HomeMy WebLinkAbout094 - 07/28/2020 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FROM THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND (CVRF), CAR EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 094, 2020
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING
UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FROM THE CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF FUND (CVRF), CARES ACT, TITLE V
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins is threatened with serious injury and damage,
consisting of widespread human and economic impact caused by the Novel Coronavirus 2019
(COVID-19); and
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, in order to undertake emergency measures to protect the
life,health, safety and property of the citizens of the City and persons conducting business therein,
and in order to attempt to minimize the loss of human life and the preservation of property, the
City Manager, as the Director of the City's Office of Emergency Management, proclaimed a "local
emergency" in accordance with Section 2-671(a)(1)of the City Code and activated the Emergency
Operations Plan established pursuant to Section 2-673 of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an unexpected and substantial impact on
health risks for City residents, the social structures in the community, the economic wellbeing of
the business community, and the services provided by the City in response; and
WHEREAS, the prevention and management of exposure to COVID-19 and mitigation of
related social, economic, and other impacts of all kinds continue to require emergency action by
the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has, with the adoption of Resolution 2020-030, extended the
City Manager's proclamation of local emergency; and
WHEREAS, the State of Colorado declared its first Emergency Disaster Declaration
related to COV ID-19 on March 11, 2020; and
WHEREAS, on March 27, 2020, the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security Act, ("CARES Act") was signed into law, making over $330 billion in economic
assistance available to state and local governments; and
WHEREAS, on May 18, 2020, Governor Polis signed Executive Order D2020
070,directing the expenditure of federal funds pursuant to the CARES Act, to establish the
Coronavirus Relief Fund ("CVRF'); and
WHEREAS, the CVRF is intended to reimburse costs to counties, municipalities and
special districts in Colorado that are necessary expenditures incurred due to the COVID
emergency; are not accounted for in the local government's most recent budget; and are incurred
between March 1, 2020 and December 30, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the City's CARES CVRF allocation of$9,015,692 is one component of the
City's overall recovery goals; and
WHEREAS, the CARES CVRF funds will be used to provide economic assistance to the
business community; to, through a grant process, assist local residents with social recovery and in
complying with public health measures; and for direct City-incurred costs to address the public
health emergency and in support of regional health initiatives, such as increased testing support
through regional partners; and
WHEREAS, this emergency ordinance is meant to further the City's emergency response
related to COVID-19 consistent with the Governor's May 18 Order by appropriating funds for
quick deployment for the health and safety of our community and region, while advancing the
City's strategic plan; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of assisting in the overall community recovery from the
COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon
recommendation of the City Manager, 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 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 this fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article II, Section 6 of the City Charter authorizes the Council to adopt
emergency ordinances,which shall be finally passed on the first reading by the affirmative vote of
at least five members of the Council and which shall contain the specific statement of the nature
of the emergency.
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 NINE MILLION FIFTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINETY-TWO
DOLLARS ($9,015,692) for expenditure in the General Fund for the reimbursements related to
costs already incurred and costs that will be incurred to address the COVID-19 public health
emergency.
Section 3. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to cause the publication of this
Emergency Ordinance in accordance with the Fort Collins City Charter.
Introduced, considered favorably by at least five (5) members of the Council of the City of
Fort Collins and finally passed as an emergency ordinance and ordered published this 28th day of
July, A.D. 2020.
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