HomeMy WebLinkAbout144 - 12/20/2005 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE AND PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE RESTOR ORDINANCE NO. 144, 2005
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE AND PRIOR YEAR RESERVES
IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
YOUTH CONFERENCING PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant from the
Colorado Division of Criminal Justice in the amount of$20,000 for salaries associated with the
continued operation of the Restorative Justice Youth Conferencing Program; and
WHEREAS, restorative justice is an alternative method of holding a youth offender
accountable for his or her actions by conferencing with the youth, the victim and community
members to define the harm caused by the offense and decide how to repair that harm; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires $2,222 of City matching funds, which is available through
appropriating previous project income(client fees)from the Restorative Justice Youth Conferencing
Program; and
WHEREAS, the matching funds have lapsed and are currently in General Fund prior year
reserves for Police Services; 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, 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 Colorado Division of
Criminal Justice grant funds 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; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9,of the Charter permits the City Council to appropriate
ate by
ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may be available from
reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not previously
appropriated.
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 TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000) for expenditure in the
General Fund for the Restorative Justice Youth Conferencing Program.
I _
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from prior year reserves in
the General Fund the amount of TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO
DOLLARS ($2,222) for the Restorative Justice Youth Conferencing Program.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of
November, A.D. 2005, and to be presented for fi:=:;
dayaer, A.D.
2005.
Mayor
(TEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 20th day of ember, A.D. 2005.
Mayor
� A TEST:
City Clerk