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Ordinance No.056,2023.
ORDINANCE NO.029,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES FOR START-UP COSTS TO CREATE
A CONTRACTED RESIDENTIAL WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM
WHEREAS,the Council of the City of Fort Collins seeks to establish a City Residential
Waste Collection Program (“Program”);and
WHEREAS,to establish the Program,the City Council,simultaneously with the adoption
of this Ordinance,is adopting Ordinance No.027,2023,to amend the City Code to authorize the
Program,and Ordinance No.028,2023 to approve an agreement with a waste collector to provide
solid waste,recyclable materials,yard trimmings and bulky items collection services (the
“services”)to certain residences and other locations within the City;and
WHEREAS,customers of the Program will pay the contracted waste collector the
applicable rates for the services and an administrative fee to be remitted to the City to pay for the
City’s administrative costs to manage the Program;and
WHEREAS,the services will commence September 30,2024;and
WHEREAS,the City seeks to start administrative work prior to the commencement of the
services using prior year reserves in the General Fund,which will be paid back using the
administrative fee collected from customers of the Program;and
WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits the public health,safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of facilitating the administration of a
program to improve waste collection in the City;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 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.
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Section 2.That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the General
Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE
DOLLARS ($107,251)to be expended in the General Fund for Start-up Costs to Create a
Contracted Residential Waste and Recycling Collection Program.
Introduced,considered favorably on first readin
February 2023,and to be presented for final passage on
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ordered published this 21st day of
2023.
ATTES
City Clerk
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 7th day of March 2023
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Clerk