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ORDINANCE NO. 138, 2015
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE DESIGN OF THE POLICE REGIONAL TRAINING FACILITY
WHEREAS, the City has been experiencing and will continue to experience a
considerable increase in its population, which means that Fort Collins Police Services will
need to increase their personnel accordingly in the next 20 to 25 years to continue successfully
serving the citizens of this community; and
WHEREAS, with an increasing population, it is imperative that police officers regularly
participate in weapons, arrest control/defensive tactics and driving training to learn and maintain
high skill levels in the areas that have been identified as posing the greatest risk of liability; and
WHEREAS, such training should take place in a safe and effective environment, which
requires specialized training facilities; and
WHEREAS, Fort Collins Police Services purchased a training facility in
approximately
1990, and it is still currently being used by officers for some of their training purposes; and
WHEREAS, since 1990, the number of sworn officers has almost doubled, and as
a result, the training facility is inadequate; and
WHEREAS, the training facility needs significant repair that is cost prohibitive, and the
facility does not provide a safe environment for weapons or driving training, forcing officers to
drive long distances to attend appropriate training; and
WHEREAS, the Loveland Police Department is also facing critical shortfalls in adequate
training facilities for both driving and weapons training; and
WHEREAS, Fort Collins Police Services and the Loveland Police Department have
joined together to investigate the feasibility of a joint training facility that would meet the
current and future training needs of both agencies; and
WHEREAS, over the ,past year, both agencies have developed an Intergovernmental
Agreement that shares the costs of preliminary design, design development, construction
drawings, and construction administration relating to the construction of a joint regional training
facility that is being presented to Council for consideration and approval; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 2015-102 is also being presented to Council in conjunction with
Second Reading of this Ordinance to authorize the Mayor to sign the Intergovernmental
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, a comprehensive study and conceptual design was completed to develop a
proposed facility that would provide adequate and safe training for both Fort Collins Police
Services and the Loveland Police Department; and
WHEREAS, the estimated capital cost to construct such a facility is $18.5 million to be
shared equally between Fort Collins and Loveland; and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 2015, the Loveland City Council approved $1.075 million to
begin work on construction design; and
WHEREAS, staff is seeking Council's approval of$810,000 to be appropriated out of
the -
General Fund Reserves to cover the design costs of the facility; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council to
appropriate by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may
be available from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were
not previously appropriated.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from prior year reserves
in the General Fund the total sum of EIGHT HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
($810,000) for the design cost for the Regional Training Facility.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 3rd day of
November, A.D. 2015, and to be presented for final,passage on the 17th day of November, A.D.
2015.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on this 17th day of November, A.D. 2015.
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