Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Cash Match for the 2022 NJDEP Volkswagen Mitigation Project, Equipment Modernization Grant
Funding Source: 2024 Budget
Appropriation Amount: $537,854.66
Budget Year: 2024
Contract Period: June 13, 2022 through June 13, 2025
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 7R10-a adopted on September 20, 2023 and 7R1-b adopted on December 6, 2023.
Operating Agency: Department of Public Works
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation, in the amount of $537,854.66 which is the City’s contribution for the 2022 NJDEP Volkswagen Mitigation Project, Equipment Modernization Grant and no adequate provision has been made in the 2024 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 7R10-a, adopted on September 20, 2023, (a copy attached hereto and made a part hereof), the City of Newark accepted the 2022 NJDEP Volkswagen Mitigation Project, Equipment Modernization Grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection which required a $537,854.66 non-state commitment by the City of Newark for the period commencing June 13, 2022 through June 13, 2025; 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 2024, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total... $22,486,476.66.
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
2022 NJDEP Volkswagen Grant-Cash Match $537,854.66
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2024 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 Resolution establishes the appropriation for a cash match for the 2022 NJDEP Volkswagen Grant for $537,854.66 for the grant.