HomeMy WebLinkAbout094 - 10/20/2009 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR REPLACING RADIO NETWORK EQUIPMENT ORDINANCE NO. 094, 2009
OF THE COUNCIL. OIL THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUL:.IN THE
GENERAL FUND FOR REPLACING RADIO NETWORK EQUIPMENT
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Justice awarded the City of Fort Collins, the
City of Loveland, and Larimer County a grant from the Recovery Act: Edward Byrne Memorial
Justice Assistance Grant Program in the amount of$444,818 (the "Grant") for the replacement of
aging radio network equipment; and
WHEREAS, public agencies located in and adjacent to Larimer County rely on a shared
radio network for day-to-day radio communications and interoperable communications statewide;
and
WHEREAS, the local portion of the radio system was built in 1999 and over the last ten
years the radio network has been expanded and enhanced to meet the demands of additional users
and increased radio traffic; and
WHEREAS, the original equipment is aging and reaching its "end of life" and needs to be
replaced; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires no City matching funds; and
WHEREAS, Fort Collins, Loveland, and Larimer County have executed a Memorandum of
Understanding regarding the use of the Grant; 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 grant funds 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 grant revenue in the General Fund
the sum of FOUR HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTEEN
DOLLARS ($444,818) for expenditure in the General Fund for replacing aging radio network
equipment.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of
October, A.D. 2009. and to be presented for final passage on th _Oth day of October, A.D. 7009.
Mayor
` ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 204day o -r, A.D. 2 009.
ATTEST:
City,Clerk