HomeMy WebLinkAbout160 - 12/02/2003 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE RADON PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE TR ORDINANCE NO. 160, 2003
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CTTY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE RADON PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF MATCHING
FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN THE NATURAL RESOURCES
OPERATING BUDGET TO THE GRANT PROJECT
WHEREAS, since 1995, the City has placed special emphasis on reducing radon in Fort
Collins, where levels average above four picocuries per liter of air, the level at which the United
States Environmental Protection Agency recommends action; and
WHEREAS, the Fort Collins radon program is part of the City's indoor air quality
program, which is guided by the Air Quality Policy Plan with a goal to increase actions taken by
residents to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution; and
WHEREAS, the current radon program includes an aggressive education program, a
voluntary radon testing and mitigation program, and an ordinance requiring the distribution of
radon information to all residential homebuyers at point-of-sale; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has been awarded a grant from the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment (the "CDPHE") in the amount of$15,000; and
WHEREAS, the CDPHE grant funds are to be used to continue the radon education and
testing programs; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires $15,000 of City matching funds, which have been
included in the 2003 Natural Resources budget for this purpose and are available for transfer to
the CDPHE grant project; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the
"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 CDPHE 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; 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 project to
another project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended
remains unchanged.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($15,000) for expenditure in the
General Fund for the Natural Resources Radon Program.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of FIFTEEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($15,000) is authorized for transfer from the Natural Resources operating budget in
the General Fund to the Natural Resources CDPHE grant project for the Natural Resources
Radon Program and appropriated therein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of
November, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of December, A.D.
2003.
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of December, . 2003.
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