Finance Item/Grant Request Template
Date Submitted: 10-25-21
Requesting Agency: Finance
Division:
Subject Matter Expert Name:
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Name: Rachel Bardin |
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Email: Rachel.Bardin@denvergov.org |
Item Title & Description:
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These appear on the Council meeting agenda. Initially, the requesting agency will enter a 2-3 sentence description. Upon bill filling, the City Attorney’s Office should enter the title above the description (the title should be in bold font).
Both the title and description must be entered between the red “title” and “body” below. Do not at any time delete the red “title” or “body” markers from this template.
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A bill for an ordinance making a rescission from General Fund Contingency, making appropriations to General Fund agencies, making appropriations in the General Fund to make cash transfers to the General Government Special Revenue Fund Series, and authorizing capital equipment purchases.
Rescinds $4,040,000 from General Fund agency appropriations, authorizes appropriations to transfer cash to Special Revenue Funds and Capital Improvement and Capital Maintenance Funds, and makes appropriations in Funds to address 2021 and 2022 needs. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 11-2-21.
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Affected Council District(s) or citywide? Citywide
Executive Summary with Rationale and Impact:
Detailed description of the item and why we are doing it. This can be a separate attachment.
This bill request rescinds a total of $4,040,000 from the following Agencies and Departments’ General Fund Appropriations:
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Appropriation Account |
Amount Rescinded |
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Department of Transportation and Infrastructure $1,500,000 Department of Parks and Recreation 1,200,000 Denver Public Library 500,000 Denver Sheriff Department 400,000 General Services 300,000 Office of the Municipal Public Defender 140,000 |
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TOTAL |
$4,040,000 |
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This bill request appropriates budget in transfer orgs to transfer cash to the following Funds and make appropriations:
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Funds |
Amount Appropriated |
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DOJ Settlement ADA Improvements |
$2,000,000 |
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Capital Improvement Projects - Safe Routes to School |
1,500,000 |
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Capital Improvement Projects - Real Estate |
140,000 |
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Planned Capital Equipment SRF |
400,000 |
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TOTAL |
$4,040,000 |
The rescissions from General Fund agencies are possible due to 2021 year-end savings. The appropriations will support the following:
• The operating costs to implement ADA improvements agreed to through a DOJ Settlement (a companion ordinance creates the “DOJ Settlement ADA Improvements” SRF to support the operating costs of implementation); The rescission is possible because the City appropriated budget for ADA improvements in the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Denver Public Library based on the draft list of contemplated facilities. In January 2021, after the 2021 budget was finalized, a four-year supplemental agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) was executed to address ADA improvements in 18 additional facilities not included in the original agreement. The final list of facilities included City administrative and human services facilities, safety buildings, and performing arts venues. It did not include parks and recreation or library facilities.
• A request from City Council for an increased investment in Safe Routes to Schools in the 2022 budget. This $1.5M rescission from DOTI’s 2021 General Fund appropriation will allow for a transfer to the Capital Improvement Program in support of the Safe Routes to School Project (a non-lapsing fund).
• Capital equipment purchases for security in the jails including card reader doors at the Downtown Detention Center (DDC), replacement kitchen equipment, and contactless pass-through doors.
• Additional design at 710 Colfax to include space planning for future needs by the Municipal Public Defender.
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