Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Amending Public Health Emergency Preparedness LINCS 2026 Grant
Funding Source: State of New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Disaster Preparedness, Resiliency and Emergency Medical Services (DPREMS)
Appropriation Amount: $43,787.00
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: July 1, 2025 through June 30, 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:
Resolution 7R5-b adopted on February 4, 2026, which approved a grant amount of $211,821.00 from the State of New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Disaster Preparedness, Resiliency and Emergency Medical Services (DPREMS). An additional funding of $43,787.00 has since been awarded for the DPREMS Program, bringing the total grant award to $255,608.00.
Funds accepted by Apply and Accept Resolution 7R5-a adopted on March 18, 2026.
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 23
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Forty- Three Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Seven Dollars and Zero Cents ($43,787.00), for Public Health Emergency Preparedness LINCS program, and no adequate 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 the Notice of Award dated September 22, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Health (“NJDOH”) awarded the City of Newark additional funds in the amount of Forty- Three Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Seven Dollars and Zero Cents ($43,787.00). The aforementioned program will provide funds for the provision of health care and supportive services to the residents of the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides that the Governing Body, by a two-thirds vote, may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, emergency appropriation adopted in 2026, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this Resolution total………………$ 175,660,148.56.
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
Public Health Emergency Preparedness LINCS $ 43,787.00
2. The temporary 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.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program FY 2026, in the amount of Forty-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Seven Dollars and Zero Cents ($43,787.00). The State of New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Disaster Preparedness, Resiliency and Emergency Medical Services (DPREM) awarded the funds. The project period is July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.