HomeMy WebLinkAbout075 - 07/19/2005 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE OPERATION OF THE STATE WELCOME ORDINANCE NO. 075, 2005
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE OPERATION OF THE STATE WELCOME CENTER
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 1999-097, the City contracted with the Colorado
State Board of Agriculture acting by and through Colorado State University for visitor center
space at the Environmental Leaming Center/Visitors Center; and
WHEREAS, the City currently has a contract with the Fort Collins Convention and
Visitors Bureau ("CVB") for convention and visitor services; and
WHEREAS, the CVB is now located in the Environmental Learning Center/Visitors
Center where it operates a welcome center to welcome and attract visitors to Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a grant for a sixth year of operation, in the
amount of $56,788, from the Colorado Tourism Office to be used for the operation of the Fort
Collins Welcome Center for fiscal year July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006; and
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Agent has negotiated new terms to be added to the City's
contract with the CVB, pursuant to which the CVB will operate the welcome center for this
period; 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 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 Tourism
Office 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the General
Fund the sum of FIFTY SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT DOLLARS
($56,788) for expenditure in the General Fund for the operation of the Fort Collins Welcome
Center for the fiscal year July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 5th day
of July , A.D. 2005 and to be presented for final passage the 19th day of July, A.D. 2005.
Mayo
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 19th day uly, A.D. 2005.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk