Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: The Sustainable Jersey-PSE&G Energy Efficiency Partnership Program-Residential, to assist municipalities in encouraging their residents utilize residential energy efficiency incentives to help save money and improve the energy efficiency homes
Funding Source: Sustainable Jersey
Appropriation Amount: $ 2,500.00
Budget Year: 2025
Contract Period: April 14, 2025 through April 30, 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 7R1-g adopted on May 21, 2025.
Operating Agency: Department of Administration
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE # 61
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,500.00) to assist municipalities in encouraging their residents to utilize residential energy efficiency incentives to help save money and improve the energy efficiency of their homes; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the same; and
WHEREAS, by a Notice of Award dated April 14, 2025, Sustainable Jersey awarded the City of Newark (the “City”) the Residential PSE&G Energy Efficiency Partnership Program Grant in the amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,500.00) to assist municipalities in encouraging their residents to utilize residential energy efficiency incentives to help save money and improve the energy efficiency of their homes in the City; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 7R1-f adopted on May 21, 2025, the City of Newark accepted the Residential Sustainable Jersey-PSE&G Energy Efficiency Partnership Program Grant Funds in the amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,500,000); 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 appropriations adopted in 2025 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20, including this Resolution, total $ 568,291,727.45
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
The Governing Body by a two thirds vote of its full membership hereby amends it temporary budget by making the following temporary emergency appropriation:
Program Amount
PSE&G Energy Efficiency $2,500.00
Partnership Program-Residential
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 authorizes a temporary emergency appropriation PSE&G Energy Efficiency Partnership Program Grant in the amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,500.00). Sustainable Jersey awarded the City of Newark the Grant Funds for the project period commencing April 14, 2025 and terminating April 30, 2026.