HomeMy WebLinkAbout052 - 04/18/2023 - REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 024, 2023, APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED BY CITY GIVE FOR FORORDINANCE NO.052,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO.024,2023,AND APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC
REVENUE RECEIVED BY CITY GIVE FOR FORT COLLINS POLICE SERVICES FOR
THE SAFE FUTURES INITIATIVE
WHEREAS,like many law enforcement agencies across the nation,Fort Collins Police
Services (FCPS)is adopting new industry practices for victim-centered services by hiring civilian
professionals for forensics,fraud,and criminal investigations;and
WHEREAS,traditionally served by uniformed police officers,this new approach offers a
proactive,comprehensive victim-centered approach to public safety and leverages candidates from
accounting,criminal justice,and forensic disciplines,who desire to serve their community;and
WHEREAS,the Fort Collins Safe Futures Fund is a designated charitable fund to support
the operational needs for innovative,victim-centered police services to address the impact crime
has on victims,their families,and witnesses;leverage technology-based skilled investigative
resources;and,assist in the identification of victims of human trafficking and prevent the sexual
exploitation of the most vulnerable members of our community;and
WHEREAS,the purpose of this item is to request appropriation of $86,000.00 in
philanthropic revenue received by City Give for Fort Collins Police Services for the Safe Futures
Initiative;and
WHEREAS,the charitable support represents a range of generous local giving:$50,000
from the Blue Ocean Foundation,$35,000 from UCount,Timberline Church,and $1,000 from the
Community Foundation of Northern Colorado,with all gifts designated for the sole purpose of the
Safe Futures Initiative;and
WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits public health,safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves a public purpose of protecting our most vulnerable population of citizens
by investigating crimes and holding perpetrators of those crimes accountable;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 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 and
WHEREAS,the City Council previously made these appropriations in Ordinance No.024,
2023 (“Ordinance No.024”)adopted at final reading on March 7,2023,but Ordinance No.024
was not published after such adoption as required by Section 7 in City Charter Article II;and
WHEREAS,it is therefore necessary that the City Council adopt this Ordinance No.052,
2023,to both repeal Ordinance No.024 and to authorize and approve these appropriations again;
and
No.024.
WHEREAS,the City has not expended any of the appropriations approved in Ordinance
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 philanthropic revenue in the
General Fund the sum of EIGHTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS ($86,000)to be expended in the
General Fund by Fort Collins Police Services for the Safe Futures Initiative.
Section 3.That Ordinance No.024,2023,is hereby repealed.
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Introduced,considered favorably
April,2023,and to be presented for final
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on first reading,and ordered published this 4th day of
passage on the 18th day of April,202
Passed and adopte.on ma -.~~on the 18th day
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of April 2023.
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