Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: The Sustainable Jersey-PSE&G Energy Efficiency Partnership Program-Commercial, which assists municipalities in encouraging local small businesses to take advantage of energy efficiency programs to help lower emissions in their businesses
Funding Source: Sustainable Jersey
Appropriation Amount: $2,500.00
Budget Year: 2025
Contract Period: January 16, 2025 through December 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 accepted by Resolution 7R1-f adopted on May 7, 2025
Operating Agency: Department of Administration
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 62
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $2,500.00 to assist municipalities in encouraging local small businesses in Newark to apply for energy efficiency incentives to save them money and improve the energy efficiency of their businesses; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the same; and
WHEREAS, by a Notice of Award dated January 6, 2025, Sustainable Jersey awarded the City of Newark (the “City”) the Commercial Energy Efficiency Outreach Campaign track of the Sustainable Jersey-PSE&G Energy Efficiency Partnership Program Grant in the amount of $2,500.00 to assist the City in encouraging local small businesses in Newark to apply for energy efficiency incentives to save them money and improve the energy efficiency of their businesses in the City; and
WHEREAS, by resolution 7R1-f dated May 7, 2025, the City of Newark accepted the Sustainable Jersey-PSE&G Energy Efficiency Partnership Program Grant Funds in the amount of $2,500,000; 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 appropriations adopted in 2025 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20, including this Resolution, total $568,294,227.45.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Governing Body by a two thirds vote of its full membership hereby amends it temporary budget by making the following temporary emergency appropriation:
Program Amount
PSE&G Energy Efficiency $2,500.00
Partnership Program-Commercial
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.
STATEMENT
This Resolution authorizes a temporary emergency appropriation PSE&G Energy Efficiency Partnership - Commercial in the amount of $2,500.00. Sustainable Jersey awarded the City of Newark the said grant for the project period January 16, 2025 through December 31, 2025