Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Homeless (HRSA) Program, which provides medical care, social services, substance abuse and mental health counseling to the homeless population within the City of Newark.
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/ Health Resources and Services Administration
Appropriation Amount: $3,061,297.00
Budget Year: 2017
Contract Period: January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale () Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( X ) n/a
Additional Information:
Proposed form of Apply and Accept Resolution being submitted under separate cover to Municipal Council for its consideration as Legistar # 17-0360.
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
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 $3,061,297.00 for the Homeless HRSA Program Grant award, and no adequate provision has been made in the 2017 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose, and 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 December 13, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, awarded the City of Newark a Homeless HRSA Program Grant in the amount of $3,061,297.00, to provide medical care, social services, substance abuse and mental health counseling to the homeless population within the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark’s Department of Health and Community Wellness is submitting a proposed form of Apply and Accept Resolution to the Newark Municipal Council for its consideration relative to said grant award; 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 2017 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20, including this Resolution, total $21,589,012.18.
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
Homeless HRSA $3,061,297.00
Program Grant
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2017 budget.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This legislation authorizes and establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Homeless HRSA Program Grant in the amount of $3,061,297.00. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, awarded the City of Newark the Homeless HRSA Program Grant. The project period is January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017.