HomeMy WebLinkAbout164 - 12/03/2013 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR WASTE REDUCTION AND DIVERSION PROJECTS APP ORDINANCE NO. 164, 2013
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR WASTE REDUCTION AND DIVERSION PROJECTS APPROVED
BY THE WASTE INNOVATION PROGRAM
WHEREAS, in 2010, the City created the Waste Innovation Program (the "WIP") Fund
for the purpose of collecting and disbursing funds to administer grants that allow City
departments to initiate new waste diversion and recycling projects, with special attention to
departments that have large quantities of waste that have historically been hauled to the Latimer
County Landfill by the City; and
WHEREAS, an interdepartmental group of City employees acts as a liaison among City
departments to incorporate waste reduction, promote recycling strategies, and award funds when
requests are received from participating departments; and
WHEREAS, this interdepartmental group has received a request from the Streets
Department for $53,100 to purchase a "Power Screen" device as an approved waste reduction
and diversion project under the WIP; and
WHEREAS, the Power Screen would increase the City's ability to screen ground-up
asphalt, concrete aggregates,'and fill dirt to 400 tons per hour to be used for public projects and
other recycling purposes;
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; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from prior year reserves
in the General Fund the sum of FIFTY THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($53,100) to fund an approved Waste Reduction and Diversion project approved by the Waste
'Innovation Program.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of
November, A.D. 2013, and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of December, A.D.
2013.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 3rd day of December, A.D. 2013.
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