HomeMy WebLinkAbout113 - 09/19/2023 - MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS FOR THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS ELECTRIC VORDINANCE NO.113,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING
TRANSFERS FOR THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS ELECTRIC VEHICLE
READINESS ROADMAP UPDATE
WHEREAS,the FC Moves department is housed in the City’s Planning,Development,and
Transportation division and exists to advance mobility solutions to increase walking,bicycling,
transit use,shared and environmentally sustainable modes;and
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins is geographically positioned along two nationally
established alternative fl.iel corridors,1-25 and US 287,which allows for unique investment
opportunities to facilitate electric vehicle (“EV”)adoption and alternative-fueled transportation
that will have impacts at the local,regional,and national level;and
WHEREAS,Fort Collins has made substantial investments at both the government and
community level to increase EV adoption and seeks to maintain the momentum of recent efforts
by updating its 2017 Electric Vehicle Readiness Roadmap (“EVRR”)and developing new
strategies that will facilitate increased EV adoption and equitable deployment in the short-,
medium-and long-term;and
WHEREAS,over the last six years,conditions within the City and the rapidly evolving EV
environment have changed,resulting in a need to provide the community with updated guidance,
strategies,and policies to foster increased EV adoption;and
WHEREAS,there also has been a need to advise the City organization on best practices as
it continues to grow EV adoption and other alternative fuels for its own fleet of vehicles;and
WHEREAS,since the EVRR’s creation,a number of City plans,namely the 2019 City
Plan and the 2021 Climate Future Plan,have been adopted that feature EVs prominently,
necessitating an updated EVRR with a coherent approach regarding EV adoption and alignment
with the various objectives established throughout the City;and
WHEREAS,the Colorado Energy Office (“CEO”)recently awarded FC Moves a Local
Government Electric Vehicle Readiness Grant to assist in the updating of the EVRR to continue
support of EV adoption throughout the Fort Collins community and surrounding area;and
WHEREAS,the grant award for updating the EVRR is based on total project costs of
$53,333,with the CEO providing $40,000 in funds and the remaining $13,333 being provided by
the City’s Operation Services,Light &Power,and FC Moves departments as a local match;and
WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits the public health,safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of promoting environmentally sustainable
transportation solutions;and
WHEREAS,appropriating Light &Power Fund revenues as part of the City’s matching
funds benefits electric utility rate payers by allowing the utility to more strategically maintain
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system reliability and minimize future capital resources committed to support continued EV
adoption;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
Transportation Services Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the
Transportation Services 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,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 City Manager has recommended the transfers of $4,445 from the FC
Moves operating budget in the Transportation Services Fund,$4,444 from the Operation Services
operating budget in the General Fund,and $4,444 from the Light and Power department operating
budget in the Light and Power Fund to the Electric Vehicle Readiness Roadmap Update Project in
the Transportation Services Fund and determined that the purpose for which the transferred funds
are to be expended remains unchanged;and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a federal,state or private 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 federal,state or private grant or the City’s
expenditure of all funds received from such grant or donation;and
WHEREAS,the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the Local
Government EV Readiness grant 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
Transportation Services Fund the sum of FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($40,000)to be
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expended in the Transportation Services Fund for the City of Fort Collins Electric Vehicle
Readiness Roadmap Update.
Section 3.That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of FOUR
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($4,445)is authorized for transfer
from the FC Moves operating budget in the Transportation Services Fund to the City of Fort
Collins Electric Vehicle Readiness Roadmap Update in the Transportation Service Fund and
appropriated therein to be expended for the update.
Section 4.That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of FOUR
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($4,444)is authorized for transfer
from the Operation Services operating budget in the General Fund to the City of Fort Collins
Electric Vehicle Readiness Roadmap Update in the Transportation Services Fund and appropriated
therein to be expended for the update.
Section 5.That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of FOUR
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($4,444)is authorized for transfer
from the Light and Power department operating budget in the Light and Power Fund to the City of
Fort Collins Electric Vehicle Readiness Roadmap Update in the Transportation Services Fund and
appropriated therein to be expended for the update.
Section 6.That the appropriation herein for the Local Government EV Readiness grant
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.
ATTEST:
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and ordered published this 5th day of
September,2023,and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of Sepflther,2023.
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ATTEST:
Passed and adopted on of September,
City Clerk