HomeMy WebLinkAbout100 - 10/04/2005 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE CLIMATE WISE PROGRAM ORDINANCE NO. 100, 2005
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE CLIMATE WISE PROGRAM
WHEREAS,the Air Quality Plan,an element of City Plan most recently updated by the City
Council in Resolution 2004-072 in May 2004, identifies an overarching air quality goal of
continually improving air quality as the city grows; and
WHEREAS, the Air Quality Plan contains an air quality policy to reduce Fort Collins
greenhouse gas emissions 30%below worst-case 2010 levels; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins' Climate Wise Program is a successful voluntary
business outreach program that assists local organizations in reducing greenhouse gas emissions,
air and water pollution,and solid waste generation,while increasing energy efficiency and reducing
utility costs; and
WHEREAS,the Climate Wise Program supports local economic development by supporting
local businesses in increasing their environmental stewardship while improving their bottom line;
and
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins has been awarded a grant from the Colorado Pollution
Prevention Advisory Board ("CPPAB") in the amount of$20,000; and
WHEREAS, the CPPAB grant funds will be used to provide on-site pollution prevention
assessments and other technical assistance to Climate Wise Program partners; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins 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 the fiscal year, does not exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the grant funds from the
CPPAB as described herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the General Fund to
exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during the
fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the General Fund
the sum of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS($20,000) for expenditure in the General Fund for
the Natural Resources Climate Wise Program.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of
September, A.D. 2005, and to be presented for final passage e 4th day of October, A.D. 2005.
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 4th day of O to fir, A.D. 2005.
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