Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funds for the operating expenses until the adoption of the 2026 Operating Budget for the City of Newark Current Fund, and Water and Sewer Utilities.
Funding Source: City of Newark Budget
Appropriation Amount: $232,776,242.00
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: January 1, 2026 through March 31, 2026
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 # N/A
Operating Agency: All Departments
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TAR #1
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-19 provides that where any contracts, commitments or payments are made prior to final adoption of the 2026 Budget, temporary appropriations should be made for the purposes and amount required in the manner and time therein provided a resolution is adopted by two-thirds of the full membership; and
WHEREAS, this Resolution shall be effective January 1, 2026; and
WHEREAS, 26.25% of the total appropriation in the Budget exclusive of any appropriations made for Debt Service, Capital and Relief Fund Contributions in the 2026 Budget is the sum of Two Hundred Thirty-Two Million Seven Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Two Dollars and Zero Cents ($232,776,242.00).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The following temporary appropriations are made, and that a certified copy of this Resolution is transmitted to the Chief Financial Officer for his/her records.
2. The Governing Body by a two-thirds vote of its full membership hereby amends its temporary budget by making the following temporary appropriations:
Departments Salaries & Wages Other Expenses Total
Office of the Mayor and
Agencies $3,523,923.00 $4,940,971.00 $8,464,894.00
Office of the City Clerk
and Municipal Council 2,051,476.00 585,750.00 2,637,226.00
Department of
Administration 2,724,673.00 3,392,958.00 6,117,631.00
Department of Law 1,090,578.00 890,350.00 1,980,928.00
Department of Finance 1,556,075.00 229,701.00 1,785,776.00
Department of Public
Works 6,027,555.00 11,159,760.00 17,187,315.00
Department of
Engineering 1,992,489.00 2,880,420.00 4,872,909.00
Department of Health
and Community Wellness 1,843,708.00 471,806.00 2,315,514.00
Department of
Economic and
Housing Development 958,260.00 134,005.00 1,092,265.00
Department of Recreation,
Cultural Affairs and
Senior Services 1,681,759.00 1,126,277.00 2,808,036.00
Department of Public
Safety 68,824,169.00 1,649,078.00 70,473,247.00
SUB-TOTAL $92,274,665.00 $27,461,076.00 $119,735,741.00
UNCLASSIFIED OPERATIONS
Medical Health Insurance $24,456,333.00 -$0- $24,456,333.00
Medicare Reimbursement -
Retirees 778,313.00 -0- 778,313.00
Prescription Insurance 8,137,500.00 -0- 8,137,500.00
Dental Insurance 724,500.00 -0- 724,500.00
Stop Loss Global RX 1,391,250.00 -0- 1,391,250.00
Employee Assistance
Program (EAP) 14,438.00 -0- 14,438.00
Life Insurance 17,325.00 -0- 17,325.00
Accrued Compensatory 708,750.00 -0- 708,750.00
Time
Workmen’s Compensation 2,441,250.00 -0- 2,441,250.00
F.I.C.A. 3,018,750.00 -0- 3,018,750.00
Cash Waiver Benefit 78,750.00 -0- 78,750.00
Employer’s Contribution - ERS
City 105,000.00 -0- 105,000.00
Payments - Non-
Contributory Pension 2.384.00 -0- 2.384.00
Flexible Spending Account 3,675.00 -0- 3,675.00
Adjustment to Personnel
Program 196,875.00 -0- 196,875.00
Refund of Tax Appeals -0- 131,250.00 131,250.00
Bank Fees -0- 26,250.00 26,250.00
Credit Card Fees -0- 91,875.00 91,875.00
H&L Maintenance Contract -0- 45,938.00 45,938.00
Prior Year Bills -0- 105,000.00 105,000.00
Emergency Medical
Services Contract -0- 584,063.00 584,063.00
Implementation of Enterprise
Business System -0- 393,619.00 393,619.00
Media Services -0- 200,813.00 200,813.00
Homeownership Program -0- 52,500.00 52,500.00
Youth Community Solutions -0- 262,500.00 262,500.00
Tenant Legal Services -0- 52,500.00 52,500.00
Cities of Services - Love Your Block -0- 13,125.00 13,125.00
Civilian Complaint Review Board -0- 78,750.00 78,750.00
Homeless Shelter -0- 2,625,000.00 2,625,000.00
Dog Control -0- 315,000.00 315,000.00
Other Services - GTBM -0- 262,500.00 262,500.00
General Liability -0- 840,000.00 840,000.00
Special Emergency -
Revaluation -0- 665,438.00 665,438.00
Security Services -0- 1,288,161.00 1, 288,161.00
Vehicle Lease
(Police Cars & Fire Trucks) -0- 800,363.00 800,363.00
Newark Office of Film & Television -0- 28,875.00 28,875.00
Arts Catalyst -0- 196,875.00 196,875.00
Lease Agreement - internal Affairs -0- 8,348.00 8,348.00
Transitional Aid Loan - County -0- 7,875,000.00 7,875,000.00
Deficit in Operation -0- 603,697.00 603,697.00
TOTAL UNCLASSIFIED $ 42,075,093.00 $ 17,547,440.00 $ 59,622,533.00
TOTAL $134,349,758.00 $45,008,516.00 $179,358,274.00
Water Utility Salaries & Wages Other Expenses Total
Director's Office 154,671 682 155,353
Billing & Customer Service 265,054 160,732 425,786
Water Supply 2,004,844 4,458,589 6,463,433
Unclassified Operations 2,153,853 8,205,295 10,359,148
Capital Outlay -0- 1,974,000 1,974,000
Total Water Utility $ 4,578,422 $14,799,298 $ 19,377,720
Sewer Utility Salaries & Wages Other Expenses Total
Billing & Customer Service 116,026 25,725 141,751
Sewer Supply 558,995 1,882,939 2,441,934
Unclassified Operations 663,003 28,845,810 29,508,813
Capital Outlay -0- 1,947,750 1,947,750
Total Sewer Utility $1,338,024 $32,702,224 $34,040,248
3. This action shall take effect on January 1, 2026.
4. A copy of this Resolution shall be immediately filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Temporary Appropriation will provide funds from January 1, 2026 through March 31, 2026, until the adoption of the 2026 Municipal Budget.