Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funding for the Newark Fire Trucks and Equipment Program
Funding Source: NJ Department of Community Affairs, Division of Disaster Recovery & Mitigation
Appropriation Amount: $1,000,000.00
Budget Year: 2025
Contract Period: January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026
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 7R9-b adopted on December 18, 2024.
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 13
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000.00 for the Newark Fire and Equipment Program and no adequate provision has been made in the 2025 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 the Notice of Award dated December 9, 2024, the NJ Department of Community Affairs, Division of Disaster Recovery and Mitigation awarded the City of Newark funds for $1,000,000.00. The aforementioned program will provide funds for the purchase of 2 or more fire trucks to augment the City of Newark’s fleet and to respond to calls throughout the City; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 provides that the Governing Body, by a two-thirds vote, may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, emergency appropriation adopted in 2025, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this Resolution total…………………$ 13,665,848.46.
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
Newark Fire Trucks and Equipment Program $1,000,000.00
2. The temporary emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2025 budget.
3. A copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Newark Fire Trucks and Equipment Program, in the amount of $1,000,000.00. The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Disaster Recovery and Mitigation awarded the funds. The project period is January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026.