Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: The primary goal of this grant is the implementation of stormwater utility that would include developing a stormwater rate ordinance, credits and appeals program, stormwater data management tools, storm utility business process, and overall project implementation.
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP
Appropriation Amount: $51,980.00
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: Until September 30, 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:
The City of Newark is providing an in-kind match contribution of $49,543.44, bringing total program resources to $101,523.44.
Funds accepted by Resolution7R1-r September 9, 2026, (Legistar File ID# 26-1170)
Operating Agency: Department of Water and Sewer Utilities
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE #W2
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation for Fifty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Dollars and Zero Cents ($51,980.00), for the Stormwater Opportunities Study to implementation of stormwater utility that would include developing a stormwater rate ordinance, credits and appeals program, stormwater data management tools, storm utility business process, and overall project implementation and no adequate provision has been made in the 2026 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the purpose above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, by the award notice issued August 17, 2026, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has awarded the City of Newark for the Stormwater Opportunities Study to perform impervious area data development services in the amount of Fifty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Dollars and Zero Cents ($51,980.00); 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 appropriations adopted in 2026, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20, including this Resolution total $ 543,980.00.
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
Stormwater Opportunities Study $51,980.00
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2026 Budget.
3. A copy of this Resolution shall be immediately filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the implementation of stormwater utility that would include developing a stormwater rate ordinance, credits and appeals program, stormwater data management tools, storm utility business process, and overall project implementation in the amount of Fifty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Dollars and Zero Cents ($51,980.00). The City of Newark is providing an in-kind match contribution of Forty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Three Dollars and Forty-Four Cents ($49,543.44), bringing total program resources to One Hundred One Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-Three Dollars and Forty-Four Cents ($101,523.44). The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is providing the grant funds. The project period is until September 30, 2026.