Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: New Jersey Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program (NJUCF) Leafing Out Management Grant seeks to encourage, promote, and support the stewardship and effective management of trees and forest ecosystems in fifty-five (55) preselected New Jersey communities through both technical and financial assistance to help establish, grow, and maintain a healthy urban and community forest.
Funding Source: The State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; State Parks, Forests and Historic Sites; New Jersey Forest Service
Appropriation Amount: $850,000.00
Budget Year: 2025
Contract Period: May 1, 2024 through April 26, 2028
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-c(s) adopted on August 13, 2024.
Operating Agency: Department of Administration
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 48
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $850,000.00 for the Leafing Out Management Grant and no adequate provision has been made in the 2025 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose; and
WHEREAS, 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 March 26, 2024, New Jersey Urban and Community Forestry Program (NJUCF) awarded the City of Newark a Leafing Out Management Grant in the amount of $850,000.00 to encourage, promote, and support the stewardship and effective management of trees and forest ecosystems in communities through both technical and financial assistance to help establish, grow, and maintain a healthy urban and community forest in the City of Newark; 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 2025 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20, including this Resolution, total $ 491,225,810.28.
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
The Leafing Out $850,000.00
Management Grant
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2025 budget.
3. A copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution authorizes a temporary emergency appropriation -- the Leafing Out Management Grant in the amount of $850,000.00. The New Jersey Urban and Community Forestry Program (NJUCF) awarded the City of Newark the said grant for the project period May 1, 2024 through April 26, 2028.