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Tuesday night, City Council passed a bill for an ordinance making additional
appropriations for expenses and liabilities of the City of Longmont for the fiscal
year beginning January 1, 2018.
The bill, according to communication, is the seventh appropriation for 2018. It appropriates "an additional $1,022,765 in eight funds, bringing the total 2018 budget to
$471,092,163."
Below is the summary of the appropriation:
Two types of expenses are included in this appropriation:
1. * Represents expenses that have an offsetting revenue source such as grants,
donations or fees.
2. ** Represents new, previously unbudgeted expenses which require the use of
fund balance.
General Fund
* Cinco de Mayo Event (offset by non-grant local revenue) 2,000
* Training (offset by non-grant local revenue) 1,005
* High Visibility Impaired Driving Enforcement 2017-2018 3,000
(offset by state grant revenue)
This grant was approved by Council on May 22, 2018
* High Visibility Impaired Driving Enforcement 2017-2018 15,031
(offset by state grant revenue)
This grant was approved by Council in 2017
* High Visibility Impaired Driving Enforcement 2018-2019 22,000
(offset by state grant revenue)
This grant was approved by Council on July 24, 2018
* Click It or Ticket (offset by state grant revenue) 7,000
This grant was approved by Council on May 22, 2018
* SEU overtime wages (offset by non-grant federal revenue) 6,120
* Smukers plan development review (offset by charges for services revenue) 22,575
* Fire Suppression overtime wages (offset by charges for services revenue) 1,000
* K9 Investigations Unit (offset by private donation revenue) 2,500
* K9 Rudy medical expenses (offset by private donation revenue) 2,508
* LEAF 2017-2018 (offset by state grant revenue) 5,699
This grant was approved by Council in 2017
Total General Fund $ 88,088
Sanitation Fund
** Trash and recycling carts (offset by fund balance) 25,000
Total Sanitation Fund $ 25,000
Police Seizure Fund
** CLEAR database (offset by fund balance) 3,339
Total Police Seizure Fund $ 3,339
Police Prevention/Education Fund
* LEVI Domestic and Dating Violence Prevention 2018 (offset by federal grant revenue) 181
This grant was approved by Council on February 13, 2018
* LEVI Dating Violence Prevention 2017 (offset by federal grant revenue) 2,634
This grant was approved by Council in 2017
* LEVI Program (offset by federal grant revenue) 695
This grant was approved by Council in 2017
* LEVI Program (offset by private donation revenue) 5,362
* LEVI Victims (offset by private donation revenue) 50
* Angel Initiative Program (offset by private donation revenue) 6,525
** Traffic Safety Program (offset by fund balance) 17,403
** DPS Sponsored Training (offset by fund balance) 1,421
** Cyber Crime Program (offset by fund balance) 2,000
** Citizen Volunteer Patrol (offset by fund balance) 2,464
** DPS Victim Services (offset by fund balance) 4,402
** Police Explorers Program (offset by fund balance) 1,500
** CPR First Aid (offset by fund balance) 412
** Honor Guard Program (offset by fund balance) 1,000
** Missing in CO Program (offset by fund balance) 1,575
Total Police Prevention/Education Fund $ 47,624
Youth Services Fund
* Grip Program (offset by private grant revenue) 500
* Mental Health Contract (offset by local government grant revenue) 15,031
This grant was accepted by Council in 2017
* Parent Education Services (offset by local government grant revenue) 3,191
This grant was accepted by Council in 2017
Total Youth Services Fund $ 18,722
Museum Services Fund
* Summer Camp expenses (offset by private donation revenue) 20,500
* Exhibition rental fees (offset by private donation revenue) 3,400
Total Museum Services Fund $ 23,900
Open Space Fund
** Remaining 2010 Bond Funds for land acquisitions (offset by fund balance) 768,300
Total Open Space Fund $ 768,300
Lodgers Tax Fund
* Visit Longmont Occupancy Tax payment (offset by tax revenue) 9,405
** Visit Longmont Occupancy Tax payment (offset by fund balance) 38,387
These are the Remaining 2017 Lodger Tax collections due to Visit Longmont per contract
Total Lodgers Tax Fund $ 47,792
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