Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide housing assistance and related supportive services for low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families within the City of Newark.
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Appropriation Amount: $842,513.00
Budget Year: 2020
Contract Period: September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020
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:
Amended Apply and Accept Resolution to be submitted under a separate cover as Legistar File ID #20-0970.
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R1-a adopted on November 7, 2019.
Operating Agency: Department of Administration/Office of the Business Administrator
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE- # 42
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $842,513.00, for the HOPWA Program and no adequate provision has been made in the 2020 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 authorizing resolution 7R1-a dated November 7, 2019, the City of Newark accepted funds for the HOPWA Program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the amount of $5,841,359.00 to provide housing assistance and related supportive services for low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families within the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, by the award letter dated July 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has amended the One Year Action Plan to increase HOPWA funds by $842,513.00 bringing total program resources to $6,683,872.00 for said grant; and
WHEREAS, a previous resolution authorizing TE #41 and prior emergency appropriations submitted for Municipal Council approval totaled $433,851,828.78; 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 appropriations adopted in 2020, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this resolution total…………………$434,694,341.78.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is
hereby made for the following classification.
Program Amount
HOPWA Program $842,513.00
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2020 budget.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This legislation authorizes and establishes the temporary appropriation for the HOPWA Program in the amount of $842,513.00. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are awarding said funds to the City of Newark. The Project period is September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020 (Citywide).