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HomeMy WebLinkAbout003 - 01/19/2021 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM THE COLORADO DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTINCE UNDER THE ORDINANCE NO. 003, 2021 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM THE COLORADO DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE UNDER THE FEDERAL VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES VICTIM SERVICES UNIT WHEREAS, Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant by the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice in the amount of$49,901 (the "Grant") under the Federal Victims of Crime Act ("VOCA") to support the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Unit ("Victim Services") for the period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022; and WHEREAS, the amount to be received and appropriated in 2021 is $24,551, with the balance projected to be received in 2022; and WHEREAS, Victim Services provides crisis intervention, resources and referral services to victims of violent crime and other traumatic situations; and WHEREAS, the Grant will be used to fund a part of the salary for the victim advocate who provides crisis intervention services for sexual assault victims between school ages of kindergarten through 121h grade; and WHEREAS, the Grant requires a 25% match which will be filled by an in-kind match from volunteer hours worked; and WHEREAS, appropriation of the Grant serves a public purpose by assisting crime victims in the Fort Collins community; and 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, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and determined that the appropriation of the VOCA Grant to support Victim Services will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Police Services 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 COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. -1- Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the General Fund the sum of TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE DOLLARS ($24,551) for expenditure in the General Fund for the Fort Collins Police Services Victim Services Unit. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 5th day of January, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of January, A.D. 2021. O� • RT ATTEST: ti�' •.rLv, v. SEAL city Cl • •p coioRAp Passed and adopted on final reading on the 19th day of January, A.D. 2021. (:::;avyor& ATTEST: . faar� •.Q ci City C14K COiORADO