Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Funding for Overtime to Address Violent Crime
Funding Source: United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Appropriation Amount: $363,241.00
Budget Year: 2025
Contract Period: October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025
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 7R9-e adopted May 21, 2025
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Three Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand, Two Hundred Forty-One Dollars and Zero Cents ($363,241.00), for the 2022 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Grant Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program and no provision has been made in the 2025 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 Resolution 7R9-e, dated May 21, 2025, from the United State Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, the City of Newark has been awarded Three Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand, Two Hundred Forty-One Dollars and Zero Cent ($363,241.00) to fund overtime cost to address violent crime to be distributed among several municipalities within Essex County; 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, a Memorandum of Understanding among the participating municipalities, represented by their respective law enforcement Executive, has allocated funding pursuant to the following schedule:
Newark = $242,115.00
Irvington = $39,447.00
East Orange = $41,182.00
Orange = $25,522.00
Essex County Sheriff = $14,975.00; and
WHEREAS, emergency appropriation adopted in 2025 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total…………………$428,427,684.59.
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
2022 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Grant
Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) $363,241.00
2. Said 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 of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This legislation establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the JAG Program in the amount of Three Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand, Two Hundred Forty-One Dollars and Zero Cent ($363,241.00). The United State Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the funds. The project period is October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025.