HomeMy WebLinkAbout144 - 10/03/2006 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES RADON PROGR (2) ORDINANCE NO. 144, 2006
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE
IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES
RADON PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE
TRANSFER OF MATCHING FUNDS PREVIOUSLY
APPROPRIATED IN THE NATURAL RESOURCES
OPERATING BUDGET TO THE GRANT PROJECT
WHEREAS, since 1995, the City has placed special emphasis on reducing radon in Fort
Collins, where three-quarters of homes exceed 4 picocuries per liter of air, the level at which the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Surgeon General recommend action; and
WHEREAS, the Fort Collins Natural Resources Radon Program (the "Program") is part
of the City's indoor air quality program, which is guided by the Air Quality Plan with a policy
goal to educate and encourage residents to reduce their exposure to indoor air pollution; and
WHEREAS, the current radon program includes aggressive education, a voluntary radon
testing program, mandatory radon mitigation in new construction, and an ordinance requiring the
distribution of radon information to all residential home-buyers at point-of-sale; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has been awarded a grant from the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment("CDPHE") in the amount of$5,760; and
WHEREAS, the CDPHE grant funds are to be used to continue radon education and
outreach to encourage radon testing and mitigation through media advertising, low-cost test kit
sales, and a revised radon brochure for home buyers; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires $5,760 of matching funds, which have been included in
the 2006 Natural Resources budget and are available for transfer to the CDPHE project for the
Program; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the
"Charter") enables the City Council to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any
time during the fiscal year, provided the total amount of such supplemental appropriations, in
combination with all previous appropriations for the fiscal year, does not exceed the current
estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the CDPHE grant funds,
as described herein, 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 the
fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10, of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer
by ordinance any unexpected and unencumbered amount or portion thereof from one project to
another project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended
remains unchanged.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the
General Fund the sum of FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS
($5,760) for expenditure in the General Fund for the Natural Resources Radon Program.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS ($5,760) is authorized for transfer from the Natural
Resources operating budget in the General Fund to the CDPHE grant project for the Natural
Resources Radon Program and appropriated herein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of
September, A.D. 2006, and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of October, A.D.
2006.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 3rd day of O r, A.D. 2006.
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