HomeMy WebLinkAbout094 - 09/01/2015 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE COMMU ORDINANCE NO. 094, 2015
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE
GENERAL FUND AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES
OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice has awarded the City of Fort
Collins Community Development and Neighborhood Services ("CDNS") a grant in the amount
of $56,192 for salaries associated with the continued operation of the Restorative Justice
Program (the "Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Program is an alternative method to the traditional criminal justice
system, providing services to more than 2,600 young people who committed chargeable offenses
in the community; 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 person to repair that harm; and
WHEREAS; the grant period for this award is from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires a 25% grant match of $18,730 where the City's cash
match of $7,372 will come from the CDNS operating budget for Restorative Justice and the
remaining $11,358 match requirement will come from the City in the form of-office space
provided for the grant funded services; 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 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:
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Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the
General Fund the sum of FIFTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY TWO
DOLLARS ($56,192) for expenditure in the General Fund for continuation of the Restorative
Justice Program.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SEVEN THOUSAND
THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO DOLLARS ($7,372) is hereby authorized for transfer
from the Community Development and Neighborhood Services operating budget in the General
Fund to the grant project for Restorative Justice Services and appropriated herein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of
August, A.D. 2015, and to be presented for final passage on the 1st day of September, A.D.
2015.
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