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HomeMy WebLinkAbout159 - 12/02/2003 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR YOUTH COMMUNITY/FAMILY CONFERENCIN ORDINANCE NO. 159, 2003 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE YOUTH COMMUNITY/FAMILY CONFERENCING AND RESTORE PROGRAMS AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF MATCHING FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OPERATING BUDGET TO THE GRANT PROJECT WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Police Services has been awarded a grant from the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice in the amount of $47,195 for salaries associated with the continued operation of the Youth Community/Family Conferencing(restorative justice)and Restore Programs; and WHEREAS, restorative justice is an alternative method of holding youth offenders accountable for their actions by arranging meetings between the offender and the victim to develop appropriate consequences for the offense; and WHEREAS,the grant requires$5,244 of City matching funds,which have been included in the 2003 Municipal Court budget for this purpose and are available for transfer to the Youth Community/Family Conferencing and Restore 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 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 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; 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 FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE DOLLARS ($47,195) for expenditure in the General Fund for the Youth Community/Family Conferencing and Restore Programs. Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR DOLLARS($5,244)is authorized for transfer from the Municipal Court operating budget in the General Fund to the Youth Community/Family Conferencing and Restore grant project 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 da f December,A.D.2003. Mayor ATTEST: r'ne1� � City Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of December, A.D. 2003. ayor ATTEST: City Clerk 4ll1� ©�