HomeMy WebLinkAbout020 - 02/20/2018 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR SECURITY SCREENING FOR FORT COLLINS MUNICI 1 '
ORDINANCE NO. 020, 2018
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR SECURITY SCREENING FOR FORT COLLINS MUNICIPAL COURT
WHEREAS, the Fort Collins Municipal Court has identified a need for security screening
of people attending hearings at the Court's facilities in the 215 North Mason Street office building;
and
WHEREAS, of eleven similarly-sized courts surveyed in Colorado, all used some sort of
security screening equipment to screen the public before they are allowed access to the court; and
WHEREAS, it is impractical to install security screening at all entrances to 215 North
Mason,which would be required under state law to prohibit the public from bringing firearms into
the building as it is currently configured; and
WHEREAS, City staff has reviewed many possible options and concluded that the best
solution is to physically separate the entire courtroom area from the rest of the building and limit
public access to one entry door equipped with a magnetometer; and
WHEREAS, the total cost for the proposed physical changes to the building, the screening
equipment, and screening personnel for 2018, is $159,832; 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
WHEREAS, the Financial Officer has determined that the appropriations as described
herein are available and previously unappropriated in the General Fund; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation will serve a public purpose by providing funds to help
protect the health, safety and welfare of members of the public attending Municipal Court and the
City employees who work there.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
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 reserves in the General Fund the sum
of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY TWO DOLLARS
($159,832)for expenditure in the General Fund for the security screening addition for Fort Collins
Municipal Court.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of
February,A.D. 2018,and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of February,A.D. 2018.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day of February, A.D. 2018.
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