HomeMy WebLinkAbout047 - 05/03/2022 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES FOR THE POST EMPLOYMENT HEALTH PLAN AS PROVIDED IN THE COLLECTIVEORDINANCE NO.047, 2022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES FOR THE POST EMPLOYMENT HEALTH
PLAN AS PROVIDED IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
WHEREAS, on December 7, 2021, the City adopted Resolution 2021-114 approving a
collective bargaining agreement between the City and the Northern Colorado Lodge #3 of the
Fraternal Order of Police ("CBA"); and
WHEREAS, the terms of the CBA call for the City to make one-time and "catch up"
contributions to the Post Employment Health Plan ("PEHP") accounts of the bargaining unit
members identified the collective bargaining agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City's contributions to the bargaining unit members' PEHP accounts are
based on the years of cumulative service in the collective bargaining unit with Fort Collins Police
Services ("FCPS"); and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Ordinance is to appropriate $1,674,000 of General Fund
prior year reserves to cover the City contributions to the PEHP accounts as required by the CBA;
and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits the public health, safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the City's public purpose including enforcement of the
provisions of the City Code and state law and such other functions and duties necessary to preserve
the public peace, prevent crime, apprehend criminals and protect rights of the persons and property
through the enforcement of penal laws of the City and the state; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon the
recommendation of the City Manager, to make supplemental appropriations 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 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 and all other funds to be received in this Fund
during this 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.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the General
Fund the sum of ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS
($1,674,000) to be expended in the General Fund for the cost of the Post Employment Health Plan
contributions as provided in the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Fraternal Order of
Police.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of
April, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of May, A.D. 2022.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 3rd day of May, A.D. 2022.
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