Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funds for the operating expenses until the adoption of the 2020 Operating Budget for the City of Newark and Department of Water and Sewer Utilities.
Funding Source: 2020 Budget
Appropriation Amount: $53,968,815.00
Budget Year: 2020
Contract Period: September 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by ResolutionN/A
Operating Agency: All Departments
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE-#41
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-19, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R1-a, dated January 22, 2020 to provide funds for the period January 1, 2020 through March 31, 2020 and, Resolution 7R1-a, dated April 7, 2020 to provide funds for the period April 1, 2020 through April 30, 2020 and, Resolution 7R1-b, dated April 21, 2020 to provide funds for the period May 1, 2020 through May 31, 2020 and, Resolution 7R1-e, dated May 20, 2020 to provide funds for the period June 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020 and, Resolution 7R1-c, dated July 8, 2020 to provide funds for the period July 1, 2020 through July 31, 2020 and Resolution 7R1-b, dated July 22, 2020 to provide funds for the period August 1, 2020 through August 31, 2020 until the adoption of the Operating Budget of the City of Newark, New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, additional appropriations will be required from September 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020 until the adoption of 2020 Operating Budget; and
WHEREAS, a previous resolution authorizing TE #40 and prior temporary emergency appropriations submitted for Municipal Council approval totaled $379,883,013.78; 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, TE #41 is to provide funds for the period of September 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020 until the adoption of the budget; and
WHEREAS, the temporary emergency appropriations adopted in 2020 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total…………………………………………$433,851,828.78
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 temporary appropriations:
Departments Salaries & Wages Other Expenses Total
Office of the Mayor and
Agencies $472,584 $1,334,368 $1,806,952
Office of the City Clerk
and Municipal Council 599,606 267,061 866,667
Department of
Administration 557,513 548,569 1,106,082
Department of Law 344,368 228,142 572,510
Department of Finance 472,615 187,039 659,654
Department of Public
Works 1,918,343 4,813,444 6,731,787
Department of
Engineering 387,568 141,654 529,222
Department of Health
and Community Wellness 536,083 110,199 646,282
Department of
Economic and
Housing Development 125,124 122,323 247,447
Department of Recreation,
Cultural Affairs and
Senior Services 484,917 307,305 792,222
Department of Public
Safety 19,416,322 533,336 19,949,658
SUB-TOTAL $25,315,043 $8,593,440 $33,908,483
UNCLASSIFIED OPERATIONS
Health Insurance $3,583,333 -$0- $3,583,333
Aetna (Medicare
Reimbursement) 208,333 -0- 208,333
Prescription Insurance 3,278,422 -0- 3,278,422
Dental Insurance 241,667 -0- 241,667
Employee Assistance
Program (EAP) 14,583 -0- 14,583
Life Insurance 12,500 -0- 12,500
Accrued Compensatory 170,000 -0- 170,000
Time
Flexible Spending Account 2,917 -0- 2,917
Adjustment to Personnel 416,667 -0- 416,667
Compensation
Workmen’s Compensation 666,667 -0- 666,667
F.I.C.A. 724,985 -0- 724,985
Cash Waiver 33,333 -0- 33,333
Employer’s Contribution -
City 33,333 -0- 33,333
Payments - Non-
Contributory Pension 16,667 -0- 16,667
Retroactive Salary - FLSA 350,000 -0- 350,000
Refund of Tax Appeals -0- 41,667 41,667
Devils Settlement -0- 225,000 225,000
Credit Card Fees -0- 50,000 50,000
H&L Maintenance -0- 12,500 12,500
Emergency Medical
Services -0- 185,417 185,417
Settlement/US District Court -0- 166,667 166,667
Implementation of Enterprise
Business System -0- 87,500 87,500
Homeownership Program -0- 8,333 8,333
Youth Community Solution -0- 83,333 83,333
Legal Services - Right to Counsel -0- 62,500 62,500
Cities of Service - Love Your Block -0- 4,167 4,167
Civilian Complaint Review Board -0- 41,667 41,667
Homeless Shelter -0- 75,000 75,000
Displacement Parking -0- 9,000 9,000
Dog Control -0- 60,833 60,833
Other Services - GTBM -0- 91,667 91,667
Disallowed Costs - Grant -0- 16,667 16,667
Deficit in Operation -0- 437,288 437,288
General Liability -0- 266,667 266,667
Capital Improvement -0- 8,333 8,333
Revaluation Study -0- 41,667 41,667
Special Emergency -0- 266,667 266,667
TOTAL UNCLASSIFIED $9,753,407 $2,242,540 $11,995,947
TOTAL $35,068,450 $10,835,980 $45,904,430
Salaries Other
Water Utility & Wages Expenses Total
Director’s Office $20,083 $217 $20,300
Billing & Customer Service 70,204 43,899 114,103
Water Supply 498,333 973,114 1,471,447
Unclassified Purposes 532,278 1,048,920 1,581,198
Capital Outlay -0- 524,762 524,762
Total Water Utility $1,120,898 $2,590,912 $ 3,711,810
Salaries Other
Sewer Utility & Wages Expenses Total
Billing & Customer Service $25,934 $8,750 $34,684
Sewer Supply 66,119 364,999 431,118
Unclassified Purposes 187,394 3,639,379 3,826,773
Capital Outlay -0- 60,000 60,000
Total Sewer Utility $279,447 $4,073,128 $4,352,575
2. This action will take effect on September 1, 2020.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be immediately filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This resolution authorizes and establishes a temporary emergency appropriation to provide operating funds from September 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020, until the adoption of the 2020 Municipal Budget.