HomeMy WebLinkAbout003 - 01/20/1998 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE TRANSIT SERVICES FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APP ORDINANCE NO. 3, 1998
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE
IN THE TRANSIT SERVICES FUND AND AUTHORIZING
THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS TO BE USED TO
FUND SPECIALIZED TRANSIT SERVICES IN NON-URBANIZED AREAS
WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) provides money in the
form of Section 5311 grants to fund specialized transportation services to non-urbanized areas; and
WHEREAS,in years past,Larimer County has been the recipient of the aforementioned grant
funds which were used to provide transit services to residents of Larimer County, living outside the
City of Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS,the County is no longer able to administer Section 5311 grants; and
WHEREAS, CDOT has made available to the City, Section 5311 grant funds in the amount
of$107,600 which, when combined with local matching funds of$72,731, will provide a total of
$180,331 to be used to enable the City to act as administrator of the said grants and to ensure that
existing services including Dial-a-Ride, Fox Trot, Loveland SAINT, and transportation services in
Berthoud and Estes Park will continue to be funded; and
WHEREAS,the City will receive local matching funds,totaling $59,154, from the City of
Loveland, Office on Aging, Larimer County and United Way; and
WHEREAS, the City's local match for the project is $13,577, and is appropriated in the
Transit Services Fund 1998 budget; 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 conjunction with
all previous appropriations for that fiscal year,do not exceed the then current estimate of actual and
anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 10, of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by
ordinance any unexpended appropriated amount or portion thereof from one fund or capital project
to another fund or capital project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to
be expended remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS,it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of$107,600 in Colorado
Department of Transportation Section 5311 grant funds, $59,154 in local matching funds and
authorize the transfer of$13,577 for the purpose of administering said grant funds and ensuring the
continued funding of specialized transit services to residents of Larimer County.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in
the Transit Services Fund, the sum of ONE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($107,600) from the Colorado Department of Transportation,to be used to administer
Section 5311 grant funds.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in
the Transit Services Fund,the sum of FIFTY-NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR
DOLLARS ($59,154) from various service agencies, representing matching funds, to be used to
administer Section 5311 grants,provide operating services, and purchase equipment.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of THIRTEEN THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($13,577) is hereby authorized for transfer from
operations dollars in the Transit Services Fund Transfort budget to be used to administer Section
5311 grants, provide operating services, and purchase equipment.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 6th day of
January, A.D. 1998, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of January, A.D. 1998.
Mayor Pro Tp
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 20th day of January, A.D. 1998.
Mayor PM,To 11
ATTEST:
City Clerk