Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Budget Insertion
Purpose: Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG): To provides emergency shelter-in-place assistance to qualified homeless individuals and/or indigent families within the City of Newark.
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Appropriation Amount: $624,893.00
Budget Year: 2021
Contract Period: September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022
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 7R1-a, adopted on November 15, 2021.
Operating Agency: Department of Administration/Office of the Business Administrator
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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WHEREAS, N.J.S.A 40A:4-87 provides that the Director of Local Government Services may approve the insertion of any Special Item of Revenue in the budget of any local unit when such item shall have been made available by law and the amount thereof shall not have been determined at the time of the adoption of the budget, and may approve the insertion of an appropriation item of equal amount for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of the law making such item of revenue available for expenditure; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development has made available Six Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand, Eight Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars and Zero Cents ($624,893.00) for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG); and
WHEREAS, by award letter dated September 10, 2021, the City of Newark has been awarded funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the amount of Six Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand, Eight Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars and Zero Cents, ($624,893.00) to provide emergency shelter-in-place assistance to qualified homeless individuals and/or indigent families within the City of Newark.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY:
1. That in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A 40A:4-87, the City of Newark, New Jersey hereby requests the Director of Local Government Services to approve a budget insertion in the amount of Six Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand, Eight Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars and Zero Cents ($624,893.00) and an appropriation of an equal amount for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) in the budget year 2021 as set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
2. That the aforesaid insertion is, in the opinion of the Governing Body, warranted and authorized by N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87 and is necessary for the orderly operation of the municipality.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes an appropriation and revenue for the 2021 Municipal Budget in the amount of Six Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand, Eight Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars and Zero Cents ($624,893.00) for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) (Citywide). The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development are providing these funds. The project period is September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022.