HomeMy WebLinkAbout170 - 12/17/2002 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR POLICE SERVICES FOR THE LARIMER CO ORDINANCE NO. 170, 2002
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR POLICE SERVICES FOR THE LARIMER COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE
WHEREAS,intelligence gathered by the LCDTF indicates that as many as 777 instances of
distribution of methamphetamines and 313 instances of manufacturing of methamphetammes
occurred between May 2001 and 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 have been
dismantled; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Police Services received a grant from the Colorado
Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice,in the amount of$21,060,for the Larimer
County Drug Task Force (the "LCDTF"); and
WHEREAS, the grant was provided for the purchase of a mobile lab trailer; and
WHEREAS, the trailer will be used to transport equipment to and from rural
methamphetamine laboratories and to provide facilities from which officers may work to safely
dismantle such laboratories; and
WHEREAS,the mobile lab trailer will bring the LCDTF into compliance with federal safety
standards for use in laboratory situations; 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 TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND SIXTY DOLLARS ($21,060) 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 19th day of
November, A.D. 2002, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of December, A.D.
2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 17th day of December, A.D. 2002.
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