HomeMy WebLinkAbout072 - 07/21/2009 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM AN ORDINANCE NO. 072, 2009
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING
THE TRANSFER OF MATCHING FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED
IN THE POLICE SERVICES OPERATING BUDGET
WHEREAS, the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice ("CDCJ") has awarded the City a
grant in the amount of$21,574 ("Grant I") for operating expenses associated with the operation of
the Restorative Justice Program (the "Program") for the 2009-2010 grant cycle; and
WHEREAS,CDCJ has also awarded the City a second grant in the amount of$5,000("Grant
IF'), from funds returned to the CDCJ from other agencies, to be used for operating expenses of the
Program in the current grant cycle; and
WHEREAS,the Program is an alternative method to the traditional criminal justice system;
and
WHEREAS, the Program facilitates a meeting with the young offender, the victim, and
community members to discuss the harm caused by the young offender and to find meaningful ways
for the young person to repair that harm; and
WHEREAS,the grants require a cash match from the City in the amount of$7,191 for Grant
I and $1,667 for Grant II; and
WHEREAS, such matching funds are currently in the General Fund operating budget for
Police Services and available for transfer to the grant project for the Program; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City 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 CDCJ 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 City 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 revenue in the General
Fund the sum of TWENTY SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR DOLLARS
($26,574)for expenditure in the General Fund to the Police Services grant project for the Restorative
Justice Program.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT
HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($8,858) is authorized for transfer from the Police Services
operating budget in the General Fund to the Police Services grant project for the Restorative Justice
Program and appropriated therein.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and.ordered published this 7th day of July,
A.D. 2009, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day y, A.D. 2009.
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Mayo
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Deputy it Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21 st day of J yf , A!D. 2009.
Mayo
ATTEST:
` City Clerk