HomeMy WebLinkAbout158 - 12/02/2003 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR POLICE SERVICES OPERATING BUDGET T ORDINANCE NO. 158, 2003
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR POLICE SERVICES AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF MATCHING
FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN THE POLICE SERVICES
OPERATING BUDGET TO THE GRANT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant under the
United States Department of Justice, Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program ("I I G")in
the amount of$62,259; and
WHEREAS, the LLEBG funds are to be used for the procurement of equipment and
technology related to basic law enforcement functions; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds will be used to purchase approximately 25 computers that are
compatible with the new Computer Aided Dispatch/Records Management System; and
WHEREAS,the LI EBG program required that an Advisory Board be formed to review the
use of the grant funds and make a non-binding recommendation to the United States Department of
Justice on the agency's use of the funds; and
WHEREAS, an Advisory Board was formed consisting of representatives from local law
enforcement, the prosecutors's office,the court system,the public schools, and a non-profit agency
active in crime prevention or treatment; and
WHEREAS,the Advisory Board reviewed the project and supported the proposed use of the
LLEBG funds; and
WHEREAS,the grant requires$6,918 of City matching funds,which have been included in
the 2003 Police Services budget for this purpose and are available for transfer to the Police Services
LLEBG project; 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 then 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 United States Department
of Justice, Local Law Enforcement Block 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 10,of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by
ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered amount or portion thereof from one project to another
project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains
unchanged.
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 SIXTY-TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE
DOLLARS ($62,259) for expenditure in the General Fund for Police Services equipment and
technology related to basic law enforcement functions.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SIX THOUSAND NINE
HUNDRED EIGHTEEN DOLLARS ($6,918) is authorized for transfer from the Police Services
operating budget in the General Fund to the Police Services LLEBG project for equipment and
technology related to basic law enforcement functions and appropriated therein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of
November,A.D.2003,and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of December,A.D.2003.
Mayor
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of Decembe D. 2003.
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