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HomeMy WebLinkAbout004 - 01/21/2003 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR POLICE SERVICES FOR THE LARIMER CO ORDINANCE NO. 004, 2003 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR POLICE SERVICES FOR THE LARIMER COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL DRUG TASK FORCE WHEREAS,intelligence gathered by the Larimer County Drug Task Force (the"LCDTF") indicates that as many as 777 instances of distribution of methamphetamines and 313 instances of manufacturing of methamphetamines occurred between May 2001 to May 2002; and WHEREAS, during this same time period, 45 arrests were made and 52 labs were dismantled; and WHEREAS, during the first nine months of 2002, sixteen methamphetamine labs were dismantled; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 170, 2002, Fort Collins Police Services received funding for the purchase of a mobile lab trailer to be used in responding to methamphetamine labs; and WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins Police Services has received a grant from the Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice, in the amount of $15,816, for the LCDTF; and WHEREAS, the funds will be used to purchase six self-contained breathing apparatus and 36 pairs of Sarnex coveralls to be used in conjunction with the mobile lab trailer for the clean up of methamphetamine laboratories; and WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9,of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins 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 then current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and WHEREAS,City staff has determined that the appropriation of the Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice Grant funds as described herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the General Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during the fiscal year. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the General Fund the sum of FIFTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTEEN DOLLARS ($15,816) for expenditure in the General Fund for Police Services for the Larimer County Drug Task Force. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of January, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st, ay of January, A.D. 2003. Mayor ATTEST: AA L City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 21st day of January, A.D. 2003. Acting Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk