HomeMy WebLinkAbout083 - 07/01/2014 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE BENEFITS FUND FOR THE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS CENTER ORDINANCE NO. 083, 2014
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE BENEFITS FUND FOR THE
EMPLOYEE WELLNESS CENTER
WHEREAS, in 2009, City staff began exploring the concept of providing an on-site
medical clinic ("Wellness Center") to provide-basic healthcare treatment for City employees and
dependents who participate in the City's healthcare plan and has researched the economic
feasibility of a Wellness Center; and
WHEREAS, staff has also explored developing a partnership with another governmental
entity to jointly provide basic healthcare services to the entities' employees and has determined
that this is not a viable option; and
WHEREAS, in 2013, staff posted a request for proposals and selected a vendor to
provide basic healthcare services at a Wellness Center; and
WHEREAS, in March 2014, staff met with the Council Finance Committee to review.the
selected vendor's proposal to establish a Wellness Center for,the City, and the Council Finance
Committee voted unanimously to recommend that staff move forward with the steps necessary to
establish a Wellness Center; and
WHEREAS, staff anticipates that providing a Wellness Center for employees and
dependents who participate in the City's healthcare plan will reduce the City's healthcare costs;
and
WHEREAS, the total cost for the Employee Wellness Center in 2014 is $388,700 which
includes the selected vendor's implementation costs for center equipment ($147,700) and facility
and infrastructure costs ($241,000) with a projected five year return on investment; and
WHEREAS, staff has determined that sufficient funds are available in the reserves of the
benefits fund to fund the facility and infrastructure costs for the Wellness Center; 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, if 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
Benefits Fund the sum of THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($388,700) for an Employee Wellness Center.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 3rd day of
June, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 1 st day of July, A.D. 2014.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 1 st day of July, A.D. 2014.
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