HomeMy WebLinkAbout128 - 09/07/2004 - APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING HYDROGEN FUELING EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE AT T ORDINANCE NO. 128, 2004
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE AND PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE
LIGHT AND POWER FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF EXISTING
APPROPRIATIONS IN THE EQUIPMENT FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING
HYDROGEN FUELING EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE TRANSFORT
ALTERNATIVE FUELING STATION
WHEREAS,on March 19,2002,the City Council adopted Resolution 2002-027,establishing
a policy to implement hydrogen-related projects within the City; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation
agreed to donate$210,000 worth of fueling equipment and funds,to be used with other City funds,
to add a Hythane®/Hydrogen fueling appliance and related infrastructure to the fueling facility at
the City's Transfort site on Trilby Road(Transfort Alternative Fueling Station); and
WHEREAS,Hythane(a mixture of natural gas and hydrogen),an alternative vehicle fueling
source, can be used directly in the City vehicles designed to operate on compressed natural gas
("CNG"); and
WHEREAS, the use of Hythane typically results in a 40-50% reduction in emissions over
the use of CNG; and
WHEREAS, pure hydrogen can also be dispensed from the proposed Hythane®/Hydrogen
appliances allowing the City to purchase hydrogen vehicles in the future; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost of the Hythane®/Hydrogen appliances and related
infrastructure improvements is $452,000, with available funding identified as follows:
Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Management and
Conservation - Equipment Donation $ 210,000
City's Light &Power Fund -Prior Year Reserves $ 35,000
City's Equipment Fund - Existing Appropriations 207 000
Total $ 452,000
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins ("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, does not exceed the 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 donated equipment and
funds, as described herein, will not cause the total amount appropriated in the relevant funds to
exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year;
and
WHEREAS,Article V,Section 9,of the Charter also 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; 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 transferred funds
are to be expended remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS,it is the desire of the Council to authorize the acceptance of the donation of the
hydrogen fueling equipment and funds for a total value of$210,000 from the Colorado Governor's
Office of Energy Management and Conservation, appropriate the sum of$35,000 from prior year
reserves in the Light & Power Fund for transfer to the City's Equipment Fund - Transfort
Alternative Fueling Station project, for appropriation therein, and authorize the transfer of existing
appropriations,totaling$207,000,from the City's Equipment Fund operating budget to the Transfort
Alternative Fueling Station project, within the Equipment Fund, to be used to install Hythane®/
Hydrogen fueling appliances and related infrastructure at the Transfort Alternative Fueling Station;
and
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 unanticipated revenues
in the Equipment Fund-Transfort Alternative Fueling Station project the sum of TWO HUNDRED
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($210,000) to be used to install Hythane®/Hydrogen fueling
appliances and related infrastructure at the Transfort Alternative Fueling Station.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from prior year reserves in the
Light & Power Fund for transfer to the Equipment Fund - Transfort Alternative Fueling Station
project, and appropriated therein, the sum of THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($35,000)
to be used to install Hythane®/Hydrogen fueling appliances and related infrastructure at the
Transfort Alternative Fueling Station.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of TWO HUNDRED SEVEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($207,000) is hereby authorized for transfer from the Equipment Fund
operations budget to the Equipment Fund-Transfort Alternative Fueling Station project to be used
to install Hythane® / Hydrogen fueling appliances and related infrastructure at the Transfort
Alternative Fueling Station.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 17th day of
August, A.D. 2004, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of September, A.D. 2004.
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 7th day of September, A.D 004.
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