Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funds for the operating expenses until the adoption of the 2023 Operating Budget for the City of Newark and Department of Water and Sewer Utilities.
Funding Source: 2023 Operating Budget
Appropriation Amount: $61,591,798.00
Budget Year: 2023
Contract Period: April 1, 2023 through April 30, 2023
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a
Additional Information:
Operating Agency: All Departments
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE-#15
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-19 the Municipal Council of the City of Newark adopted resolution 7R1-e dated December 21, 2022 to provide funds for the period January 1, 2023 to March 31, 2023 until the adoption of the Operating Budget of the City of Newark, New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, additional appropriations will be required from April 1, 2023 through April 30, 2023 until the adoption of 2023 Operating Budget; 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, TE #15 is to provide funds for the period of April 1, 2023 through April 30, 2023, until the adoption of the budget; and
WHEREAS, the emergency appropriations adopted in 2023 pursuant to N.J.S.A.:40A:4-20 including this resolution total..............................................$162,116,166.23
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 emergency temporary appropriations.
Departments Salaries & Wages Other Expenses Total
Office of the Mayor and
Agencies $932,754 $1,935,844 $2,868,598
Office of the City Clerk
and Municipal Council 521,990 134,394 656,384
Department of
Administration 708,878 1,464,992 2,173,870
Department of Law 293,313 218,805 512,118
Department of Finance 460,573 88,312 548,885
Department of Public
Works 1,971,192 3,299,346 5,270,538
Department of
Engineering 510,988 784,289 1,295,277
Department of Health
and Community Wellness 515,281 87,604 602,885
Department of
Economic and
Housing Development 216,868 35,800 252,668
Department of Recreation
Cultural Affairs and
Senior Services 388,376 217,071 605,447
Department of Public
Safety 20,308,254 527,919 20,836,173
SUB-TOTAL $26,828,467 $8,794,376 $35,622,843
UNCLASSIFIED OPERATIONS
Health Insurance $5,552,182 -$0- $5,552,182
Aetna (Medicare
Reimbursement) 229,167 -0- 229,167
Prescription Insurance 2,323,632 -0- 2,323,632
Dental Insurance 254,809 -0- 254,809
Stop Loss Global RX 342,646 -0- 342,646
Accrued Compensatory 200,000 -0- 200,000
Time
Flexible Spending Account 2,917 -0- 2,917
F.I.C.A. 916,667 -0- 916,667
Cash Waiver 33,333 -0- 33,333
Employee Assistance Program 14,073 -0- 14,073
Life Insurance 11,618 -0- 11,618
Adjustment to Personnel
Compensation 1,473,333 -0- 1,473,333
Workmen's Compensation 750,000 -0- 750,000
Unemployment Compensation 16,667 -0- 16,667
Consolidated Police & Fire
Retirement 6,825 -0- 6,825
Interest on Tax Appeal -0- 41,667 41,667
H&L Maintenance Contract -0- 14,583 14,583
Emergency Medical
Services -0- 185,417 185,417
Implementation of Enterprise
Business System -0- 124,958 124,958
Newark Office of the Film and
Television Studio -0- 360,000 360,000
Media Services -0- 63,750 63,750
Bank Fee -0- 16,667 16,667
Credit Card Fees -0- 75,000 75,000
Homeownership Program -0- 16,667 16,667
Youth Community Solutions -0- 83,333 83,333
Dog Control -0- 62,500 62,500
Disallowed Cost Grant -0- 16,667 16,667
Devils Settlement -0- 225,000 225,000
Settlement/US District Court -0- 166,667 166,667
Tenant Legal Services -0- 62,500 62,500
Other Services - GTBM -0- 91,667 91,667
Cities of Services - Love Your Block -0- 4,167 4,167
Civilian Complaint Review Board -0- 41,667 41,667
Homeless Shelter -0- 833,333 833,333
Prior Year Bills -0- 41,667 41,667
Special Emergency -
Revaluation -0- 377,917 377,917
Security Services -0- 375,000 375,000
Deficit in Operations -0- 437,288 437,288
General Liability -0- 350,000 350,000
TOTAL UNCLASSIFIED $12,127,869 $4,068,082 $16,195,951
TOTAL $38,956,336 $12,862,458 $51,818,794
Salaries Other
Water Utility & Wages Expenses Total
Director's Office 33,625 217 33,842
Billing & Customer Service 67,748 81,525 149,273
Water Supply 579,427 1,238,932 1,818,359
Unclassified Operations 532,278 1,290,274 1,822,552
Capital Outlay -0- 415,439 415,439
________ ________ ________
Total Water Utility $1,213,078 $3,026,387 $ 4,239,465
Salaries Other
Sewer Utility & Wages Expenses Total
Billing & Customer Service 30,101 8,167 38,268
Sewer Supply 87,064 436,246 523,310
Unclassified Operations 189,478 4,677,483 4,866,961
Capital Outlay -0- 105,000 105,000
_______ ________ ________
Total Sewer Utility $306,643 $5,226,896 $5,533,539
2. This action will take effect on April 1, 2023.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be immediately filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This legislation establishes a temporary emergency appropriation to provide operating funds from April 1, 2023 through April 30, 2023, until the adoption of the 2023 Municipal Budget.