Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To address a variety of high-priority environmental health and safety hazards.
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Healthy Homes Production Grant Program
Appropriation Amount: $2,000,000.00
Budget Year: 2023
Contract Period: May 15, 2023 through November 15, 2026
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 Apply and Accept Resolution submitted under separate cover as Legistar File #23-1007.
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE #43
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Two Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,000,000.00) for the Healthy Homes Production Grant Program and no adequate provision has been made in the 2023 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 18, 2022, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Healthy Homes Production Grant Program awarded the City of Newark funds in the amount of Two Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,000,000.00) to be utilized during the period from May 15, 2023 through November 15, 2026. The aforementioned program will provide funds for the provision of health care and supportive services to the residents of the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 provides that the Governing Body, by a two-thirds vote, may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year.
WHEREAS, emergency appropriations adopted in 2023, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20, including this Resolution total………………$ 384,525,035.43.
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
Healthy Homes Production Grant Program $2,000,000.00
3. The temporary emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2023 Budget.
4. Said emergency appropriation is ratified from May 15, 2023 to the date of adoption of this authorizing Resolution; and
5. A copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution ratifies, authorizes and establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Healthy Homes Production Grant Program FY 2023, in the amount of $2,000,000.00. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Healthy Homes Production Grant Program awarded the funds. The project period is May 15, 2023 through November 15, 2026. This authorization is ratified back to March 15, 2023 to the adoption of this Resolution.