HomeMy WebLinkAbout023 - 02/16/2021 - APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED BY CITY GIVE AND AUTHORIZING A TRANSFER TO BE USED FOR ORDINANCE NO. 023, 2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED BY
CITY GIVE AND AUTHORIZING A TRANSFER TO BE USED FOR
ONGOING COVID-19 COMMUNITY RELIEF AND RECOVERY
WHEREAS, the City has received from Broadcom Inc. a donation of$100,000 to be used
by the City for COVID-19 community relief and recovery (the"Donation"); and
WHEREAS, the Donation has been deposited in the City Gives Reserves account in the
City's General Fund; and
WHEREAS, Broadcom Inc. and the City have identified together four different uses of the
Donation with$25,000 to be paid to the community partner CARE Housing to be used for eviction
prevention and onsite learning hubs providing access to the Internet and academic support to K-
12 students, $25,000 to be paid to the community partner Meals on Wheels to be used in support
of its mission to provide meals to homebound seniors,$25,000 to be used by the City in its Utilities
Payment Assistance Program, and $25,000 to be used by the City in its Digital Access and Equity
Program; and
WHEREAS,the individual grants to the community partners and the City's use of its share
of the Donation, as directed in this Ordinance, will benefit the health, safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and will serve the public purposes of supporting eviction prevention and
providing onsite learning hubs to provide access to the Internet and academic support to K-12
students in Fort Collins, providing nutritious meals to home-bound seniors in Fort Collins,
assisting financially the City's utility customers in danger of having their services disconnected
due the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and supporting the City's
partnership with Code for America to provide discounted Connexion Internet service to low-
income residents; 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 the total amount of such supplementaY 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 appropriations described herein and
determined these appropriations are available and previously unappropriated from the General
Fund and the Utility Customer Service & Admin Fund, as applicable, and will not cause the total
amount appropriated General Fund and the Utility Customer Service&Admin Fund,as applicable,
to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in these funds
during this 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
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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 City Manager has recommended the transfer described herein and
determined that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby mattes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated philanthropic revenue
in the General Fund, City Give Reserves account, the sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($25,000) to be used as a grant to the City's community partner CARE Housing for
eviction prevention and for onsite learning hubs providing access to the Internet and academic
support to K-12 students.
Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated philanthropic revenue
in the General Fund, City Give Reserves account, the sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($25,000) to be used as a grant to the City's community partner Meals on Wheels in
support of its mission to provide meals to homebound seniors.
Section 4. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated philanthropic revenue
in the General Fund, City Give Reserves account, the sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS($25,000)for transfer to the Utility Customer Service&Admin Fund and appropriated
therein for the Utilities Payment Assistance Program,
Section 5. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated philanthropic revenue
in the General Fund, City Give Reserves account, the sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($25,000) to be used in the City's Digital Access and Equity Program.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
February,A.D. 2021,and to be presented for final passa a on the 16th da ruary,A.D.2021.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on t e th day of Februai A.D. 2021.
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