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 FY 2024 Assistance to Firefighters Grant.
Funding Source: United States Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Appropriation Amount: $603,098.18
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: September 27, 2025 through September 26, 2027
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( X ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Grant: $603,098.18; Cash Match: $60,309.82; Total Cost: $663,408.00
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R9-d adopted December 17, 2025
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety, Fire Division
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE #3
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Six Hundred-Three Thousand, Ninety-Eight Dollars and Eighteen Cents ($603,098.18) from the United States Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and no provision has been made in the 2026 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose and N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the purpose above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R9-d adopted December 17, 2025, , the City of Newark accepted FY 2024 Assistance to Firefighters Grant in the amount of Six Hundred-Three Thousand, Ninety-Eight Dollars and Eighteen Cents ($603,098.18) to fund specialized firefighter training; 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, emergency appropriations adopted in 2026 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total…………………$1,086,913.18.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification.
Program Amount
FY 2024 Assistance to Firefighters Grant $603,098.18
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2026 budget.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the FY 2024 Assistance to Firefighters Grant in the amount of Six Hundred-Three Thousand, Ninety-Eight Dollars and Eighteen Cents ($603,098.18). The United States Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded the funds. The project period is September 27, 2025 to September 26, 2027.