Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Budget Insertion
Purpose: To provide funding for the costs associated with hiring and employing fifteen (15) full-time police officers for a three (3) year period (Citywide).
Funding Source: United States Department of Justice, COPS Office
Appropriation Amount: $1,875,000.00
Budget Year: 2021
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 7R9-a adopted on September 1, 2021.
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87 provides that the Director of the Division 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, by Resolution 7R9-a dated September 1, 2021, the City of Newark accepted the 2020 COPS Hiring Program in the amount of $1,875,000.00 for the purpose of providing funds for the costs associated with hiring and employing fifteen (15) full-time police officers for a three (3) year period; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Justice COPS Office has made available $1,875,000.00 for the 2020 COPS Hiring Program.
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 the Division of Local Government Services to approve a budget insertion in the amount of $1,875,000.00 and an appropriation of an equal amount for the Budget Year 2021 as set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
2. The aforesaid insertion is, in the opinion of the Governing Body, warranted and authorized by N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87 and is necessary for the orderly operation of the municipality.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes an appropriation and revenue in the 2021 City of Newark's Budget for the 2020 COPS Hiring Program in the amount of $1,875,000.00 from the United States Department of Justice COPS Office. The project period is July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023 (City-Wide).