is made. Any applying household shall have an annual
income which shall not exceed the following maximum limits:
Number in Maximum
household household limits
1 $10,000.
2 12,000.
3 14,000.
4 or more 16,000.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1 st da of
July, A.D. 1997, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th da y A.D. 19
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 15th day of July, A 99 .
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City Clerk