Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funds for the operating expenses until the adoption of the 2021 Operating Budget for the City of Newark and Department of Water and Sewer Utilities.
Funding Source: 2021 Budget
Appropriation Amount: $73,032,033.00
Budget Year: 2021
Contract Period: May 1, 2021 through May 31, 2021
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) N/A
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by Resolution
Operating Agency: All Departments
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE #26
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-19, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark, adopted Resolution 7R1-a, dated January 6, 2021, to provide funds for the period January 1, 2021 to March 31, 2021 and Resolution 7R1-b, dated April 7, 2021, to provide funds for the period April 1, 2021 to April 30, 2021 until the adoption of the Operating Budget of the City of Newark, New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, additional appropriations will be required from May 1, 2021 through May 31, 2021 until the adoption of 2021 Operating Budget; and
WHEREAS, a previous Resolution authorizing TE #25 and prior emergency appropriations submitted for Municipal Council approval totaled $157,631,794.36; 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, TE #26 is to provide funds for the period of May 1, 2021 through May 31, 2021, until the adoption of the budget; and
WHEREAS, the emergency appropriations adopted in 2021 pursuant to N.J.S.A.:40A:4-20 including this resolution total..............................................$230,663,827.36
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Governing Body by a two-thirds vote of its full membership hereby amends its temporary budget by making the following emergency temporary appropriations:
Departments Salaries & Wages Other Expenses Total
Office of the Mayor and
Agencies $3,037,059 $4,178,028 $7,215,087
Office of the City Clerk
and Municipal Council 862,182 150,527 1,012,709
Department of
Administration 785,101 1,420,919 2,206,020
Department of Law 462,630 207,186 669,816
Department of Finance 614,593 92,227 706,820
Department of Public
Works 2,175,689 3,424,105 5,599,794
Department of
Engineering 1,854,747 2,024,035 3,878,782
Department of Health
and Community Wellness 745,833 359,497 1,105,330
Department of
Economic and
Housing Development 795,524 155,474 950,998
Department of Recreation,
Cultural Affairs and
Senior Services 582,458 232,719 815,177
Department of Public
Safety 26,286,129 555,846 26,841,975
SUB-TOTAL $38,201,945 $12,800,563 $51,002,508
UNCLASSIFIED OPERATIONS
Health Insurance $3,583,333 -$0- $3,583,333
Aetna (Medicare
Reimbursement) 208,333 -0- 208,333
Prescription Insurance 3,204,145 -0- 3,204,145
Dental Insurance 241,667 -0- 241,667
Employee Assistance
Program (EAP) 14,583 -0- 14,583
Life Insurance 12,500 -0- 12,500
Accrued Compensatory 170,000 -0- 170,000
Time
Flexible Spending Account 2,917 -0- 2,917
Adjustment to Personnel
Compensation 416,667 -0- 416,667
Workmen's Compensation 666,667 -0- 666,667
F.I.C.A. 724,985 -0- 724,985
Cash Waiver Benefit 33,333 -0- 33,333
Noncontributory Pension 16,667 -0- 16,667
Employer's Contribution -
City 33,333 -0- 33,333
Unemployment Insurance 16,667 -0- 16,667
Retroactive Salary 350,000 -0- 350,000
Refund of Tax Appeals -0- 41,667 41,667
Devils Settlement -0- 225,000 225,000
Bank Fees -0- 16,667 16,667
Credit Card Fees -0- 50,000 50,000
H&L Maintenance Contract -0- 12,500 12,500
Emergency Medical
Services -0- 185,417 185,417
Settlement/US District Court -0- 166,667 166,667
Implementation of Enterprise
Business System -0- 87,500 87,500
Media Services -0- 63,750 63,750
Homeownership Program -0- 8,333 8,333
Youth Community Solution -0- 83,333 83,333
Grant Program -
Disallowed Cost -0- 16,667 16,667
Tenant Legal Services -0- 62,500 62,500
Cities of Services - Love Your Block -0- 4,167 4,167
Civilian Complaint Review Board -0- 41,667 41,667
Prior Year Bills -0- 159,349 159,349
Displacement Parking -0- 9,000 9,000
Dog Control -0- 60,833 60,833
Other Services - GTBM -0- 91,667 91,667
Deficit in Operation -0- 437,288 437,288
General Liability -0- 266,667 266,667
Capital Improvement -0- 8,333 8,333
Special Emergency -0- 266,667 266,667
TOTAL UNCLASSIFIED $9,695,797 $2,365,639 $12,061,436
TOTAL $47,897,742 $15,166,202 $63,063,944
Salaries Other
Water Utility & Wages Expenses Total
Director's Office $41,889 $217 $42,106
Billing & Customer Service 105,839 47,336 153,175
Water Supply 864,321 1,146,267 2,010,588
Unclassified Purposes 532,278 1,290,274 1,822,552
Capital Outlay -0- 660,595 660,595
Total Water Utility $1,544,327 $3,144,689 $ 4,689,016
Salaries Other
Sewer Utility & Wages Expenses Total
Billing & Customer Service $51,027 $8,750 $59,777
Sewer Supply 96,119 469,116 565,235
Unclassified Purposes 187,394 4,308,333 4,495,727
Capital Outlay -0- 158,334 158,334
Total Sewer Utility $334,540 $4,944,533 $5,279,073
2. This action will take effect on May 1, 2021.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be immediately filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes a temporary emergency appropriation to provide operating funds from May 1, 2021 through May 31, 2021, until the adoption of the 2021 Municipal Budget.