HomeMy WebLinkAbout054 - 04/15/2014 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR MUNICIPAL COURT REORGANIZATION ORDINANCE NO. 054, 2014
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR MUNICIPAL COURT REORGANIZATION
WHEREAS, the Municipal Court (the "Court') adjudicates traffic, misdemeanor, and
civil infraction complaints pursuant to the Fort Collins Municipal Code, and handles
approximately 33,000 cases annually; and
WHEREAS, the Court recently developed a plan for reorganization as a result of
significantly increased caseloads that have resulted in the need for additional assistance for
complex case processing, financial work, customer service, statistical report generation duties,
and staff development; and
WHEREAS, two security assessments in the past three years identified a need for a
security officer to be present in the courtroom duffing both arraignment and non-arraignment
sessions, hearings, trials, and jury trials; and
WHEREAS, the Court's reorganization will result in a net increase of 1.45 in
classified/unclassified full-time employees (FTE), comprised of 0.50 FTE for a Bailiff position,
0.20 FTE for a Deputy Court Clerk II, and 0.75 for a Court Security Officer; and
WHEREAS, as part of the reorganization, the Court is requesting $55,400 from prior year
reserves in the General Fund to cover the prorated cost of the net increase in FTE; and
WHEREAS, the increased personnel expenses for the reorganization are not currently
funded in the Court's 2014 operational budget; 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; and
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 sum of FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND AND FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS
($55,400) to fund the costs associated with the Municipal Court's reorganization.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of
April, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of April, A.D. 2014.
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