HomeMy WebLinkAbout050 - 04/17/2018 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE LIGHT AND POWER FUND FOR THE PEAK NOTIFICATION PILO i
ORDINANCE NO. 050,2018
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE LIGHT
AND POWER FUND FOR THE PEAK NOTIFICATION PILOT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Light and Power Utility Energy Services Division has received a grant
from the American Public Power Association(APPA)for$18,500 to conduct an internal City pilot
program focused on educating staff from various departments about coincident peak events and
providing tools to help staff conserve power during peak events, entitled the "Peak. Load
Notification Project"; and
WHEREAS, the grant period is from March 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the project will address challenges of the current coincident peak event
notification process by creating a new IFTTT (If This Then That) platform channel to allow users
to set custom automated actions when a peak event occurs, and improving the awareness of
conservation and energy management options for employees within the City who control large
amounts of energy within the scope of their job responsibilities; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City Charter permits the City Council to make
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 Financial Officer has determined that the appropriation of the revenue as
described herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Light and Power Fund to
exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during
any fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined the appropriation of the grant revenues as
described herein will further City efforts to improve efficient use and promote energy conservation
in City operations and thereby serves a utility purpose beneficial to the Electric Utility ratepayers.
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 grant revenue in the
Light and Power Fund the sum of EIGHTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($18,500) for the Peak Notification Pilot Project.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 3rd day of
April, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of April, A.D. 2018.
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