HomeMy WebLinkAbout050 - 05/18/2010 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR POLICE SERVICES AND PROVIDING FOR ORDINANCE NO. 050, 2010
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE
GENERAL FUND FOR POLICE SERVICES AND PROVIDING FOR THE
TRANSFER OF MATCHING FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED
IN THE POLICE SERVICES OPERATING BUDGET
WHEREAS,the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice has awarded the City of Fort Collins
Police Services ("Police Services") a grant in the amount of $6,142 for operating 'expenses
associated with the continued operation of the Restorative Justice Program (the "Program"); and
WHEREAS,the Program is an alternative to the traditional criminal j ustice system and it has
provided services to more than 1,700 young people since its inception; and
WHEREAS, the Program facilitates a meeting with the young offender, the victim, and
community members to discuss the harm caused by the young offender and to find meaningful ways
for the young offender to repair that harm; and
WHEREAS,the grant requires an in-kind cash match of$2,047,which is being donated by
administrative support from the 8th Judicial District Probation Department; and
WHEREAS,additional funds of$1,965 are needed to meet expenditure requirements of the
Program and will be met by appropriating funds currently in the General Fund operating budget for
Police Services and available for transfer to the grant project for the Program; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City 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 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 City Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer
by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof from one
fund to another fund, 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 revenue in the General
Fund the sum of SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FORTY TWO DOLLARS ($6,142) for
expenditure in the General Fund for continuation of the Restorative Justice Program.
Section 2. That the unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount of ONE
THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS ($1,965) is authorized for transfer from
the Fort Collins Police Services operating budget in the General Fund to the Police Services grant
project for the Restorative Justice Program and appropriated therein.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and ordered ublished this 4th day of May,
A.D. 2010, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day May, A.D. 2010.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of ay A.D. 2010.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk