HomeMy WebLinkAbout073 - 06/20/1995 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR SAVINGS REALIZED FROM INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY AND OPERATING EFFICIENCIES ORDINANCE NO. 73, 1995
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 1994 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, 1994 General Fund revenue collections exceeded the 1994 projected budget
revenue; and
WHEREAS, the 1994 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 Engineering Department has requested that $104,080 of their productivity
savings be transferred to the Transportation Fund to be spent in this fund for Transportation Services
Administration expenses; 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 SIX HUNDRED SIXTY TWO THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($662,287) to be allocated as follows:
City Council $ 7,794
City Manager 35,000
Municipal Court 6,500
City Attorney 18,000
City Clerk 4,400
Information & Communication Systems 58,000
Facilities 13,500
Administrative Services-Administration 7,696
Budget &Research Office 6,400
Cultural, Library & Recreational Services-Admin. 2,543
Parks Maintenance 106,787-
Library 21,364-
Community Planning &Environmental Services-Admin. 4,250
Policy & Special Projects 11,173
Current Planing 11,920
Police 155,000
Engineering 87,880
Engineering for Transfer to Transportation 104,080
Total $662,287
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ONE HUNDRED FOUR
THOUSAND EIGHTY DOLLARS ($104,080) is hereby authorized for transfer from the General
Fund to the Transportation Fund and appropriated therein to be used for Transportation Services
Administration expenses.
Introduced, considered favorable on first reading, and orderedyAlished this 6th d ne
A.D. 1995, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th da, June, A.D. 199 .
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 20th day of Ju D. 995.
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