Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Safe Routes to School Design Assistance Grant (City-wide)
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Appropriation Amount: $396,900.68
Budget Year: 2022
Contract Period: November 15, 2020 through November 15, 2023
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 7R3-a, adopted on March 3, 2021.
Operating Agency: Department of Engineering
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE - #10
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $396,900.68 for the Safe Routes to School Design Assistance Grant and no adequate provision has been made in the 2022 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 7R3-a dated March 3, 2021, the City of Newark accepted funds from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), in the amount of $396,900.68, to provide for Safe Routes to School Design Assistance Grant to provide for improvements that enable and encourage walking and Bicycling to school; 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 2022 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this Resolution total...$18,353,580.88.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
No less than two-thirds of all members thereof affirmatively concur:
1. An emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
Safe Routes to School Design Assistance $396,900.68
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2022 budget.
3. A copy of this Resolution shall be immediately filed with the City Clerk by the Budget Director of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes appropriation in the amount of $396,900.68 for the Safe Routes to School Design Assistance Grant-City Wide. Funding has been provided by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) (City- wide).