HomeMy WebLinkAbout013 - 02/06/2018 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES RADON P ORDINANCE NO. 013, 2018
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE
GENERAL FUND FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES RADON _
PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF MATCHING
FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES DEPARTMENT OPERATING BUDGET
WHEREAS, the Fort Collins Environmental Services Radon Program (the "Program") is
part of the City's indoor air quality program,which is guided by the Air Quality Plan with a policy
goal to educate and encourage residents to reduce their exposure to indoor air pollution; and
WHEREAS, the current radon program includes aggressive education, a voluntary radon
testing program, mandatory radon mitigation in new construction, and an ordinance requiring the
distribution of radon information to all residential home-buyers at point-of-sale; and
WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a grant from the Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment ("CDPHE") in the amount of$7,961; and
WHEREAS, the CDPHE grant funds will be used for the existing Environmental Services
Radon Program, which provides low cost radon test kits to residents, education and outreach to
raise awareness of the health risks, and resources to help mitigate high radon levels; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires $5,307 of matching funds, which have been appropriated
in the 2017 Environmental Services operating budget and are available for transfer to the
Environmental Services Radon Program; and
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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 CDPHE 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 appropriated amount or portion thereof
from one fund or'capital project account to another fund or capital project account, provided that
the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, the Program benefits public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Fort
Collins and the public purpose of educating and encouraging residents to reduce'exposure to indoor
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air pollution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows: I
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE DOLLARS
($7,961) for expenditure in the General Fund for the Environmental Services Radon Program.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of FIVE THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED SEVEN DOLLARS ($5,307) is authorized for transfer from the Environmental
Services operating budget in the General Fund to the Environmental Services Radon Program and
appropriated therein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of
January, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of February, A.D. 2018.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 6th day of February, A.D. 2018.
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