Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Hazardous Multi-Purpose Grant - North Ward: to provide Preliminary Assessments, Site Investigations, and Site Cleanup (North Ward).
Funding Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Appropriation Amount: $600,000.00
Budget Year: 2021
Contract Period: October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2024
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:
Matching Funds in the amount of $30,000.00 are provided from Account Code Line: 027-A15-EC5D0-A-72090-B2015.
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R2-h adopted on November 5, 2020.
Operating Agency: Department of Economic and Housing Development
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE - #7
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Six Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($600,000.00) for the Hazardous Multi-Purpose Grant - North Ward and no provision has been made in the 2021 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 aforementioned; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R2-h adopted on November 5, 2020, the City of Newark has accepted Hazardous Multi-Purpose Grant - North Ward, in the amount of Six Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($600,000.00) to provide funds for Preliminary Assessments, Site Investigations, and Site Cleanup; 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, the emergency appropriations adopted in 2021 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total $4,076,423.00.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. An emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
Hazardous Multi-Purpose Grant - North Ward $600,000.00
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2021 budget.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This resolution authorizes and establishes the temporary emergency appropriation and revenue in the 2021 City of Newark's Budget for the Hazardous Multi-Purpose Grant - North Ward in the amount of $600,000.00 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The project period is October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2024. (North Ward)