Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
Funding Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Appropriation Amount: $5,894,807.00
Budget Year: 2025
Contract Period: September 1, 2024 through August 31, 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 to be accepted by Legistar File ID 24-1699, submitted under separate cover by the Department of Administration.
Operating Agency: Office of the Mayor and Other Agencies, Office of Homeless Services
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $5,894,807.00 and no adequate provision has been made in the 2025 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose and N.J.S.A. 40:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the purpose above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, by award letter dated November 21, 2024 from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City of Newark was awarded a grant for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program, in the amount of $ 5,894,807.00; 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, the emergency appropriation adopted in 2025 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total is $ 6,394,807.00.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. An emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
Housing Opportunities for Persons $5,894,807.00
with AIDS (HOPWA)
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 Resolution establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for $5,894,807.00 for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA). Funding has been provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Program. The grant period is September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025.