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Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Refund
Purpose: Refund of Overpayment on Water/Sewer Account 53562
Entity Name: A & J Construction
Entity Address: 5026 Industrial Road, Farmingdale, New Jersey 07727
Property Location: Branch Brook Park, Lake Street and Bloomfield Avenue/North Ward
Amount of Refund: $884.83
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, A & J Construction, 5026 Industrial Road, Farmingdale, New Jersey 07727, engaged in certain construction activities in 2013 at Branch Brook Park in the area of Lake Street and Bloomfield Avenue, Newark, New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, in association with those construction activities, A & J Construction leased a hydrant meter from the City of Newark Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, for which the City established a billing account identified as Account Number 53562; and
WHEREAS, when that account was established, A & J Construction had paid a meter rental deposit to the City of Newark in the amount of $1,200.00 (see the accounting details attached hereto and made a part hereof); and
WHEREAS, between the date that the account had been established and the date that the account was closed out, the City of Newark had charged a total of $315.17 against the $1,200.00 meter rental deposit, leaving a balance remaining in the amount of $884.83; and
WHEREAS, on December 26, 2013, A & J Construction made a request for a refund in the amount of $884.83 for the balance of the meter rental deposit (see letter from A & J Construction attached hereto and made a part hereof).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
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- The Mayor and/or his designee, the City Treasurer, are hereby authorized and directed to issue a refund check for the total amount of $884.83 to A & J Construction, 5026 Industrial Road, Farmingdale, New Jersey 07727 for the remaining balance of a meter rental deposit that had been paid on Water/Sewer Account Number 53562.
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- Attached hereto is a copy of the Certification of Funds from the Comptroller of the City of Newark, which states that there are sufficient legally appropriated funds for the purpose here-in-above set forth, and that the line appropriation of the official 2014 budget which shall be charged is Business Unit NW037, Dept. ID 750, Div./Proj. 7501, Account 49800.
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- A copy of this resolution as adopted shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk by the Acting Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities.
STATEMENT
This resolution authorizes the Mayor and/or his designee, the City Treasurer, to issue a refund check in the amount of $884.83 to A & J Construction for the remaining balance of a meter rental deposit that had been paid on Water/Sewer Account Number 53562.