Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: The SUNUP Food Service Program will provide free, nutritious meals, and snacks to children who live in areas in which at least 50% of said population qualify for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program within the City of Newark.
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Division of Food and Nutrition, Summer Food Program
Appropriation Amount: $847,962.73
Budget Year: 2021
Contract Period: October 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:
Apply and Accept Resolution will be submitted under separate cover as Legistar File ID # 21-0825.
Operating Agency: Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 34
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $847,962.73 for the SUNUP Food Service Program, and no adequate provision has been made in the 2021 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 April 30, 2021, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Division of Food and Nutrition, Summer Food Program has awarded the City of Newark the SUNUP Food Service Grant in the amount of $847,962.73. The aforementioned program will provide free, nutritious meals, and snacks to children who live in areas in which at least 50% of said population qualify for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program within the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, a previous resolution authorizing TE #33 and prior emergency resolutions submitted for Municipal Council approval totaled $342,871,710.36; 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 2021 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20, including this resolution, total $................$343,719,673.09.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Governing Body by a two-thirds vote of its full membership hereby amends its temporary budget by making the following temporary emergency appropriation:
2. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
SUNUP $847,962.73
Food Service Program
3. Said emergency appropriation is ratified from October 1, 2020 to the date of adoption of this authorizing resolution.
4. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2021 budget.
5. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes the revenue and temporary emergency appropriation for the SUNUP Food Service Program in the amount of $847,962.73. The New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Division of Food and Nutrition, Summer Food Program, has awarded the City of Newark the SUNUP Food Grant. The project period is October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.