Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: CDBG Budget Appropriation
Purpose: CDBG Forty-Sixth Year (CDBG XLVI) funds to sub-grantees.
Entity Name: City of Newark
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Total Grant Amount: $7,326,192.00
Grant Period: September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2021
Funding Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
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:
The authorizing resolution will be submitted under separate cover by the Department of Administration as Legistar File ID #21-0401.
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WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has approved a total allocation of $16,429,064.00 to the City of Newark by an approval notice dated March 25, 2021, and the Municipal Council authorized the Mayor and Business Administrator to file a new consolidated plan with HUD, which contains a request for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in the amount $7,326,192.00, HOME funds in the amount $2,686,431.00 Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) in the amount of $5,789,337.00 (on behalf of Newark and the “Eligible Metropolitan Area”), and Emergency Solutions Grant funds in the amount of $627,104.00, in compliance with Federal statutes and regulations governing the four aid grant programs; and
WHEREAS, by approval of companion authorizing legislation submitted by the Department of Administration at this same meeting, the Municipal Council will authorize the Mayor and the Business Administrator to enter into four separate agreements with HUD to receive and expend FY 2020 Community Development Block Grant funds in the amount of $7,326,192.00, HOME funds in the amount $2,686,431.00 Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS funds (HOPWA) in the amount of $5,789,337.00 (on behalf of Newark and the “Eligible Metropolitan Area”), and Emergency Solutions Grant funds in the amount of $627,104.00; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to establish the block grant program and appropriate the funds to the various sub-grantees.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
The following amounts be appropriated for Community Development Block Grant Forty-Sixth Year Program:
PROJECT AMOUNT
ADMINISTRATION
Business Administrator’s Office
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 107,617
Office of Information Technology
Salaries and Wages 311,929
Other Expenses -0-
Economic and Housing Development - Director’s Office
Salaries and Wages 318,291
Other Expenses -0-
Economic and Housing Development - Housing and Real Estate
Salaries and Wages 125,279
Other Expenses -0-
Health and Community Wellness - Director’s Office
Salaries and Wages 203,455
Other Expenses 5,701
Finance - Grant Accounting
Salaries and Wages 354,900
Other Expenses 38,066
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Demolition
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 879,143
Clearance/Rehabilitation
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 152,119
RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT/REHABILITATION
Acquisition of Private Property
Salaries and Wages 68,671
Other Expenses -0-
Private Property Rehabilitation
Salaries and Wages 351,393
Other Expenses -0-
Housing and Real Estate
Salaries and Wages 424,936
Other Expenses -0-
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT
Public Improvement
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 512,833
PUBLIC FACILITY DEVELOPMENT/
REHABILITATION
Public Facility and Improvement
Salaries and Wages 285,000
Other Expenses 2,117,322
PUBLIC SERVICES
Department of Health and Community Wellness
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Salaries and Wages 215,828
Other Expenses -0-
Health Education and Control of Communicable Diseases
Salaries and Wages 278,642
Other Expenses -0-
Lead Free Safe House
Salaries and Wages 124,067
Other Expenses -0-
Homeless Shelter Administration
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 250,000
Department of Economic and Housing Development
Public Services
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 201,000
TOTAL CDBG XLVITH YEAR ENTITLEMENT $7,326,192.00
STATEMENT
This Resolution authorizes the City of Newark to appropriate $7,326,192.00 awarded for the Community Development Block Grant Forty-Sixth Year. Funding has been provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (All-Wards)