Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide Ryan White HIV Health and Support Services for Ending the HIV Epidemic in the City of Newark and Essex County
Funding Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Appropriation Amount: $2,042,112.00
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027
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 #7R1-b, adopted on April 15, 2026, approved grant in the amount of $679,332.00 from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). An additional funding of $2,042,112.00 has since been awarded for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part ETE, bringing the total cumulative grant award to $2,721,444.00
Funds accepted by Resolution Apply and Accept Resolution was submitted under separate cover as File ID #26-0947
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE # 45
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Two Million, Forty-Two Thousand, One Hundred Twelve Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,042,112.00) for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Parts A Program, and no adequate 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 the Notice of letter dated May 19, 2026, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded the City of Newark additional funds in the amount of Two Million, Forty-Two Thousand, One Hundred Twelve Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,042,112.00). The aforementioned program will provide funds for the continued provision of medical care and supportive services to the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 provides that the Governing Body, by a two-thirds vote, may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, emergency appropriation adopted in 2026, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this Resolution total………………$ 406,010,736.31
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 temporary emergency appropriation:
2. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification.
Program Amount
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Parts A Program $2,042,112.00
3. The temporary emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2026 budget.
4. A copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Parts A Program FY 2026, in the amount of Two Million, Forty-Two Thousand, One Hundred Twelve Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,042,112.00). The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded the funds. The project period is March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2027.