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HomeMy WebLinkAbout171 - 12/17/2002 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR POLICE SERVICES EQUIPMENT ORDINANCE NO. 171, 2002 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR POLICE SERVICES EQUIPMENT WHEREAS,the current Fort Collins Police Services Dispatch Center consoles are over ten years old and difficult to repair; and WHEREAS, the current Dispatch Center consoles are unable to handle the new E911 telephones and Computer Aided Dispatch wireless caller location mapping; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to replace the current consoles to ensure effective radio communication for Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Services; and WHEREAS, new consoles will also enable the Dispatch Center to expand the number of dispatch positions and improve the work area's ergonomics; and WHEREAS, funds are available in the General Fund Equipment Reserves for Police Services; and WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9,of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins 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 that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from General Fund prior year reserves the sum of FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($420,500), for the purchase of Fort Collins Police Services Dispatch Center consoles. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of November, A.D. 2002, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of December, A.D. 2002. r f Mayor ATTEST: �1 La� 1�i City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 17th day of December, A.D. 2002. .w^w w}s fig. Mayor ... ATTEST: - 6'.L&V City Clerk