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HomeMy WebLinkAbout067 - 06/21/2022 - MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE HISTOORDINANCE NO. 067, 2022 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE HISTORICAL FUND GRANT TO PRODUCE A HISTORIC CONTEXT REPORT OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN FORT COLLINS WHEREAS, the City recently was awarded a grant in the amount of $86,600 (the "Grant") by the State Historical Fund; and WHEREAS, matching funds of $7,530 for the Grant are earmarked in the Historic Preservation Division's 2022 budget and appropriated for this purpose; and WHEREAS, the Grant will pay for professional historic preservation services to produce a historic context report on civil rights in Fort Collins; and WHEREAS, the Grant will pay for professional historic preservation services and community partners and stakeholders to identify a preliminary list of associated historically significant properties and consider which of these may be eligible for historic designation following future intensive -level survey; and WHEREAS, the Grant will pay for professional historic preservation services to identify appropriate future projects that expand the story of civil rights in Fort Collins beyond the initial report; and WHEREAS, the results of this historic context report will be used to promote awareness and uplift the histories of historically excluded and underrepresented members of the Fort Collins community, and will provide the City with the tools to make informed planning decisions; and WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of promoting the City's Strategic Plan in the areas of Culture and Recreation, Economic Health and Neighborhood Livability and Social Health; and WHEREAS, this appropriation specifically promotes the Equity, Inclusion and Diversity goals articulated in the City Plan of "of cultivating a safe and welcoming community focusing on equitable engagement, outcomes and service delivery for all, leading with race;" and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon recommendation of the City Manager, to make a supplemental appropriation by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year, provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriation, in combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year, do not exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received during the fiscal year; 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 -1- current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received in this Fund 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 $7,530 from the Historic Preservation Division's Operating Budget in the General Fund to the State Historical Fund Grant in the General Fund and determined that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section I 1 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a state grant, that such appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made, but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the state grant the City's expenditure of all funds received from such grant; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the State Historical Fund Grant for the Historic Context of Civil Rights in Fort Collins as an appropriation that shall not lapse until the earlier of the expiration of the Grant or the City's expenditure of all funds received from such Grant. 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 new revenue or other funds in the General Fund the sum of EIGHTY-SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS ($86,600) to be expended in the General Fund for State Historical Fund Grant for the Historic Context of Civil Rights in Fort Collins. Section 3. That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY DOLLARS ($7,530) is authorized for transfer from the Historic Preservation Division's operating budget in the General Fund to the State Historical Fund Grant for the Historic Context of Civil Rights in Fort Collins in the General Fund and appropriated therein. Section 4. That the appropriation herein for State Historical Fund Grant for the Historic Context of Civil Rights in Fort Collins is hereby designated, as authorized in Article V, -- Section 11 of the City Charter, as an appropriation that shall not lapse at the end of this fiscal year but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the grant or the City's expenditure of all funds received from such grant. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 7th day of June, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of June, A.D. 2022. er o C�� • `t ATTEST - City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 21 st day of June, A.D. 2022. ATTEST: City Clerk -3-