Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Budget Insertion
Purpose: Bioterrorism Grant: Provide surveillance and health alert network, and the provision of local core capacity infrastructure for bioterrorism preparedness within the City of Newark (Citywide).
Funding Source: State of New Jersey Department of Health - Local Core Capacity for Public Health Preparedness
Appropriation Amount: $244,113.00
Budget Year: 2015
Contract Period: July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016
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 Legistar #15-1781 (Pending Introduction)
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
BI-#1
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87 provides that the Director of the Local Government Services may approve the insertion of any Special Item of Revenue in the budget of any local unit when such item shall have been made available by law and the amount thereof shall not have been determined at the time of the adoption of the budget, and may approve the insertion of an appropriation item of equal amount for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of the law making such item of revenue available for expenditure; and
WHEREAS, the State of New Jersey Department of Health - Local Core Capacity for Public Health Preparedness has made available $244,113.00 for the Bioterrorism Preparedness Grant; and
WHEREAS, by award letter dated August 4, 2015, from the State of New Jersey Department of Health - Local Core Capacity for Public Health Preparedness, the City of Newark has been awarded $244,113.00 to provide surveillance and health alert network, and the provision of local core capacity infrastructure for bioterrorism preparedness within the City of Newark (Citywide).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87, the City of Newark hereby requests the Director of Local Government Services to approve a budget insertion in the amount of $244,113.00 and an appropriation of an equal amount for the budget year 2015 as set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
2. That the aforesaid insertion is, in the opinion of the Governing Body, warranted and authorized by N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87 and are necessary for the orderly operation of the municipality.
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 resolution establishes an appropriation and revenue in the 2015 Municipal Budget for the Bioterrorism Preparedness Grant in the amount of $244,113.00 from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. The project period is July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016 (City-wide).
SCHEDULE A
ANTICIPATED ITEM OF REVENUE SPECIAL ITEM OF APPROPRIATION
State of New Jersey Department Unclassified Purposes
Of Health - Local Core Capacity Special Item of Appropriation
For Public Health Preparedness
Bioterrorism Preparedness Grant Bioterrorism Preparedness Grant
(City-wide) (City-wide)
$244,113.00 $244,113.00
1. The Project Coordinator is Brian Harris, Deputy Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, Department of Health and Community Wellness.
2. The Fiscal Officer is Danielle Smith, Director of Finance.
3. The operating agency is the Department of Health and Community Wellness.
4. The type of funding will be reimbursement payments upon submission of monthly expenditure reports.
5. The program period is from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
6. A copy of this resolution shall be immediately filed with the Director of
Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.