Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Budget Insertion
Purpose: Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program: Provide nutritional services, nutritional education, immunization screening and education, voter registration and family care enrollment through participation in New Jersey Department of Health (WIC) Program to the residents of Newark. City-wide
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Health
Appropriation Amount: $1,861,819.00
Budget Year: 2017 Budget
Contract Period: October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018
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 applied and accepted by Resolution will be submitted under a separate cover at the same meeting: Legistar# 17-1746 will be 7R5-b 111317.
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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WHEREAS, N.J.S.A 40A:4-87 provides that the Director of Local Government Services may approve the insertion of any Special Item of Revenue in the budget of any local unit when such item shall have been made available by law and the amount thereof shall not have been determined at the time of the adoption of the budget, and may approve the insertion of an appropriation item of equal amount for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of the law making such item of revenue available for expenditure; and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Health has made available $1,861,819.00 for the Women, Infants and Children Program; and
WHEREAS, by award letter dated September 13, 2017, from the New Jersey Department of Health, the City of Newark was awarded an additional $1,861,819.00 to provide nutritional services, nutritional education, immunization screening and education, voter registration, and family care enrollment through participation in New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (WIC) Program to the residents of Newark.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY:
1. That in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A 40A:4-87, the City of Newark, New Jersey, hereby requests the Director of Local Government Services to approve a budget insertion in the amount of $1,861,819.00 and an appropriation of an equal amount for the Women, Infants and Children Program in the budget year 2017 as set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
2. That the aforesaid insertion is, in the opinion of the Governing Body, warranted and authorized by N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87 and is necessary for the orderly operation of the municipality.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
4. This contract is ratified back to October 1, 2017 to the date of adoption by Municipal Council.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes the revenue and appropriation for the 2017 Municipal Budget in the amount of $1,861,819.00 for the Women, Infants and Children Program. The New Jersey Department of Health is providing these funds. The project period is October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. City-wide
SCHEDULE A
ANTICIPATED ITEM OF REVENUE SPECIAL ITEM OF APPROPRIATION
New Jersey Department of Health Unclassified Purposes
Special Item of Appropriation
Women, Infants and Children Program Women, Infants and Children Program
$1,861,819.00 $1,861,819.00
1. The Project Director is Mark Wade, MD., Director, Department of Health and Community Wellness.
2. The Fiscal Officer will be Danielle Smith, Director of Finance.
3. The operating agency is the Department of Health and Community Wellness.
4. The type of funding will be payments upon submission of monthly expenditure reports.
5. The program period is from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.
6. A copy of this resolution shall be immediately filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.