HomeMy WebLinkAbout053 - 05/02/2017 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE TRANSPORTATION FUND FOR CONSULTING SERVICES RELATED TO INTE (2)ORDINANCE NO. 053, 2017
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE
TRANSPORTATION FUND FOR CONSULTING SERVICES
RELATED TO INTERSTATE 25 (I-25) TRAFFIC SOLUTION EFFORTS
WHEREAS, numerous efforts, initiatives, and actions have been taken or are underway
to urge the Colorado legislature and Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to
accelerate improvements to North Interstate 25 (I-25); and
WHEREAS, plans for road capacity and transit improvements were identified in the
North I-25 Environmental Impact Statement from 2011, but funds needed to make these changes
are not identified by CDOT in the foreseeable future; and
WHEREAS, local governments and business organizations in the Larimer and Weld
County area have coalesced around the goal of securing funding to widen North I-25; and
WHEREAS, Sandra Hagen Solin, Founder and CEO of Capitol Solutions, was retained
by the FIX I-25 coalition to lead advocacy for solutions to I-25; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Purchasing and Risk Management as the City's Purchasing
Agent has the authority pursuant to City Code Section 8-161 to approve an exemption to the
competitive bidding process; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks to renew a one-year contract and appropriate $30,000 for the
services of Capitol Solutions for the purpose of I-25 advocacy; and
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, City staff have determined that the appropriations as described herein are
available and previously unappropriated in the Transportation Fund.
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 for expenditure from prior year reserves
in the Transportation Fund the sum of THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($30,000) for the
services of Capitol Solutions for the purpose of I-25 advocacy.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of
April, A.D. 2017, and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd da of May, A.D. 2017.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 2nd day of May, A.D. 2017.
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