Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funds for the operating expenses until the adoption of the 2017 Operating Budget for the City of Newark, and Water and Sewer Utilities.
Funding Source: City of Newark Budget
Appropriation Amount: $47,523,123.00
Budget Year: 2017
Contract Period: May 1, 2017 through May 31, 2017
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( X ) n/a
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by Resolution
Operating Agency: All Departments
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE-#23
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-19, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark adopted Resolution 7R1-d dated January 5, 2017 to provide funds for the period January 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017 and Resolution 7R-i adopted March 15, 2017 to provide funds for the period April 1, 2017 through April 30, 2017 until the adoption of the Operating Budget of the City of Newark, New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, additional appropriations will be required from May 1, 2017 through May 31, 2017 until the adoption of 2017 Operating Budget; and
WHEREAS, a previous resolution authorizing TE #22 and prior emergency appropriations submitted for Municipal Council approval totaled $120,387,245.18; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides that the Governing Body by a two-thirds vote may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, TE #23 is to provide funds for the period of May 1, 2017 through May 31, 2017, until the adoption of the budget; and
WHEREAS, the emergency appropriations adopted in 2017 pursuant to N.J.S.A.: 40A:4-20 including this resolution total................................................$167,910,368.18
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Governing Body by a two-thirds vote of its full membership hereby amends its temporary budget by making the following emergency temporary appropriations:
Departments Salaries & Wages Other Expenses Total
Office of the Mayor and
Agencies $703,766 $966,176 $1,669,942
Office of the City Clerk
and Municipal Council 578,524 136,515 715,039
Department of
Administration 407,129 650,000 1,057,129
Department of Law 245,171 183,927 429,098
Department of Finance 406,700 49,246 455,946
Department of Public
Works 1,150,074 3,097,484 4,247,558
Department of
Engineering 507,054 503,746 1,010,800
Department of Health
and Community Wellness 401,032 258,240 659,272
Department of
Economic and
Housing Development 169,318 13,970 183,288
Department of
Neighborhood and
Recreational Services 248,207 182,843 431,050
Department of Public
Safety 16,606,025 495,002 17,101,027
SUB-TOTAL $ 21,423,000 $ 6,537,149 $ 27,960,149
UNCLASSIFIED OPERATIONS
Direct Access (HMO) $4,353,917 -$0- $4,353,917
AETNA 501,875 -0- 501,875
Aetna (Medicare
Reimbursement) 166,667 -0- 166,667
Prescription Insurance 2,185,833 -0- 2,185,833
Dental Insurance 45,667 -0- 45,667
Horizon Dental - Option 139,980 -0- 139,980
Horizon Dental - Choice 22,687 -0- 22,687
Wellness 47,917 -0- 47,917
Employee Assistance
Program (EAP) 6,056 -0- 6,056
COBRA 1,000 -0- 1,000
Life Insurance 10,643 -0- 10,643
Accrued Compensatory 116,667 -0- 116,667
Time
Flexible Spending Account 2,917 -0- 2,917
Adjustment to Personnel
Compensation 41,667 -0- 41,667
Workmen's Compensation 666,667 -0- 666,667
Employer's Contribution -
Consolidated Police and 33,333 -0- 33,333
Firemen's Pension
Payments - Non-
Contributory Pension 33,333 -0- 33,333
Employer's Contribution -
City 48,288 -0- 48,288
F.I.C.A. 683,333 -0- 683,333
Cash Waiver Benefit 8,333 -0- 8,333
Refund of Tax Appeals -0- 171,664 171,664
Interest on Tax Appeal -0- 37,500 37,500
Devils Settlement -0- 225,000 225,000
Bank Fees -0- 31,667 31,667
Credit Card Fees -0- 80,000 80,000
H&L Maintenance -0- 12,500 12,500
Prior Year Bills -0- 41,667 41,667
Emergency Medical
Services -0- 52,704 52,704
Rackspace -0- 1,667 1,667
Implementation of Enterprise
Business System -0- 114,917 114,917
Media Services -0- 47,083 47,083
Homeownership Program -0- 8,333 8,333
Youth Community Solution -0- 83,333 83,333
General Liability -0- 266,667 266,667
Grant Program -
Disallowed Cost -0- 16,667 16,667
Essex County Vicinage -0- 4,167 4,167
Deficit in Operation -0- 437,288 437,288
Capital Improvement -0- 37,500 37,500
Special Emergency -0- 339,795 339,795
TOTAL UNCLASSIFIED $ 9,116,780 $ 2,001,199 $ 11,126,899
TOTAL $ 30,539,780 $ 8,547,268 $ 39,087,048
Salaries Other
Water Utility & Wages Expenses Total
Director's Office $36,588 $169 $36,757
Billing & Customer Service 74,891 45,547 120,438
Water Supply 544,250 1,392,002 1,936,252
Unclassified Purposes 440,927 960,000 1,400,927
Capital Outlay -0- 645,000 645,000
Total Water Utility $ 1,096,656 $3,042,718 $ 4,139,374
Salaries Other
Sewer Utility & Wages Expenses Total
Billing & Customer Service $38,321 $8,418 $46,739
Sewer Supply 58,969 385,775 444,744
Unclassified Purposes 126,363 3,403,855 3,530,218
Capital Outlay -0- 275,000 275,000
Total Sewer Utility $ 223,653 $ 4,023,048 $ 4,296,701
2. This action will take effect on May 1, 2017.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be immediately filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This legislation ratifies and establishes the temporary emergency appropriation to provide operating funds from May 1, 2017 through May 31, 2017, until the adoption of the 2017 Municipal Budget.