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Ordinance No. 14-36 modifying section 1006 (Board Created; Appointments) of Part 10 (Public Safety Sales and Use Tax Fund) of Article 6 (City Funds) of Chapter 1 (Administration, Personnel and Finance) of the code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to composition of the Public Safety Sales Tax Oversight Committee.
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From:
Leslie Hickey, Finance, Planning & Analysis Manager, Colorado Springs Fire Department
Summary:
The Public Safety Sales Tax Oversight Committee (PSSTOC) was created by ordinance and required eleven members, of which four were designated to represent the City Council districts. To better reflect the composition of City Council, this ordinance will change the required number of PSSTOC district positions from four to six. The existing members of the PSSTOC provide representation from each of the six districts, thus no membership changes are necessary.
Previous Council Action:
2/22/02 - Created Ordinance 02-12 Establishing the PSST Fund
3/26/02 - Created Ordinance 02-45 Establishing the PSST Oversight Committee
7/25/06 - Created Ordinance 06-126 Requiring all PSSTOC members to be City residents
Background:
The PSSTOC was created to serve as citizen partners to monitor the expenditure of PSST funds, to ensure items approved by voters in the November 2001 elections are accomplished with PSST funds, and to review the annual PSST budget submitted to City Council to ensure that the baseline funding for General Fund Public Safety expenditures is maintained.
The Committee was created by Ordinance 02-45 and required four members to represent each of the four City Council districts and seven at-large members (for calendar year 2002, four of those at-large members were comprised of the Springs Community Improvement Program 2001 Citizen's Coordination Committee, the Public Safety Subcommittee, and the Public Safety Executive Committee; however, that requirement dropped after the initial appointments).
With the addition of two City Council districts, the ordinance defining the composition of the PSSTOC will be updated to reflect the current City Council districts. The existing committee membership currently has representation from districts five and six, so this change will not require any adjustments to the existing committee membership.
Financial Implications:
None.
Board/Commission Recommendation:
The PSSTOC was presented with the proposed ordinance on 5/14/14 and voted unanimously in favor of this ordinance on a vote of 9-0.
Stakeholder Process:
None.
Alternatives:
Retain the existing membership composition reflecting four City Council districts.
Recommended Action
Proposed Motion:
Move approval of ordinance as presented.
Ordinance Language
An ordinance modifying section 1006 (Board Created; Appointments) of Part 10 (Public Safety Sales and Use Tax Fund) of Article 6 (City Funds) of Chapter 1 (Administration, Personnel and Finance) of the code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to composition of the Public Safety Sales Tax Oversight Committee.