HomeMy WebLinkAbout136 - 10/21/2003 - MAKING CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS RELATED TO OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIO ORDINANCE NO. 136, 2003
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS RELATED TO
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION
WHEREAS, the North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council (the
"NFRT&AQPC") is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and lead air quality
planning agency for the North Front Range region; and
WHEREAS, the MPO promotes regional transportation and transportation related air
quality planning, and cooperation and coordination among federal, state, and local governments
in the North Front Range area; and
WHEREAS, voting members of the MPO include Fort Collins (the "City"), Greeley,
Loveland, Evans, Timnath, Windsor, Berthoud, LaSalle, Johnstown, Milliken, Garden City,
Larimer County, Weld County the State of Colorado Transportation Commission, and the State
of Colorado Air Quality Control Commission; and
WHEREAS, the funds for the administration of the MPO program are federal
transportation program funds appropriated by the federal government and administered by the
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), based on the federal fiscal year of October 1
through September 30; and
WHEREAS, since the inception of the MPO in 1987, the City has served as the host
organization for the NFRT&AQPC, which function has included advancing operational funds to
the MPO and its member entities; and
WHEREAS, it has been the goal of the MPO to secure adequate funding to sustain its
operations, independent of the City, thereby becoming a regional government operating as a joint
venture supported by its members; and
WHEREAS, as of September 29, 2003, the NFRT&AQPC had received a total of
$300,000 from Larimer County ($150,000) and Weld County ($150,000) enabling the MPO to
attain its independence from the City; and
WHEREAS, the City estimates the MPO will need a total of $2.1 million dollars for
operating expenses during 2003; and
WHEREAS, reimbursement to the City by the MPO is expected to come in the form of
payments to the MPO from other member entity loans, advances, and/or MPO grant
reimbursements; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the
"Charter") permits the City Council to 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, 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, City staff has determined that the appropriation of $1,650,000 from
unanticipated revenue for operating expenses of the MPO will not cause the total amount
appropriated in the Transportation Services Fund budget to exceed the current estimate of actual
and anticipated revenues to be received during any fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the foregoing $1,650,000,
together with the additional sum of $450,000 from prior year reserves in the Transportation
Services Fund, to defray operating expenses of the MPO in 2003.
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 prior year
reserves in the Transportation Services Fund, the sum of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($450,000), to be used to fund advances to the MPO during 2003 for
operating expenses.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue
in the Transportation Services Fund, the additional sum of ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,650,000), upon receipt from the Metropolitan Planning
Organization, to further fund operating expenses of the MPO during 2003.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 7th day
of October, A.D. 2003, and to be considered for final passage on the 2,4st day of October, A.D.
2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 21st day of October, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk