Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: The Brick City Peace Collective (BCPC) Grant will foster initiatives, programs and opportunities to reduce violence and strengthen relationships between law enforcement and Newark communities.
Funding Source: State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs
Appropriation Amount: $250,000.00
Budget Year: 2020
Contract Period: July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020
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-d (AS) dated February 5, 2020, in the amount of $250,000.00.
Operating Agency: Department of Administration
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 $250,000.00 for the Brick City Peace Collective (BCPC) Grant , and no adequate provision has been made in the 2020 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 February 10, 2020, the State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs, awarded the City of Newark the Brick City Peace Collective (BCPC) Grant in the amount of $250,000.00 to foster initiatives, programs and opportunities to reduce violence and strengthen relationships between law enforcement and Newark communities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark’s Department of Administration, submitted the following resolution which was approved under 7R1-d (AS) dated, February 5, 2020, in the amount of $250,000.00, to the Newark Municipal Council 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 2020 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20, including this Resolution, total $210,049,144.24 ..............
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
Brick City $250,000.00
Peace Collective
(BCPC) Grant
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2020 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 Brick City Peace Collective (BCPC) Grant, in the amount of $250,000.00. The State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has awarded the City of Newark, Department of Administration, the said grant for services mentioned herein. The project period is July 1, 2019 through July 30, 2020.