HomeMy WebLinkAbout001 - 01/18/2022 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND AND GOLF FUND AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF APPORDINANCE NO.001, 2022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND
AND GOLF FUND AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
SOUTHRIDGE GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City's Parks Department has been setting aside funds for replacement of
the irrigation system at Southridge Golf Course since 2014; and
WHEREAS, the existing irrigation system breaks down frequently, requiring costly
repairs; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost to replace the irrigation system has increased by nearly 30
percent since March of 2021 and continues to rise, and the Council Finance Committee, at its
regular meeting on November 3, 2021, supported funding the replacement project in 2022; and
WHEREAS, approval of this Ordinance would appropriate $375,000 from the General
Fund Southridge Golf Irrigation Reserve and $825,000 from the Golf Fund to purchase materials
for the irrigation system and pond lining construction project scheduled to begin in October of
2022 (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of providing an improved irrigation system on a public
golf course that will produce significant savings for the City through better water application
efficiency and flexibility while also reducing costs for labor and repairs; and
WHEREAS, because the Project involves construction estimated to cost more than
$250,000, Section 23-304 of the City Code requires one percent of these qualified appropriations
to be transferred to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund for a contribution to the Art in Public
Places (APP) program; and
WHEREAS, the total Project cost of $1,325,000 includes a prior appropriation of $125,000
completed in the 2019 Budget and the total Project cost has been used to calculate the contribution
to the APP program; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon the
recommendation of the City Manager, 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 Interim City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein
and determined that these appropriations are available and previously unappropriated from the
General Fund and the Golf Fund, as applicable, and will not cause the total amount appropriated
in the General Fund or the Golf Fund, as applicable, to exceed the current estimate of actual and
anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received in these Funds during this fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council, upon
recommendation by the City Manager, to transfer by ordinance any unexpended and
unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof 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; and
WHEREAS, the Interim City Manager has recommended the transfer of $375,000 from the
General Fund to the Golf Fund 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 makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the General
Fund the sum of THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($375,000),
which sum is authorized for transfer to the Southridge Irrigation System Project in the Golf Fund
and appropriated therein.
Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Golf Fund
the sum of EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($825,000) for
expenditure from the Golf Fund for the Southridge Irrigation System Project.
Section 4. That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of TEN
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($10,335) in the Golf Fund is
hereby authorized for transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and appropriated therein
for the Art in Public Places Program art projects.
Section 5. That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of TWO
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($2,650) in the Golf Fund is authorized for
transfer to the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and appropriated therein for the Art in Public
Places Program operation costs.
Section 6. That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of TWO
HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($265) in the Golf Fund is authorized for transfer to the
Cultural Services and Facilities Fund and appropriated therein for the Art in Public Places Program
maintenance costs.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of
January, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on tlq 18th day Ja uary, A.D. 2022.
ATTEST:
Interim City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of January, A.D. 2022.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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