HomeMy WebLinkAbout003 - 01/16/2018 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE RECREATION FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE TR ORDINANCE NO. 003, 2018
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE GENERAL FUND
AND THE RECREATION FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER
OF APPROPRIATIONS IN THE RECREATION FUND TO THE GENERAL
FUND FOR THE JAMES ROSS PROVING-UP HOUSE RESTORATION
WHEREAS, in 2017 the City was awarded a grant of$16,080 from the Cache la Poudre
Heritage Alliance, as well as received additional unanticipated revenue from the Fort Collins
Historical Society of$3,357, for the restoration of the James Ross Proving-Up House, for total
unanticipated revenue in 2017 of$19,437; and
WHEREAS, the grant is matched by Historic Preservation funds of $32,847 to be
appropriated from General Fund reserves and Recreation Department funds of $27,000 to be
appropriated from Recreation Fund reserves, for a total project cost to be appropriated of$79,284,
including the grants; and
WHEREAS, the James Ross Proving-Up House is the only known existing "proving-up"
or"filing"house in Larimer County and has historical significance; and
WHEREAS,the James Ross Proving-Up House will be located at the Farm at Lee Martinez
Park and will be used to explain early pioneer life, the Homestead Act, agriculture, and the history
of water and irrigation in our region; and
WHEREAS, the goal for the project is to restore the Ross House to its original appearance
as closely as possible, as documented through forensic evidence and a circa 1950s historic
photograph, which will include both exterior and interior work; 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; and
WHEREAS, City staff have determined that the appropriations as described herein are
available and previously unappropriated in the General Fund and the Recreation Fund; and
WHEREAS, the appropriations described herein serve the public purpose of preserving
the City's historic heritage; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10, of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof
from one fund or capital project to another fund or capital project, provided that the purpose for
which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged; the purpose for which the
funds were initially appropriated no longer exists; or the proposed transfer is from a fund or capital
4-
project in which the amount appropriated exceeds the amount needed to accomplish the purpose
specified in the appropriation ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Recreation
Fund the sum of TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($27,000) for transfer to the
General Fund and appropriated therein for the James Ross Proving-Up House Restoration Project.
Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the General
Fund the sum of FIFTY-TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR
DOLLARS ($52,284) in the General Fund for the James Ross Proving-Up House Restoration
Project.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
January, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of January, A.D. 2018.
yor
ATTEST:
FORT
Lc<c SEAL `�
LORA
City erk •Oo......
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 16th day of January, A.D. 2018.
r ,
ATTEST:
OR FORT .
City c k
cO�ORP00
-2-