Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Budget Insertion
Purpose: ESG Program: To provide shelters for homeless individuals and/or indigent families in the City of Newark (City-wide).
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Appropriation Amount: $585,579.00
Budget Year: 2015 Contract Period: September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2016
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R1-b 110515
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required
body
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WHEREAS, N.J.S.A 40A: 4-87 provides that the Director of Local Government Services may approve the insertion of any Special Item of Revenue in the budget of any local unit when such item shall have been made available by law and the amount thereof shall not have been determined at the time of the adoption of the budget, and may approve the insertion of an appropriation item of equal amount for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of the law making such item of revenue available for expenditure; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development has made available $585,579.00 for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R1-b dated November 5, 2015, the City of Newark was awarded $585,579.00 to provide shelters for homeless individuals and/or indigent families in the City of Newark from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A 40A: 4-87, the City of Newark, New Jersey, hereby requests the Director of Local Government Services to approve a budget insertion in the amount of $585,579.00 and an appropriation of an equal amount for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program in the budget year 2015 as set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
2. The aforesaid insertion is, in the opinion of the Governing Body, warranted and authorized by N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-87 and is necessary for the orderly operation of the municipality.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes an appropriation and revenue for the 2015 Municipal Budget in the amount of $585,579.00 for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is providing the funds. The project period is September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2016 (City-wide).
SCHEDULE A
ANTICIPATED ITEM OF REVENUE SPECIAL ITEM OF APPROPRIATION
United States Department of Housing Unclassified Purposes
and Urban Development Special Item of Appropriation
Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program (City-wide) Program (City-wide)
$585,579.00 $585,579.00
1. The Project Director is Hanaa Hamdi, PhD, Director of Health and Community
Wellness.
2. The Fiscal Officer will be Danielle Smith, Director of Finance.
3. The operating agency is the Department of Health and Community Wellness.
4. The type of funding is reimbursement payments upon submission of monthly expenditure reports.
5. The program period is from September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2016.
6. A copy of this resolution shall be immediately filed with the Director of Local
Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.