Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( X ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide Ryan White HIV/AIDS Related Health and Support Services to the Newark Eligible Metropolitan Area
Funding Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Appropriation Amount: $3,907,876.00
Budget Year: 2025
Contract Period: March 1, 2025 through February 28, 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:
Apply and Accept Resolution 7R5-c adopted on January 8, 2025, which approved a Grant Amount of $8,369,505.00 from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). On August 22, 2025, HRSA increased the Award Amount by an additional funding amount of $3,907,876. for the HIV Emergency Program, bringing the total Grant Award to $12,277,381.00.
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE # 66
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Three Million, Nine Hundred Seven Thousand, Eight Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($3,907,876.00), for HIV Emergency Relief Grant 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 July 24, 2025, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded the City of Newark additional funds in the amount of Three Million Nine Hundred Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($3,907,876.00). The aforementioned program will provide funds for the provision of health care and supportive services to the residents of the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides that the Governing Body, by a two-thirds vote, may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, emergency appropriation adopted in 2025, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this Resolution total………………$ 574,505,163.20.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Governing Body by a two-thirds vote of its full membership hereby amends its temporary budget by making the following temporary emergency appropriation:
1. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
HIV Emergency Relief Program $3,907,876.00
2. Said 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 HIV Emergency Relief Program FY 2025, in the amount of Three Million Nine Hundred Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($3,907,876.00). The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded the funds. The award period is March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2026.