HomeMy WebLinkAbout085 - 08/04/2020 - MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SERVICES PROGRAM ORDINANCE NO. 085, 2020
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
FOR THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SERVICES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, Restorative Justice Services ("RJS") and its three programs, RESTORE for
shoplifting offenses, Restorative Justice Conferencing Program, and Reflect Program for all other
offenses, have been partially grant funded since RJS's inception in 2000; and
WHEREAS, the City Council accepts grant funds from the Colorado Division of Criminal
Justice annually to support the continuation of RJS; and
WHEREAS, the grant funding for the 2020-2021 year is in the amount of$67,612; and
WHEREAS, this grant helps fund youth referred to the program from the 81h Judicial
District Attorney's office, and
WHEREAS, without grant funding and the support of the City, RJS would not be available
to youth and their families, crime victims, the courts, law enforcement and our community; and
WHEREAS, since its inception, RJS has provided a restorative justice alternative to more
than 3,000 youth that have committed crimes in the City; and
WHEREAS, these programs hold young offenders accountable by helping them to
understand how family, friends, victims, and members of the community are harmed by their
actions; and
WHEREAS, no matching funds are required for this grant; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of holding youth accountable and helping them to make
better future decisions,ultimately reducing recidivism,keeping youth out of the justice system and
continuing to build a safer and healthier community; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon
recommendation of the City Manager, 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, 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
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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 grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS
($67,612) for expenditure from the General Fund for the Restorative Justice Services program.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of
July, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th da of Au ust, A.D. 2020.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the of August, A.D. 2020.
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