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File #: 26-0103    Version: 1 Name: TE # 10 Arts and Education District 2026
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 1/28/2026 In control: Administration
On agenda: 2/18/2026 Final action: 2/18/2026
Title: Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation Purpose: Arts and Education District 2026 Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources Appropriation Amount: $1,000,000.00 Budget Year: 2026 Contract Period: July 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026, until funds are fully expended Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant (X) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Funds accepted by Resolution #7R1-g 12/03/2025 Operating Agency: Department of Economic and Housing Development Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Arts and Education District 2026
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources
Appropriation Amount: $1,000,000.00
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: July 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026, until funds are fully expended
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant (X) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by Resolution #7R1-g 12/03/2025
Operating Agency: Department of Economic and Housing Development
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE - #10

WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of One Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,000,000.00) for the Arts and Education District 2026 and no provision has been made in the 2026 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 aforementioned; and

WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R1-g dated December 3, 2025, the City of Newark has accepted Arts and Education District 2026 Grant in the amount of One Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,000,000.00) to expand the Newark Arts & Education District and support year-round activations including festivals, concerts, art walks, pop-ups, family nights, film screenings, season markets, and partnerships with local venues; and contribute to beautification of the arts and cultural district; 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 2026 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total $ 16,885,291.59.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:

1. An emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification:

Program Amount
Arts and Education District 2026 Grant $1,000,000.00

2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2026 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 Resolution establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Arts and Education District 2026 Grant in the amount of One Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,000,000.00) from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources. The project period is July 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026, until funds are fully expended.