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 crisis intervention at the local level for opioid-addicted individuals at multiple entry points involving law enforcement.
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Office of the Attorney General, NJ CARES
Appropriation Amount: $149,999.80
Budget Year: 2020
Contract Period: October 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021
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:
Apply and Accept Resolution 7R9-c adopted on December 18, 2019
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE - #7
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $149,999.80, for the crisis intervention at the local level for opioid-addicted individuals at multiple entry points involving law enforcement and no 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 Resolution 7R9c, dated December 18, 2019, from New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Office of the Attorney General, NJ CARES, the City of Newark has been awarded $149,999.80, to fund opioid-addicted individuals at multiple entry points involving law enforcement; 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 2020 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total…………………$22,292,038.80.
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
Opioid-Addicted Individuals $149,999.80
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 resolution establishes the Temporary Emergency Appropriation for the FFY17 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-Based Program, in the amount of One Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine Dollars and Eighty Cents ($149,999.80). The State of New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Office of the Attorney General, NJ CARES, awarded the funds. The project period is October 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021.