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Dept/ Agency: Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Accepting a Gift
Gift: Daktronics H022104 Hockey Scoreboard
Purpose: To replace an existing scoreboard with a new hockey scoreboard
Entity Name: Hockey in New Jersey
Entity Address: 110 Jabez Street, Suite 260, New Jersey, 07105
Gift Value: $12,528.00
City Contribution: $ 0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: Not applicable
Additional Information:
Hockey in New Jersey would like to donate a brand new Daktronics H022104 hockey scoreboard to the City of Newark to enhance the hockey experience at the Ironbound Rink located at the Sharpe James/Kenneth A. Gibson Recreation Center, located at 226 Rome St., Newark, NJ 07105. The hockey scoreboard and rental of a scissor lift have a value of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars and Zero Cents ($12,528.00)
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WHEREAS, Hockey in New Jersey, 110 Jabez Street, Suite 260, Newark, New Jersey 07105 (“HNJ”) would like to donate a brand new Daktronics H022104 hockey scoreboard to the City of Newark (“City”) to enhance the hockey experience at the Ironbound Rink located in the Sharpe James/Kenneth A. Gibson Recreation Center at 226 Rome Street in Newark, NJ; and
WHEREAS, said Scoreboard together with the ancillary rental of a scissor lift, have a total value of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars and Zero Cents ($12,528.00); and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs & Senior Services desires to accept the gift of the brand new Scoreboard and scissor lift rental and acknowledge the donation; and
WHEREAS, HNJ fully understands and agrees that it is not entitled to receive any direct or indirect benefit from the City, Mayor Ras J. Baraka, or any other City official or employee in exchange for the gift; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:5-29, authorizes a local unit to accept bequests, legacies and gifts made to it, and is empowered to utilize such bequests, legacies and gifts in the manner set forth in the conditions of the bequest, legacy or gift, provided, however, that such bequest, legacy, or gift shall not be put to any use which is inconsistent with the laws of the State of New Jersey and the United States of America.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor of the City of Newark and/or the Director of the Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs & Senior Services, on behalf of the City of Newark, are authorized to accept from Hockey in New Jersey, 110 Jabez Street, Suite 260, Newark, New Jersey 07105, the gift of a brand new Daktronics H022104 Hockey Scoreboard (“Scoreboard”) for the Ironbound Rink located in the Sharpe James/Kenneth A. Gibson Recreation Center at 226 Rome Street, Newark, NJ.
2. The Scoreboard, including the rental of scissor lift, is valued at Twelve Thousand Five-Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars and Zero Cents ($12,528.00.)
3. The City acknowledges the generous donation through this resolution.
4. The acceptance of the gift is ratified from approximately July 12, 2024 to the date of adoption of this authorizing resolution.
5. No municipal funds will be expended for the acceptance of this gift.
STATEMENT
This Resolution ratifies and authorizes the Mayor and/or the Director of the Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs & Senior Services to accept the gift from Hockey in New Jersey, 110 Jabez St., Suite 260, Newark, New Jersey 07105 of a brand new Daktronics H022104 Hockey Scoreboard for the Ironbound Rink located at the Sharpe James/Kenneth A. Gibson Recreation Center at 226 Rome Street in Newark, NJ. The gift of the hockey scoreboard and rental of a scissor lift is valued at $12,528.00.