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HomeMy WebLinkAbout086 - 07/02/1996 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR SAVINGS REALIZED FROM INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY AND OPERATING EFFICIENCIES ORDINANCE NO. 86, 1996 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR SAVINGS REALIZED FROM INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY AND OPERATING EFFICIENCIES WHEREAS, Article V, Section 7 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins authorizes the City Council to provide by ordinance for payment of any expense from reserves accumulated in prior years notwithstanding that such reserves were not appropriated for expenditure in the annual appropriation ordinance; and WHEREAS, in 1992, the City Council adopted the Service Productivity Incentive Policy which allows managers to save unspent annual appropriations that result from increases in productivity and use the savings in subsequent years upon approval of the Council; and WHEREAS, service programs had savings at the end of 1995 which resulted from operating efficiencies and increases in productivity; and WHEREAS, the City's Financial and Management Policies require as a condition for expenditure of productivity savings that annual General Fund revenue collections must be equal to or exceed projected budget revenue; and WHEREAS, 1995 General Fund revenue collections exceeded the 1995 projected budget revenue; and WHEREAS, the 1995 savings has been separately accounted for in a General Fund reserve designated for Productivity Savings; and WHEREAS, some of the service programs are now requesting the use of their savings for items which will improve their delivery of service; and WHEREAS,the City Manager has reviewed the requests for use of savings and recommends Council approval of the same; and WHEREAS, the productivity savings requested for the Remodel of 281 North College in the amount of$88,000 will be transferred to the Capital Projects Fund, Major Building Maintenance Capital Project, consistent with the administration of similar remodeling funds; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 14, of the Charter, authorizes the Council to transfer by ordinance, upon the recommendation of the City Manager, any unexpended appropriated amount or portion thereof from one fund to another, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 14, of the Charter authorizes the Council to appropriate unanticipated revenues which are the result of new revenue sources at any time during the year in which such revenue is received. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that: Section 1. There is hereby appropriated for expenditure from productivity savings prior year reserves in the General Fund the total sum of FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE DOLLARS ($563,473) to be allocated as follows: City Attorney $ 14,084 City Manager 15,000 Municipal Court 16,920 City Clerk 1,002 Facilities 20,500 For Transfer to Capital Project 88,000 Human Resources 22,937 Human Rights 4,187 Information & Communication Systems 35,000 Purchasing 39,601 Treasury 10,000 Cultural, Library & Recreational Services-Admin. 1,786 Forestry &Landscaping 2,874 Parks Maintenance 53,331 Building & Zoning 38,000 Police 127,500 Engineering 72,751 Total $563,473 Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from prior year reserves in the General Fund the sum of EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($88,000) for transfer to the Capital Projects Fund, Major Building Maintenance Capital Project, and appropriated from unanticipated revenue therein to be used for the remodel of 291 North College. Introduced,considered favorable on first read=ayor or ereh o u e A.D. 1996, and to be presented for final passage on r. ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of Jul. 1996. r ATTEST: 1� . City Clerk