Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: 2017 Recycling Tonnage Grant
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Agency
Appropriation Amount: $220,124.44
Budget Year: 2020
Contract Period: April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021
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 to be accepted by Resolution: from the Department of Public Works, to accept grant funds is pending Municipal Council approval as Legistar File #20-0395.
Operating Agency: Department of Public Works
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required
body
TE-#12
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $220,124.44 for the 2017 Recycling Tonnage Grant; no provision has been made in the 2020 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose and N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 provides for the creation of a temporary emergency appropriation for the purpose above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works is submitting a companion resolution to accept the 2017 Recycling Tonnage Grant in the amount of $220,124.44 from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for hazardous waste; and
WHEREAS, a previous resolution authorizing TE #11 and prior emergency appropriations submitted for Municipal Council approval totaled $141,713,603.80; 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 2020, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this resolution total...……………………. $141,933,728.24
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 2017 Recycling Tonnage Grant $220,124.44
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2020 budget.
3. The City Clerk shall file a copy of this resolution immediately with the Director of Local Government Services.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes a temporary emergency appropriation for the Recycling Tonnage Grant in the amount of $220,124.44. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection awarded the funds to the Department of Public Works.