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 Federal Highway Safety Grant.
Funding Source: New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety (DHTS)
Appropriation Amount: $67,000.00
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: October 1, 2024 Through September 30, 2025, or until the grant funds are fully expended.
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-a adopted December 18, 2024
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE #29
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Sixty-Seven Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($67,000.00) 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 Resolution number 7R9-a dated December 18, 2024, the City of Newark accepted FY 2025 Federal Highway Safety Grant in the amount of Sixty-Seven Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($67,000.00) 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…………………$250,555,868.56.
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 federal Highway Safety Grant $67,000.00
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 federal Highway Safety Grant in the amount of Sixty-Seven Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($67,000.00). The New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety (DHTS) awarded the funds. The project period is October 1, 2024 Through September 30, 2025 or until the grant funds are fully expended.