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File #: 26-0012    Version: 1 Name: TE #6 2026 ESTIMATED MUNICIPAL ELECTION COST
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 1/6/2026 In control: Administration
On agenda: 1/21/2026 Final action: 1/21/2026
Title: Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation Purpose: To provide funds for the operating expenses until the adoption of the 2026 Operating Budget for the City of Newark. Funding Source: 2026 Budget Appropriation Amount: $1,600,000.00 Budget Year: 2026 Contract Period: January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026 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: Operating Agency: Office of the City Clerk and Municipal Council 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: To provide funds for the operating expenses until the adoption of the 2026 Operating Budget for the City of Newark.
Funding Source: 2026 Budget
Appropriation Amount: $1,600,000.00
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026
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:
Operating Agency: Office of the City Clerk and Municipal Council
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE - #6
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-19, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark adopted Resolution 7R1-a dated December 17, 2025 to provide funds for the period January 1, 2026 to March 31, 2026 until the adoption of the Operating Budget of the City of Newark, New Jersey; and

WHEREAS, additional appropriations will be required from January 1, 2026 until the adoption of 2026 Operating Budget; and

WHEREAS, previous Resolutions authorizing Temporary Emergency Appropriations and prior emergency appropriations submitted for Municipal Council approval totaled $3,355,427.18; 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, TE #6 is to provide funds for the period of January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026, until the adoption of the budget; and

WHEREAS, the emergency appropriations adopted in 2026 pursuant to N.J.S.A.:40A:4-20 including this resolution total..............................................$ 4,955,427.18.

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 emergency temporary appropriations.


Departments Salaries & Wages Other Expenses Total

Office of the City Clerk
and Municipal Council|99|$1,600,000 $1,600,000
(Election Expenses)

2. This action will take effect on January 1, 2026.

3. A copy of this resolution shall be immediately filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.


STATEMENT

This Resolution establishes a temporary emergency appropriation to provide operating funds from January 1, 2026 until the adoption of the 2026 Municipal Budget.