Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Budget Insertion
Purpose: 2023 Food Security Planning Grant - Newark East
Funding Source: New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)
Appropriation Amount: $111,760.00
Budget Year: 2023
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 Resolution 7R1-n adopted on July 19, 2023.
Operating Agency: Department of Administration
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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BI - #14
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, by Resolution 7R1-n adopted on July 19, 2023, the City of Newark has accepted $111,760.00 for the 2023 Food Security Planning Grant - Newark East from NJEDA to fund the development of an action-oriented plan leveraging the identified distressed asset to improve food access and food security for the Newark East food desert community; and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has made available One Hundred Eleven Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty Dollars and Zero Cents ($111,760.00) for the 2023 Food Security Planning Grant - Newark East.
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 hereby requests the Director of Local Government Services to approve a budget insertion in the amount of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty Dollars and Zero Cents ($111,760.00) and an appropriation of an equal amount for the 2023 Food Security Planning Grant - Newark East in the budget year 2023 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 of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes the revenue and appropriation for the 2023 Municipal Budget in the amount of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Dollars Seven Hundred Sixty Dollars and Zero Cents ($111,760.00) for the 2023 Food Security Planning Grant - Newark East (City-wide). The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) is providing these funds. The project period is July 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024.