Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funding for the FY2021 Project Safe Neighborhood Grant.
Funding Source: United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Appropriation Amount: $220,333.00
Budget Year: 2023
Contract Period: October 1, 2021 through September 30, 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 Apply and Accept Resolution 7R9-a adopted on August 2, 2023.
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety, Division of Police
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 63
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Two Hundred-Twenty Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars and Zero Cents ($220,333.00) for the FY2021 Project Safe Neighborhood Grant addressing violent crimes, through the purchase of Automatic License Plate Readers and no adequate provision has been made in the 2023 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose and N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the purpose above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, by the Notice of Award dated December 8, 2021, the United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the City of Newark funds in the amount of $220,333.00. The aforementioned program will provide funds for through the purchase of Automatic License Plate Readers the FY2021 Project Safe Neighborhood Grant addressing violent crimes; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides that the Governing Body, by a two-thirds vote, may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, emergency appropriation adopted in 2023, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this Resolution total…………………$ 512,691,425.40.
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 temporary emergency appropriation:
2. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification.
Program Amount
FY2021 Project Safe Neighborhood Grant $220,333.00
3. The temporary emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2023 budget.
4. A copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the FY2021 Project Safe Neighborhood Grant addressing violent crimes through the purchase of Automatic License Plate Readers, in the amount of Two Hundred-Twenty Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars and Zero Cents ($220,333.00). The United States Department of Justice, /Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the funds. The project period is October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024.