HomeMy WebLinkAbout091 - 09/18/2012 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SERVICES ORDINANCE NO. 091, 2012
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUES IN THE
GENERAL FUND FOR THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SERVICES
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE POLICE OPERATING BUDGET
WHEREAS,the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice has awarded the City of Fort Collins
Police Services a grant in the amount of $45,000 for operating expenses associated with the
operation of the Restorative Justice Services for the 2012-13 grant cycle; and
WHEREAS, the Restorative Justice Service is an alternative to the traditional criminal
justice system and the program seeks to hold young offenders accountable by facilitating a meeting
with the offender, the victim and members of the community to determine the harm done by the
crime, and how to repair the harm; and
WHEREAS, the grant provides 75% of the total project cost in the amount of$60,000 and
requires a match of 25% ($15,000), $7,440 of which can be funded from funds available in the
General Fund Police Services operating budget, and the remaining $7,560 of which can be funded
by an in-kind match from the Eighth Judicial District Probation Department; 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 Restorative Justice
Services 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 there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the General
Fund the sum of FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($45,000) for expenditure in the General
Fund to the Police Services grant project for Restorative Justice Services.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR
HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS ($7,440) is hereby authorized for transfer from the Police Services
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operating budget in the General Fund to the Police Services grant project for Restorative Justice
Services and appropriated therein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of
September, A.D. 2012, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of September, A.D.
2012.
OFFORTCO
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ATTEST: SEAL'
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of September, A.D. 2012.
Mayo
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City Clerk SEAL :
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