HomeMy WebLinkAbout048 - 05/19/2009 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND FROM POLICE SEIZURE ACTIVITIES FOR POLICE SERV ORDINANCE NO. 048, 2009
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES
IN THE GENERAL FUND FROM POLICE SEIZURE
ACTIVITIES FOR POLICE SERVICES
WHEREAS,Fort Collins Police Services("FCPS"),in accordance with state law,has seized
illegal contraband used in or gained from criminal activities through civil forfeiture proceedings;
and
WHEREAS, funds from Northern Colorado Drug Task Force seizure activities in 2008 and
prior years in the amount of$48,249 are in the FCPS Seizure reserve account in the General Fund;
and
WHEREAS,pursuant to state statute,funds obtained through civil forfeiture proceedings are
to be expended for law enforcement purposes other than ongoing operating expenses; and
WHEREAS,$17,350 in funds from the FCPS Seizure reserve account will be used by FCPS
to purchase special training, services, and commodities to enhance the quality of customer service,
as well as used in partnership with a variety of community groups to fund prevention programs for
youth, anti-violence, and diversity issues; and
WHEREAS,the local Forfeiture Committee consisting of the Mayor, District Attorney and
Chief of Police, or their designees, approved the 2009 seizure budget in March 2009; and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 9,of the City Charter permits the City Council to appropriate
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, that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from prior year reserves in the General
Fund the total sum of SEVENTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS
($17,350) for Police Services' expenditures which are consistent with its functions and duties.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and order ublished this 5th day of May,
A.D. 2009, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th of May, A.D. 2009.
Mayor
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City Clerk-
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 19th day of Ma A.D. 2009.
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