Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Budget Insertion
Purpose: FY2018 Recycling Tonnage Grant Program - To provide funds for hazardous waste within the municipality (City-wide).
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Agency
Appropriation Amount: $328,618.29
Budget Year: 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 Apply and Accept Resolution will be submitted under separate cover as Legistar File ID #21-1697.
Operating Agency: Department of Public Works
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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WHEREAS, N.J.S.A 40A: 4-87 provides that the Director of Local Government Services 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 may approve the insertion of an appropriation item of equal amount for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of the law making such item of revenue available for expenditure; and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Agency has made available additional $328,618.29 to provide funds for hazardous waste within the municipality; and
WHEREAS, by check dated May 27, 2021, from the New Jersey Department of Treasury, the City of Newark was awarded additional $328,618.29 to provide funds for hazardous waste within the municipality.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY:
1. That in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A 40A: 4-87, the City of Newark, New Jersey hereby requests the Director of Local Government Services to approve a budget insertion in the amount of $328,618.29 and an appropriation of an equal amount for the FY2018 Recycling Tonnage Grant Program in the budget year 2021 as set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
2. That the aforesaid insertion is, in the opinion of the Governing Body, warranted and authorized by N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-87 and is necessary for the orderly operation of the municipality.
3. A copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes the revenue and appropriation for the 2021 Municipal Budget in the amount of $328,618.29 and an appropriation of an equal amount for the FY2018 Recycling Tonnage Grant Program. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Agency is providing these funds. There is no timeframe for which the City may expend the 2018 Tonnage Grant Funds as long as all recycling tonnage grant monies received are expended only for the City’s Recycling Program, pursuant to the Recycling Enhancement Act (Citywide).