Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of the Business Administrator
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of the 2026 Brick City Peace Collective (BCPC) Grant
Purpose: To submit an Application and enter into Agreements with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources for the 2026 Brick City Peace Collective (BCPC) Grant.
Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources
Entity Address: 101 South Broad Street, 5th Floor, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0811
Total Grant Amount: $1,000,000.00
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources
Grant Period: July 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027, until funds are fully expended
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Monitoring Dept/Agency: Not Applicable
Additional Information:
To foster initiatives, programs, and opportunities to reduce violence and strengthen relationships between law enforcement and Newark communities.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to apply for and obtain a New Jersey legislative “line item” grant from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (the “Department”) for approximately One Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,000,000.00) to carry out the “Brick City Peace Collective (BCPC) Grant” project to foster initiatives, programs, and opportunities to reduce violence and strengthen relationships between law enforcement and Newark communities; and
WHEREAS, on or about October 31, 2025, the City’s Business Administrator did cause an application for such grant funds to be submitted to the Department (a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof); and
WHEREAS, the Department has informed the City of Newark (the “City”) that the City’s application has been approved; and
WHEREAS, the Department requires that the City pass a Resolution authorizing the grant application before a grant agreement can be entered into which would then authorize the release of the grant funds to the City; and
WHEREAS, no municipal funds are required for the receipt or acceptance of the grant award.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Municipal Council does hereby authorize an application to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (the “Department”) for the Newark Brick City Peace 2026 grant.
2. The actions taken by the City of Newark (“City”) to apply for the grant are hereby ratified from the date the application was submitted until the date of this authorizing Resolution.
3. The Municipal Council recognizes and accepts that the Department may offer a lesser or greater amount and therefore, upon receipt of the grant agreement from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, does further authorize the execution of any such grant agreement upon review, approval and signature by the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee and the Business Administrator; and also, upon receipt of the fully executed grant agreement from the Department, does further authorize the acceptance of the grant funds and the expenditure of the funds, pursuant to the terms of the grant agreement.
4. The persons whose names, titles, and signatures of the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, and the Business Administrator are authorized to sign the application, and that they or their successors in said titles are authorized to sign the grant agreement and any other documents necessary in connection therewith.
5. The City’s Business Administrator shall file fully executed copies of the grant application and grant agreement in the Office of the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution ratifies and authorizes the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, and the Business Administrator, to apply and submit a grant application and to accept a grant in the amount of One Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,000,000.00) in New Jersey legislative “line item” grant funds from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs to carry out an “Brick City Peace Collective (BCPC) Grant” project to foster initiatives, programs, and opportunities to reduce violence and strengthen relationships between law enforcement and Newark communities; further authorizing the execution of the grant agreement by the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, and the Business Administrator. No municipal funds are required for the receipt or acceptance of the grant funds.