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HomeMy WebLinkAbout095 - 08/21/2018 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM THE COMMUN ORDINANCE NO. 095, 2018 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OPERATING BUDGET TO THE GRANT 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 $67,612 for salaries associated with the continued operation of the Restorative Justice Program ("Program"); and WHEREAS,the Program is an alternative method to the criminal justice system,providing services to more than 2,970 young people who committed chargeable offenses in the community since 2000; 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, 20,18 to June 30, 2019; and WHEREAS, the grant requires a 25% match of$22,537; and WHEREAS, the City's cash match of$9,091'will come from the CDNS operating budget for Restorative Justice and the remaining $13,446 match requirement will come from the City in the form of office space and volunteers provided for the grant-funded services; and WHEREAS,this appropriation benefits public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of rebuilding community ties after a crime has been committed; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City Charter permits the City Council to make i 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, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the General Fund and 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 any fiscal year; and; 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 I -1- 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 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 unanticipated revenue in the General Fund the sum of SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS($67,612) for expenditure in the General Fund, Restorative Justice Services grant project, for continuation of the Restorative Justice Program. Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of NINE THOUSAND NINETY- ONE DOLLARS ($9,091) 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 17th day of July, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of August, A.D. 2018. Mayor o Tern ATTEST: 0 FO.... 0, �. Ly r City C�k ...... Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21 st day of August, A.D. 2018. Mayor ATTEST: �OF FORT CO` N SEAL City Wrk ' .cOLORP00 -2-