HomeMy WebLinkAbout095 - 08/21/2018 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM THE COMMUN ORDINANCE NO. 095, 2018
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL
FUND AND TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OPERATING BUDGET
TO THE GRANT BUDGET FOR THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice has awarded the City of Fort
Collins Community Development and Neighborhood Services ("CDNS") a grant in the amount of
$67,612 for salaries associated with the continued operation of the Restorative Justice Program
("Program"); and
WHEREAS,the Program is an alternative method to the criminal justice system,providing
services to more than 2,970 young people who committed chargeable offenses in the community
since 2000; and
WHEREAS, the Program facilitates a meeting with the young offender, the victim, and
community members to discuss the harm caused by the young offender and to find meaningful
ways for the young person to repair that harm; and
WHEREAS, the grant period for this award is from July 1, 20,18 to June 30, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires a 25% match of$22,537; and
WHEREAS, the City's cash match of$9,091'will come from the CDNS operating budget
for Restorative Justice and the remaining $13,446 match requirement will come from the City in
the form of office space and volunteers provided for the grant-funded services; and
WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of rebuilding community ties after a crime has been
committed; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City Charter permits the City Council to make
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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, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and
determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the General
Fund and 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 any fiscal year; and;
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
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from one fund or capital project to another fund or capital project, provided that the purpose for
which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged; the purpose for which the
funds were initially appropriated no longer exists; or the proposed transfer is from a fund or capital
project in which the amount appropriated exceeds the amount needed to accomplish the purpose
specified in the appropriation ordinance.
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 unanticipated revenue in the General
Fund the sum of SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS($67,612)
for expenditure in the General Fund, Restorative Justice Services grant project, for continuation of
the Restorative Justice Program.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of NINE THOUSAND NINETY-
ONE DOLLARS ($9,091) is hereby authorized for transfer from the Community Development
and Neighborhood Services operating budget in the General Fund to the grant project for
Restorative Justice Services and appropriated herein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 17th day of
July, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of August, A.D. 2018.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21 st day of August, A.D. 2018.
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