Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide continued COVID-19 integration of vaccination, educational outreach and expand and ensure equitable distribution across the jurisdiction, including among high-risk and underserved populations.
Funding Source: State of New Jersey, Department of Health and Human Services
Appropriation Amount: $90,000.00
Budget Year: 2023
Contract Period: July 1, 2023 through June 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:
The Original Apply and Accept Resolution 7R5-b adopted on December 1, 2021 accepted a grant award in the amount of $250,000.00.
The amended Apply and Accept Resolution 7R5-a adopted on October 19, 2022 accepted an additional grant award in the amount of $250,000.00.
Funds accepted by Apply and Accept Resolution submitted under separate cover as Legistar File #23-0866.
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE # 51
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Ninety Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($90,000.00), for the NJ COVID-19 Supplemental 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 May 22, 2023, the New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services, awarded the City of Newark funds in the amount of Ninety Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($90,000.00). The aforementioned program will provide funds for continued COVID-19 integration of vaccination, educational outreach and expand and ensure equitable distribution across the jurisdiction, including among high-risk and underserved populations.; 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, total emergency appropriations adopted in 2023, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this Resolution total………………$451,328,059.43.
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
NJ COVID-19 Supplemental Program $90,000.00
3. The temporary emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2023 budget.
4. 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 NJ COVID-19 Supplemental Program FY 2023, in the amount of Ninety Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($90,000.00). The State of New Jersey, Department of Health and Human Services awarded the funds. The project period is July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.