Agenda Date: 12/18/2018
Subject:
Title
An ordinance on second reading amending Ordinance No. 23 Series of 2017 known as the Annual Appropriation Bill for all municipal purposes for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2018 and ending December 31, 2018
Body
Presented By:
Tiffany Hooten, Finance Director
REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION:
Does city council support an amendment to the 2018 annual appropriation?
BACKGROUND:
General Fund - $188,000
The General Fund is proposed to increase as follows:
? Abatement and demolition of dwelling units - $40,000. The city staff has identified two properties that require abatement and demolition due to code violations and overall safety of the premises. This expenditure was not known at the time of the preparation of the budget; thus an additional appropriation is required. Assuming the demolition is completed, a lien would be placed on the individual properties in order for the city to eventually be reimbursed, typically when the property is sold.
? Comprehensive Plan - $35,000. The attached Scope of Services includes initial project activities from November-December 2018 to expedite authorization of this work while the balance of the scope is finalized for work activities during 2019. Kendig Keast Collaborative activities in 2018 include compiling and assessing a base of information on the existing conditions and outlook for Littleton, focusing especially on key influences that will shape the community's future. This will provide background and assumptions to support needs assessment and long-range and strategic planning decisions throughout the comprehensive planning process in 2019.
This step of the Comprehensive Plan was included in the 2019 budget as part of the $400,000 that was budgeted. This request is to fund $35,000 in 2018 from the $400,000 budgeted in 2019; and, thereby stays within the overall schedule for the Comp Plan (i.e. adoption in October, 2019). Staff will be presenting additional information on the Co...
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