Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: FY 2026 Drinking Driving Enforcement Fund
Funding Source: State of New Jersey, Division of Highway Traffic Safety
Appropriation Amount: $91,222.49
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: January 1, 2026 through December 31, 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 26-0221 under separate cover
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety, Division of Police
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE #20
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Ninety-One Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Two Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents ($91,222.49), for the FY 2026 Drinking Driving Enforcement Fund Grant (DDEF) and no provision has been made in the 2026 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 Legistar #26-0221, the City of Newark accepted FY 2026 Drinking Driving Enforcement Fund (DDEF) in the amount of Ninety-One Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Two Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents ($91,222.49) to fund police overtime initiatives to address drunk driving violations and to purchase enforcement related equipment; 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 2026 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total…………………$175,541,361.56.
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 2026 Drinking Driving Enforcement
Fund Grant (DDEF) $91,222.49
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2026 budget.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This legislation establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the FY 2026 Drinking Driving Enforcement Fund Grant (DDEF) in the amount of Ninety-One Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Two Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents ($91,222.49). The State of New Jersey, Division of Highway Traffic Safety awarded the funds. The project period is January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026.