HomeMy WebLinkAbout063 - 08/21/2012 - APPROVING A GRANT PROJECT WITH THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, APPROPRIATI ORDINANCE NO. 063, 2012
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING A GRANT PROJECT WITH THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED
GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES RADON
PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF MATCHING FUNDS
PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN THE NATURAL RESOURCES OPERATING BUDGET
TO THE GRANT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Fort Collins Natural Resources Radon Program (the 'Program") is part
of the City's indoor air quality program, which is guided by the Air Quality Plan with a policy
goal to educate and encourage residents to reduce their exposure to indoor air pollution; and
WHEREAS, the current radon program includes aggressive education, a voluntary radon
testing program, mandatory radon mitigation in new construction, and an ordinance requiring the
distribution of radon information to all residential home-buyers at point-of-sale; and
WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a grant from the Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment ("CDPHE") in the amount of$11,525; and
WHEREAS, the CDPHE grant funds are to be used to lower the lung-cancer risk of Fort
Collins residents by directly supporting radon activities identified in two City Budget offers, Air
Quality Improvement and the Radon Mitigation Behavioral Study; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires $11,525 of matching funds, which have been included in
the 2012 Natural Resources budget and are available for transfer to the CDPHE 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 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 City Charter authorizes the City Council to
transfer by ordinance any unexpected 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 the City Council hereby specifically approves the above-described
joint and cooperative efforts with CDPHE to promote identification and mitigation of radon-
related risks.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE
DOLLARS ($11,525) for expenditure in the General Fund for the Natural Resources Radon
Program.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ELEVEN THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($11,525) is authorized for transfer from the
Natural Resources operating budget in the General Fund to the CDHE grant project for the
Natural Resources Radon Program and appropriated herein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 17th day of
July, A.D. 2012, and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of August, A.D. 2012.
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Passed and adoptedefinaon 21 st day of August, A.D. 2012.
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