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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09218 ORDINANCE NO. 9218 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE POLICE SAFETY TAX FUND AND MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR SAID FUND BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PUEBLO that: SECTION 1. The Police Safety Tax Fund is hereby established, effective January 1, 2018. SECTION 2. At the General Municipal Election held on November 7, 2017, the electors of the City of Pueblo, Colorado have enacted Ordinance No. 9141, providing for a one-fifth cent (.02) sales and use tax rate increase for a five-year period, pledging the revenue therefore for police personnel and operating needs. The anticipated revenue from this tax rate increase for the Fiscal Year 2018 is $3,600,000, and all of such tax revenues shall be deposited into the Police Safety Tax Fund and are hereby budgeted and appropriated for police personnel and operating needs as set forth in the following classification of expenditures: Personnel Wages$913,642 Overtime8,100 FPPA retirement73,091 Health insurance363,036 Dental insurance4,320 Life insurance1,374 Disability insurance23,756 Medicare11,693 Workers comp38,288 Total personnel1,437,300 Operating supplies and equipment2,162,700 Total expenditures$3,600,000 SECTION 3. Authorized staff positions within all departments of the City, as well as the salaries therefore, are approved and adopted by separate Ordinances. All information pertaining to staffing and salary included in the budget document incorporated herein is solely for the purpose of providing additional information to the user of the document. SECTION 4. Pursuant to Sections 7-12 and 7-13 of the Charter of the City of Pueblo, the City Manager is hereby authorized to maintain budgetary control over approved allotments within each department by classification of expenditure category, rather than line item. SECTION 5. The officers and the staff of the City are authorized and directed to perform any and all acts consistent with the intent of this Ordinance to implement the policies and procedures described herein. SECTION 6. No expenditures shall be made or warrants issued against any monies appropriated except in strict conformity with the Charter of the City of Pueblo and in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. SECTION 7. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon final passage and approval. INTRODUCED: December 11, 2017 BY: Ed Brown PASSED AND APPROVED: December 26, 2017 City Clerk’s Office Item # R-9 Background Paper for Proposed Ordinance COUNCIL MEETING DATEDecember 11, 2017 : TO: President Stephen G. Nawrocki and Members of City Council VIA: Brenda Armijo, Acting City Clerk FROM: Sam Azad, City Manager SUBJECT: AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE POLICE SAFETY TAX FUND AND MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR SAID FUND SUMMARY: The City charter requires that the City Council, through the adoption of the budget, approve all City expenditures. This budget sets forth a plan for the 2018 expenditures. PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: None. BACKGROUND: The citizens of the City of Pueblo, in the November 7, 2017 general municipal election, approved a ballot issue establishing a 1/5 cent (.2%) sales tax for police personnel and operating needs effective January 1, 2018. It is estimated that this new tax will generate approximately $3.6 million in 2018. This ordinance will budget and appropriate the estimated $3.6 million of revenues and expenditures for 2018 into the newly established Police Safety Tax Fund. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: See background. BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Not applicable. STAKEHOLDER PROCESS See background. ALTERNATIVES: Not applicable. RECOMMENDATION: Approval of this Ordinance. Attachments: Proposed Ordinance