HomeMy WebLinkAbout096 - 08/21/2018 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE PARKING FUND FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF A PARKING ENFORCEMENT P ORDINANCE NO. 096, 2018
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE PARKING
FUND FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF A PARKING ENFORCEMENT
PATROL VEHICLE AND LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM
WHEREAS, Parking Services has a fleet of three electric patrol vehicles and one Go4
gasoline engine three-wheel patrol vehicle (the "Go4"); and
WHEREAS, in 2013, Parking Services piloted a 2013 Nissan Leaf with the objective of
reducing emissions and fuel use;3and
WHEREAS, over the next two years, Parking Services purchased two more, later model
Nissan leaf sedans and the Go4 has now become unreliable due to increased maintenance issues
and operates poorly in inclement weather; and,
WHEREAS,there remains an urgent need to replace the Go4 as maintenance issues on this
vehicle have become frequent, which creates work stoppage for several hours and current Parking
enforcement is performed by a staff of seven parking enforcement officers using three electric
sedans and the single Go4; and 1
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the Go4 be replaced with an electric vehicle to further
reduce the City's carbon footprint: and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the current license plate recognition system also be
replaced because it is past its useful life and is no longer supported by the vendor; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of providing fuel efficient vehicles for City staff to
enforce the City's parking regulations within the City; 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, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and
determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the Parking
Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in.the Parking Fund to exceed the current
estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during any fiscal year; and
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.
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Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Parking
Fund the sum of EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($80,000) for expenditure in the Parking
Fund for a new parking enforcement patrol vehicle and license plate recognition system.
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.
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