Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: The purpose of this grant is ensuring the safety of its citizens and ensuring the safe movement of pedestrian traffic in crash prone locations (All Wards)
Funding Source: New Jersey Division of Highway and Traffic Safety (DHTS)
Appropriation Amount: $16,000.00
Budget Year: 2015
Contract Period: July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015
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:
Citywide
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R11-a 091714
Operating Agency: Newark Police Department
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE-#5
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $16,000.00 for the Pedestrian Safety Program and no provision has been made in the 2015 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 abovementioned; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R11-a dated September 17, 2014, the City of Newark accepted the New Jersey Division of Highway and Traffic Safety (DHTS) Grant, entitled Pedestrian Safety Program Grant in the amount of $16,000.00 for the purpose of ensuring the safety of its citizens and ensuring the safe movement of pedestrian traffic in crash prone locations; 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, the emergency appropriations adopted in 2015 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total $11,628,063.00.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. An emergency appropriation is and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
2014 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY GRANT $16,000.00
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2015 budget.
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 legislation establishes the appropriation in the amount of $16,000.00 for the 2014 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROGRAM funded by the New Jersey Division of Highway and Traffic Safety (DHTS) Grant, entitled Pedestrian Safety Program Grant, to fund costs associated with ensuring the safety of its citizens and the safe movement of pedestrian traffic in crash prone locations, for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. (All Wards)