Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funds for the Newark Safe Gateway Pedestrianization and Traffic Calming Project which is a transformative initiative aimed at enhancing pedestrian safety, accessibility, and urban connectivity within Newark’s central corridors.
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT)
Appropriation Amount: $4,031,000.00
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: January 1, 2024 through September 30, 2032
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 #7R3-u 05/20/2026
Operating Agency: Department of Engineering
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE # 36
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $4,031,000.00 from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and no provision has been made in the 2026 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 7R3-u adopted on May 20, 2026, the City of Newark accepted Newark Safe Gateway Pedestrianization and Traffic Calming Project in the amount of Four Million Thirty-One Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($4,031,000.00) to fund and address a transformative initiative aimed at enhancing pedestrian safety, accessibility, and urban connectivity within Newark’s central corridors; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides that the Governing Body by a two-thirds vote may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, emergency appropriation adopted in 2026 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total…………………$ 322,254,703.56
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
Newark Safe Gateway Pedestrianization
and Traffic Calming Project $4,031,000.00
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2026 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 the Newark Safe Gateway Pedestrianization and Traffic Calming Project in the amount of Four Million Thirty-One Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($4,031,000.00). The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) awarded the funds. The project period is January 1, 2024 through September 30, 2032.