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ORDINANCE NO. 084, 2016
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN
THE DATA AND COMMUNICATIONS FUND FOR
IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC PLAN REVIEW
WHEREAS, traditionally the plan review processes has required customers of
development processes to submit large numbers of construction and development plans in paper
format to the City for review and comment; and
WHEREAS, the routing and review of these plans is not only environmentally
unfriendly, but it is also inefficient given available technologies; and
WHEREAS, the Building Services department of the Community Development and
Neighborhood Services area is proposing to implement electronic plan review as part"of the
building permit and development review process; and
WHEREAS, the proposed electronic plan review process will enable the electronic
submittal of plans, electronic routing and review of plans and automated online access of review
comments, significantly reducing the amount of paper involved in the review processes and
allow for overall greater efficiency; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost for the implementation is $484,000; and
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WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9„of the City Charter permits the City Council to make
supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year, provided that the
total amount of such supplemental appropriations, in combination with all previous
appropriations for that fiscal year, does not exceed,the current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter also permits the City Council 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.
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 Data and
Communications Fund the sum of FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($484,000) for expenditure in the Data and Communications Fund for
implementation of electronic plan review as described above.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 5th day of
July, A.D. 2016, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of July, A.D. 2016.
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 19th day of July, A.D. 2016.
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