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City Clerk’s Office Item # R-2
Background Paper for Proposed
Ordinance
COUNCIL MEETING DATE: September 12, 2016
TO: President Stephen G. Nawrocki and Members of City Council
CC: Sam Azad, City Manager
VIA: Gina Dutcher, City Clerk
FROM: Brenda Broyles – Director Pueblo Transit
SUBJECT: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING FY 2015 REMAINDER OPERATING GRANT
ALLOCATION, #CO-2016-010-00, IN THE AMOUNT OF $655,798, BETWEEN
PUEBLO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AND THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL TO EXECUTE
THE SAME AND AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRANT
ALLOCATION
SUMMARY:
Attached is a Grant Agreement between the City of Pueblo and the United States of America for
FY 2015 Transit Operating expenditures.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
Council has previously approved the FY 2015 Operating Grant between the City of Pueblo and
the Federal Transit Administration to subsidize the City’s mass transit system.
BACKGROUND:
The City has been allocated the remainder of FY 2015 Federal Transit Administration Operating
Grant, # CO-2016-010-00, for FY 2015 funding, in the amount of $655,798. These funds are
intended to subsidize Pueblo Transit’s additional operating expenditures incurred in FY 2015.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The anticipated total project cost is $1,311,596. The Federal share is $655,798 and the required
local match is $655,798. The local match already approved and appropriated in 2015 Transit
budget.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
None.
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS:
The Pueblo Transit Director and the City of Pueblo Finance Department work together to secure
Federal funds to provide public mass transportation in the City of Pueblo.
ALTERNATIVES:
The alternative, should this Ordinance not pass, is for the City of Pueblo to provide all funding
necessary to cover for additional expenditures incurred in FY 2015.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approval of the Ordinance.
Attachments:
Grant Certification
Federal Operating Grant # CO-2016-010-00
ORDINANCE NO. 9040
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING FY 2015 REMAINDER
OPERATING GRANT ALLOCATION, #CO-2016-010-00, IN
THE AMOUNT OF $655,798, BETWEEN PUEBLO, A
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AND THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA, AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF CITY
COUNCIL TO EXECUTE THE SAME AND AUTHORIZING
THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRANT ALLOCATION
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
SECTION 1.
The Grant Agreement between the City of Pueblo, a Municipal Corporation, and
the United States of America, Department of Transportation, Federal Transit
Administration for the purpose of subsidizing Pueblo Transit’s operational expenses, the
“Project,” a copy of which is attached hereto, having been approved as to form by the City
Attorney, is hereby approved.
SECTION 2.
The President of City Council is hereby authorized to execute said Grant
Agreement on behalf of Pueblo, a Municipal Corporation, and the City Clerk shall affix the
Seal of the City to the Grant Agreement and attest the same.
SECTION 3.
Funds in the amount of $1,311,596 are hereby appropriated for the Project
including $655,798 in Federal Grant funds and $655,798 in City match funds approved in
the FY 2015 Transit budget.
SECTION 4.
The officers and staff of the City are directed and authorized to perform any and
all acts consistent with the intent of this Ordinance and the attached agreement to
effectuate the transactions described therein.
SECTION 5.
This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon final passage.
INTRODUCED: September 12, 2016
BY: Ed Brown
PASSED AND APPROVED:September 26, 2016