Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: 2016 Winter Storm Jonas and other mandated expenses and changes in contractual obligations required by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).
Funding Source: City of Newark
Appropriation Amount: $5,440,585.00
Budget Year: 2016
Additional Information:
Operating Agency: Department of Public Works
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen stemming from the impact of Winter Storm Jonas with respect to clean up mandates and unforeseen changes in contractual obligations by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), and adequate provisions have not been made in the 2016 Budget for the aforesaid purposes. N.J.S.A. 40A:40-46 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the purposes mentioned above; and
WHEREAS, the total amount of the emergency appropriations created, including the appropriation to be created by this resolution is $12,131,901.00 and three (3) percent of the total operating appropriations in the budget for 2016 is $17,200,532.00; and
WHEREAS, the foregoing appropriation, together with prior appropriations, does not exceed three (3) percent of the total operating appropriations (including utility operating appropriations) in the budget for 2016.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. An emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the
following purposes and amounts:
NJDEP required compost Remediation $1,212,700.00
NJDEP required Tire Removal 300,000.00
Revised Negotiated Contract 244,000.00
Winter Storm Jonas 2,972,785.00
Winter Storm Jonas Tree Removal 711,100.00
TOTAL $5,440,585.00
2. That said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in full in the 2017 budget, and is requested to be excluded from CAPS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-53.3c(1).
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes additional emergency appropriation in the 2016 Municipal Budget in the amount of $5,440,585.00 for other expenses in the Department of Public Works to pay for expenses related to 2016 Winter Storm Jonas, unforeseen changes in contractual obligations and actions mandated by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.