Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Budget Insertion
Purpose: To provide funds for the purchase of surveillance cameras.
Funding Source: Center for Justice Innovation
Appropriation Amount: $170,000.00
Budget Year: 2024
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 October 2, 2024.
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 (the “Director”) 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
WHEREAS, the Director may approve the insertion of an appropriation item of equal amount; and
WHEREAS, Justice Innovation, Inc. d/b/a the Center for Justice Innovation has made available One Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($170,000.00) for the purchase of surveillance cameras to address violent crimes; and
WHEREAS, by an initial award letter dated November 2, 2021, from the Center for Justice Innovation and a notice of grant modification dated August 26, 2024, the City of Newark was awarded One Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($170,000.00) to address violent crimes through the purchase of surveillance cameras.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The City of Newark hereby requests the Director of Local Government Services to approve the insertion of an item of revenue in the amount of One Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($170,000.00) and an appropriation of an equal amount for the purchase of surveillance cameras to address violent crimes in the Budget year 2024 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 are necessary for the orderly operation of the municipality.
3. Two (2) copies of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution is establishing an item of revenue for the FY24 Municipal Budget in the amount of $170,000.00 and an appropriation of an equal amount for the purchase of surveillance cameras to address violent crimes. The Center for Justice Innovation is providing these funds. The project period is from November 2, 2021 through September 30, 2024 (Citywide).