Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: The New Jersey Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) Grant will provide empowerment and support to individuals and families, who have been impacted by violent crimes and will initiate helping victims to restore dignity and safety within the City of Newark.
Funding Source: State of New Jersey, Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law and Public Safety
Appropriation Amount: $825,000.00
Budget Year: 2024
Contract Period: September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024
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 Resolutions will be submitted under separate cover as Legistar IDs:
24-0125 (Central Ward Project),
24-0126 (East Ward Project),
24-0127 (North Ward Project),
24-0128 (South Ward Project),
24-0129 (West Ward Project), and
24-0130 (Shani Baraka Women’s Resource Center Project)
Operating Agency: Department of Administration
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE #15
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Eight Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($825,000.00) for the New Jersey Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) Grant (City Wide), and no adequate provision has been made in the 2024 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose, and N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the same; and
WHEREAS, by the award letter dated January 12, 2024, the State of New Jersey, Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law and Public Safety has awarded the City of Newark the New Jersey Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) Grant funding of $825,000.00, for six (6) New Jersey Victim Assistance Grants: Central Ward Project ($137,500.00), East Ward Project ($137,500.00), North Ward Project ($137,500.00), Shani Baraka Resource Center Project ($137,500.00), South Ward Project ($137,500.00), and West Ward Project ($137,500.00). The aforementioned program focuses on support and empowerment to individuals and families who have been impacted by violent crimes and will initiate helping victims to restore dignity and safety within the City of Newark and surrounding area(s); 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 2024, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20, including this Resolution, total ................$111,717,180.66.
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
New Jersey Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) $825,000.00
Grant (City Wide)
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2024 Budget.
3. A copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution ratifies, authorizes, and establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for The New Jersey Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) Grant (City Wide) in the amount of $825,000.00. The State of New Jersey, Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law and Public Safety, awarded the City of Newark The New Jersey Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) Grant (City Wide). The project period is September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024.