Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide nutritional services, nutritional education, immunization screening and education, voter registration and family care enrollment through participation in the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services’ Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program to the residents of Newark.
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Appropriation Amount: $40,958.00
Budget Year: 2018
Contract Period: October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018
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:
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R5-b adopted on November 13, 2017
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE - # 33
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $40,958.00 bringing total program resources to $1,902,777.00, for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program and no adequate provision has been made in the 2018 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 award letter dated April 6, 2018 from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, the City of Newark has been awarded $40,958.00 to provide nutritional services, nutritional education, immunization screening and education, voter registration and family care enrollment through participation in New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services’ Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program to the residents of Newark; 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 appropriation adopted in 2018, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total...………………$313,830,126.49.
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
Women, Infants and $40,958.00
Children (WIC) Program
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2018 budget.
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 establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program in the amount of $40,958.00. The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services is awarding the funds. The project period is October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.