HomeMy WebLinkAbout138 - 10/07/1997 - APPROPRIATING GRANT REVENUE AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE 1997 ORDINANCE NO. 138, 1997
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING FEDERAL GRANT REVENUE AND
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN PROJECTS
IN THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUND FOR THE OPERATION
OF THE NORTH FRONT RANGE TRANSPORTATION & AIR
QUALITY PLANNING COUNCIL'S 1997-1998 METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM YEAR
WHEREAS,the North Front Range Transportation& Air Quality Planning Council is the
Metropolitan Planning Organization ("MPO") and lead air quality planning agency for the north
front range; and
WHEREAS,voting members of the MPO include Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, Evans,
Timnath, Windsor, Berthoud, LaSalle, Garden City, the Colorado Department of Transportation
("CDOT") and the Colorado Department of Public Health& Environment; and
WHEREAS,the funds for the administration of the MPO program are federal transportation
program funds appropriated by the federal government and administered by CDOT, based on the
federal fiscal year of October 1 st through September 30th; and
WHEREAS, the City will receive in MPO program year 1997-1998, federal grant revenue
from various federal transportation programs,totaling $279,664, and along with required matching
funds from MPO member entities (excluding the City of Fort Collins' share), totaling $52,755, to
be used to provide coordinated, comprehensive and cooperative transportation and air quality
planning services in the North Front Range region; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins' share for supporting the 1997-1998 MPO program,
totaling $6,265, will be included in the City's 1998-1999 Proposed Budget; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 11, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins(the"Charter")
provides that appropriations for a federal grant shall not lapse if unexpended at the end of the fiscal
year until the expiration of the federal grant; and
WHEREAS, CDOT will permit unexpended funds remaining in the 1996-1997 MPO
program in the amount of$88,049 to be reallocated and used for the 1997-1998 MPO year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the 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,do not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received
during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 10,of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by
ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered amount or portion thereof from one fund or capital
project to another fund or capital project provided that the purpose for which the funds were initially
appropriated remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of federal grant revenues
administered through CDOT and unanticipated local matching shares from MPO member entities
will not cause total appropriations to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues
to be received during any fiscal year.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from federal grant revenue in
the Transportation Services Fund, 1997-1998 Metropolitan Planning Organization program,the sum
of TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR
DOLLARS ($279,664),upon receipt from federal fiscal year 1997-1998 funds administered through
the CDOT to be used for the 1997-1998 MPO program year.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from federal grant program revenue in the
Transportation Services Fund, 1997-1998 MPO program, the sum of FIFTY-TWO THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($52,755)upon receipt from MPO member entities
local shares to be used for the 1997-1998 MPO program year.
Section 3. That the unexpended and unencumbered amount of EIGHTY-EIGHT
THOUSAND AND FORTY-NINE DOLLARS ($88,049) is hereby authorized for transfer from the
1996-1997 MPO grant program to the 1997-1998 MPO grant program, upon the effective date of
this Ordinance.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 16th day of
September,A.D. 1997, and to be presented for final passage on the 7fli day of October,A.D. 1997.
Mayor
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 7th day of Octgber;A.D. 1997. '
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City Clerk