Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funds for FY 2025 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Grant.
Funding Source: New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety (DHTS)
Appropriation Amount: $10,500.00
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: December 5, 2025 through January 1, 2026
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:
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R9-c adopted 12/17/25 (25-1554)
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety, Police Division
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Ten Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,500.00) from the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety (DHTS) and no 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 Legistar 7R9-c adopted December 17, 2025 (25-1554), the City of Newark accepted FY 2025 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Grant in the amount of Ten Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,500.00) to fund the address traffic concerns; 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…………………$483,815.00.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification.
Program Amount
FY 2025 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Grant $10,500.00
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2026 budget.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This legislation establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the FY 2025 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Grant in the amount of Ten Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,500.00). The New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety (DHTS) awarded the funds. The project period is December 5, 2025 through January 1, 2026.