HomeMy WebLinkAbout086 - 07/02/1996 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR SAVINGS REALIZED FROM INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY AND OPERATING EFFICIENCIES ORDINANCE NO. 86, 1996
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR SAVINGS REALIZED FROM
INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY AND OPERATING EFFICIENCIES
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 7 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins authorizes the
City Council to provide by ordinance for payment of any expense from reserves accumulated in prior
years notwithstanding that such reserves were not appropriated for expenditure in the annual
appropriation ordinance; and
WHEREAS, in 1992, the City Council adopted the Service Productivity Incentive Policy
which allows managers to save unspent annual appropriations that result from increases in
productivity and use the savings in subsequent years upon approval of the Council; and
WHEREAS, service programs had savings at the end of 1995 which resulted from operating
efficiencies and increases in productivity; and
WHEREAS, the City's Financial and Management Policies require as a condition for
expenditure of productivity savings that annual General Fund revenue collections must be equal to
or exceed projected budget revenue; and
WHEREAS, 1995 General Fund revenue collections exceeded the 1995 projected budget
revenue; and
WHEREAS, the 1995 savings has been separately accounted for in a General Fund reserve
designated for Productivity Savings; and
WHEREAS, some of the service programs are now requesting the use of their savings for
items which will improve their delivery of service; and
WHEREAS,the City Manager has reviewed the requests for use of savings and recommends
Council approval of the same; and
WHEREAS, the productivity savings requested for the Remodel of 281 North College in
the amount of$88,000 will be transferred to the Capital Projects Fund, Major Building Maintenance
Capital Project, consistent with the administration of similar remodeling funds; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 14, of the Charter, authorizes the Council to transfer by
ordinance, upon the recommendation of the City Manager, any unexpended appropriated amount or
portion thereof from one fund to another, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds
are to be expended remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 14, of the Charter authorizes the Council to appropriate
unanticipated revenues which are the result of new revenue sources at any time during the year in
which such revenue is received.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated for expenditure from productivity savings prior
year reserves in the General Fund the total sum of FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND
FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE DOLLARS ($563,473) to be allocated as follows:
City Attorney $ 14,084
City Manager 15,000
Municipal Court 16,920
City Clerk 1,002
Facilities 20,500
For Transfer to Capital Project 88,000
Human Resources 22,937
Human Rights 4,187
Information & Communication Systems 35,000
Purchasing 39,601
Treasury 10,000
Cultural, Library & Recreational Services-Admin. 1,786
Forestry &Landscaping 2,874
Parks Maintenance 53,331
Building & Zoning 38,000
Police 127,500
Engineering 72,751
Total $563,473
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from prior year reserves in
the General Fund the sum of EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($88,000) for transfer to
the Capital Projects Fund, Major Building Maintenance Capital Project, and appropriated from
unanticipated revenue therein to be used for the remodel of 291 North College.
Introduced,considered favorable on first read=ayor
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A.D. 1996, and to be presented for final passage on
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of Jul. 1996.
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