Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funding for Police and Fire Capital Improvement for structural repairs and correct PEOSH violations.
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources
Appropriation Amount: $750,000.00
Budget Year: 2025
Contract Period: July 1, 2024 through December 31, 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 7R1-h adopted on February 19, 2025
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body TE # 26
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $750,000.00 for the FY 2025 Police and Fire Capital Improvement Grant 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 January 6, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources awarded the City of Newark funds for $750,000.00. The aforementioned program will provide funds for the Police and Fire Capital Improvement for structural repairs and correct PEOSH violations; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 provides that the Governing Body, by a two-thirds vote, may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, emergency appropriation adopted in 2025, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this Resolution total………………$ 197,046,727.67.
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
FY 2025 Police and Fire Capital Improvement Grant $750,000.00
2. The temporary emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2025 budget.
3. 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 American Rescue Plan Firefighter Grant, in the amount of $750,000.00. The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources awarded the funds. The project period is July 1, 2024 through December 31, 2025.