Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: 2023 Annual Budget for the Newark Downtown District Management Corporation (NDD)
Purpose: Reading and Adopting the 2023 Annual Budget of Newark Downtown District.
Amount: $8,335,000.00
Budget Period: January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023
Additional Information:
Budget Introduction authorized by Resolution 7R2-j adopted on May 24, 2023.
A Public Hearing will be held during the Special Meeting/Conference on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 10:00 A.M. in the Council Chamber.
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WHEREAS, on May 24, 2023, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R2-j, which introduced the proposed annual budget of the Newark Downtown District Management Corporation (“NDD”) for the fiscal year 2023, (January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023), (“FY 2023”), in the amount of Eight Million, Three Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand, Dollars and Zero Cents ($8,335,000.00), and directed the Department of Economic and Housing Development to schedule a Public Hearing on the Budget as required under N.J.S.A. 40:56-84, et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development publicly advertised the proposed NDD Budget for FY 2023 and the time and place for the June 27, 2023, Public Hearing in the Star Ledger on June 12, 2023, which advertisement date is at least ten (10) days prior to the Public Hearing date of June 27, 2023, as required by N.J.S.A. 40:56-84 (d); and
WHEREAS, the Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Public Hearing date, is no less than twenty-eight (28) days from May 24, 2023, the date of the approved Budget, as required by N.J.S.A. 40:56-84 (e); and
WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development posted the NDD Budget for FY 2023 in a public place where public notices are customarily posted, within the basement area of Newark City Hall, and a copy of said Budget was and will be made available to those persons requesting same during the week prior to and the day of the Public Hearing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Acting City Clerk is hereby authorized to read by title the Newark Downtown District Management Corporation’s (“NDD”) Budget for the fiscal year 2023, January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, (FY 2023).
2. All the conditions outlined in Paragraph (1) of N.J.S.A. 40:56-84(f) have been satisfied.
3. The amount anticipated to be raised by the special assessments to support NDD’s Budget for FY 2023 is estimated to be Eight Million Three Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($8,335,000.00).
4. Each quarter, the Director of the Department of Finance shall pay 25% of the total special assessments for FY 2023, as set forth in the approved Budget to NDD.
5. The Director of the Department of Finance shall withhold from the quarterly payments to the NDD an Administrative Fee of 1% of the amount of special assessments billed by the Tax Collector to support the Budget of NDD.
6. The NDD Budget for FY 2023 in the amount of Eight Million Three Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($8,335,000.00) is hereby adopted.
7. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies its authorization of the adoption of the NDD Budget from January 1, 2023, through the date of adoption of this authorizing Resolution.
8. A copy of this Resolution and the NDD Budget for FY 2023 shall be placed on file in the Office of the City Clerk by the Deputy Mayor/Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development.
9. The Office of the City Clerk shall forward certified copies of this Resolution to the Business Administrator, the Director of the Department of Finance, Tax Collector and Tax Assessor.
10. This Resolution shall take effect upon final passage and publication as required under the laws of the State of New Jersey.
STATEMENT
This Resolution ratifies and authorizes the Acting City Clerk to read, by title, the Newark Downtown District Management Corporation’s (NDD) Budget for the fiscal year 2023 (January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023) (FY 2023), in the amount of $8,335,000.00, and adopt said Budget, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:56-84, et seq.