In the Matter of a Supplemental Appropriation for the Year 2024
Be It Ordained by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of Colorado:
Whereas, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
Whereas, Section 29-1-111, C.R.S., provides that if during the fiscal year the governing board deems it necessary, in view of the needs of the various offices or departments, it may transfer budgeted and appropriated monies from one or more spending agencies in one fund to one or more spending agencies in another fund and/or transfer budgeted appropriated monies between spending agencies within a fund, and
Whereas, Section 29-1-111, C.R.S., provides that if during the fiscal year the governing body or any spending agency received unanticipated revenue or revenues not assured at the time of the adoption of the budget from any source other than the local government's property tax mill levy, the governing board of the local government may authorize the expenditure of these unanticipated or unassured funds by enacting a supplementary budget and appropriation, and
Whereas, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County has been advised that supplemental appropriations, in accordance with the above, need to be made in fiscal year 2024 in various County funds, as more fully set forth in the Exhibits, which are available upon request, and
Whereas, this is an emergency caused by a contingency which would not have been reasonably foreseen at the time of the adoption of the 2024 Budget, and
Whereas, by Section 29-3-112, C.R.S., the governing board of a county does, in an emergency situation, have authority for the expenditure of funds in excess of said budget, by Ordinance duly adopted by two-thirds of the vote of the governing body; however, Section 3-14(6) of the Weld County Home Rule Charter requires any ordinance which is declared therein to be an emergency ordinance to be enacted by four-fifths vote of the Board.
Now, Therefore, Be It Ordained, by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of Colorado, that the supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2024 in various County funds, as more fully set forth in the Exhibits, which are available upon request, which were made necessary by an emergency caused by a contingency which could not have been reasonably foreseen at the time of the adoption of the 2024 Budget be, and hereby are, approved.
Be It Further Ordained by the Board that an emergency exists which requires that Supplemental Appropriation Ordinance No. 260-B be, and hereby is, declared to be an emergency ordinance under the provision of Section 3-14 of the Weld County Home Rule Charter.
Be It Further Ordained by the Board, if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held or decided to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. The Board of County Commissioners hereby declares that it would have enacted this Ordinance in each and every section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases might be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
The complete file may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631. The Clerk to the Board’s Office can be contacted at (970) 400-4226 or egesick@weld.gov.
Board of County Commissioners
Weld County, Colorado
Published: October 6, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Read and Approved: October 16, 2024
Published: October 20, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Effective: October 16, 2024