Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Budget Insertion
Purpose: Target Hardening of the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant
Funding Source: Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, State of New Jersey
Appropriation Amount: $150,000.00
Budget Year: September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2019
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 7R12-a adopted on December 7, 2016
Operating Agency: Department of Water and Sewer Utilities
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required
body
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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, by Resolution 7R12-a, December 7, 2016, the City of Newark was awarded $150,000.00 to provide Target Hardening of the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant in the City of Newark from the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, State of New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark accepted Target Hardening of the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant, for the Newark Water Interconnect at the Belleville Reservoir.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. 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 $150,000.00 and an appropriation of an equal amount for the Target Hardening of the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant in the budget year 2017 as set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
2. 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 an appropriation and revenue for the 2017 Municipal Budget in the amount of $150,000.00 for the Target Hardening of the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant, Newark Water Interconnect at the Belleville Reservoir. The Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, State of New Jersey is providing the funds, and no Municipal funds are being used. The project period is September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2019.