Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide medical care, social services, substance abuse and mental health counseling to the homeless population within the City of Newark and surrounding areas.
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Appropriation Amount: $3,606,497.00
Budget Year: 2021
Contract Period: January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021
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:
Apply and Accept Resolution will be submitted under separate cover as File ID #21-0080.
Funds accepted by Resolution N/A
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE #17
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $3,606,497.00 for the Homeless HRSA Program Grant, and no adequate provision has been made in the 2021 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose, and 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 November 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded the City of Newark the Homeless HRSA Program Grant in the amount of $3,606,497.00, to provide medical care, social services, substance abuse and mental health counseling to the homeless population within the City of Newark and surrounding areas; and
WHEREAS, a previous resolution authorizing TE #16 and prior appropriations submitted for Municipal Council approved totaled $140,456,062.36; 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 2021 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20, including this resolution, total ....................$144,062,559.36
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 its temporary budget by making the following emergency appropriation.
2. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
Homeless HRSA $3,606,497.00
Program Grant
3. Said temporary emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2021 budget.
4. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This resolution authorizes and establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Homeless HRSA Program Grant in the amount of $3,606,497.00. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded the City of Newark the Homeless HRSA Program Grant. The project period is January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.