Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To support the State of New Jersey in enrolling residents in health insurance using Get Covered NJ
Funding Source: NJ State Department of Banking and Insurance
Appropriation Amount: $115,000.00
Budget Year: 2025
Contract Period: October 1, 2024 through September, 2025
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 Apply and Accept Resolution will be submitted under separate cover as File ID 24-1744
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 20
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($115,000.00), for NJ State Navigator Program and no adequate provision has been made in the 2025 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 the Notice of Award dated October 29, 2024, NJ State Department of Banking and Insurance awarded the City of Newark funds in the amount of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($115,000.00). The aforementioned program will provide funds for the provision of health care and supportive services to the residents of the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 provides that the Governing Body, by a two-thirds vote, may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, emergency appropriation adopted in 2025, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this Resolution total………………$ 28,243,417.20
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Governing Body by a two-thirds vote of its full membership hereby amends its temporary budget by making the following temporary emergency appropriation:
2. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification.
Program Amount
NJ State Navigator Program $115,000.00
3. The temporary emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2025 budget.
4. A copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the NJ State Navigator Program FY 2025, in the amount of $115,000.00.The NJ State Department of Banking and Insurance awarded the funds. The project period is October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.