Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Budget Insertion
Purpose: HOPWA Program: To provide housing opportunities for persons with AIDS within the City of Newark (City-wide)
Funding Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Appropriation Amount: $5,807,583.00
Budget Year: 2016
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 Resolution 7R1-b on December 12, 2016; will be submitted under a separate cover for the same meeting.
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required
Deferred 7R1-c 120716
Body
BI-#11
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A 40A: 4-87 provides that the Director of Local Government Services may approve the insertion of any Special Item of Revenue in the budget of any local unit when such item shall have been made available by law and the amount thereof shall not have been determined at the time of the adoption of the budget, and may approve the insertion of an appropriation item of equal amount for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of the law making such item of revenue available for expenditure; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development has made available $5,807,583.00 for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program; and
WHEREAS, by award letter dated September 29, 2016, the City of Newark was awarded $5,807,583.00 to support housing opportunities for persons with Aids in the City of Newark (City-wide) from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A 40A: 4-87, the City of Newark, New Jersey, hereby requests the Director of Local Government Services to approve a budget insertion in the amount of $5,807,583.00 and an appropriation of an equal amount for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program in the budget year 2016 as set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
2. The aforesaid insertion is, in the opinion of the Governing Body, warranted and authorized by N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-87 and is necessary for the orderly operation of the municipality.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes an appropriation and revenue in the 2016 Municipal Budget for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program, in the amount of $5,807,583.00, from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The project period is September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2017 (City-wide).
SCHEDULE A
ANTICIPATED ITEM OF REVENUE SPECIAL ITEM OF APPROPRIATION
United States Department of Housing Unclassified Purposes and Urban Development Special Item of Appropriation
Housing Opportunities for Persons Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program with AIDS (HOPWA) Program
(City-wide) (City-wide)
$5,807,583.00 $5,807,583.00
1. The Project Director is Jack Kelly, Business Administrator.
2. The Fiscal Officer will be Danielle Smith, Director of Finance.
3. The operating agency is the Department of Health and Community Wellness.
4. The type of funding will be payments upon submission of monthly expenditure reports.
5. The program period is from September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2017.
6. A copy of this resolution shall be filed immediately with the Director of Local
Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.