Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funding for the hiring of 15 Police Officers to address violent crime (Citywide).
Funding Source: United States Department of Justice, COPS Office
Appropriation Amount: $1,875,000.00
Budget Year: 2025
Contract Period: October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2028
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:
Grant: $1,875,000.00; Cash-Match: $3,247,845; Total Project Cost: $5,122,845.00
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R9-e adopted on May 7, 2025
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety, Division of Police
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 41
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of One Million Eight Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,875,000.00) for the FY 2023 COPS Hiring Program and no adequate provision has been made in the 2025 Budget for the aforesaid purpose; and
WHEREAS, 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 November 2, 2023, the United States Department of Justice, COPS Office awarded the City of Newark funds in the amount of $1,875,000.00 for the hiring of 15 police officers; 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 2025, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this Resolution total……………$422,544,339.55.
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
FY 2023 COPS Hiring Program $1,875,000.00
2. The temporary emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2025 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 FY 2023 COPS Hiring Program in the amount of One Million Eight Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,875,000.00). The United States Department of Justice, COPS Office awarded the funds. The project period is October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2028.