HomeMy WebLinkAbout102 - 09/01/2020 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 102, 2020
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CORONAVIRUS
EMERGENCY GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR POLICE SERVICES
WHEREAS, the City has expended funds to prevent, prepare for and respond to the
COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the City previously applied for a Department of Justice ("DOJ") grant titled
FY 2020 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Grant (the "Grant") that is meant to
reimburse costs the City has spent to prevent, prepare for and respond to the COVID-19
pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the DOJ has awarded the City $100,818 under the Grant; and
WHEREAS, the Grant funds are anticipated to defray costs the City previously incurred
from purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE), cleaning supplies, overtime costs
associated with the transition of a large share of the Police Services workforce to remote work
and costs associated with providing security at the Northside Aztlan Community Center while
the Center was functioning as an emergency shelter pursuant to City of Fort Collins Emergency
Regulation 2020-02; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety and welfare of the citizens
of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of preventing, preparing for and responding to
COVID-19 pandemic; 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 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.
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
General Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTEEN
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DOLLARS ($100,818) for expenditure in the General Fund for the Fort Collins Police Services
for expenses related to the COVID-19 preparation and response.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of
August, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 1st day of September, A.D.
2020.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 1 st day of September, A.D. 2020.
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