Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: The purpose of this grant is to establish a cooperative agreement between the State of New Jersey, the Newark Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office involving the prevention and detection of automobile thefts and carjacking and the apprehension and prosecution of those who commit such crimes.
Appropriation Amount: $400,000.00
Funding Source: State of New Jersey, Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law Public Safety, Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
Budget Year: 2015
Contract Period: August 15, 2014, until the termination by any party
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Service ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) N/A
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R11-b 021815
Operating Agency: Newark Police Department
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
Body
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WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $400,000.00 for the Newark Carjacking Initiative Program and no provision has been made in the 2015 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 abovementioned; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R11-b dated February 18, 2015, the City of Newark accepted the Newark Carjacking Initiative Program Grant in the amount of $400,000.00 for the purpose of establishing a cooperative agreement between the State of New Jersey, the Newark Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office involving the prevention and detection of automobile thefts and carjacking and the apprehension and prosecution of those who commit such crimes; 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, the emergency appropriations adopted in 2015 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total
$151,565,956.23.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. An emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
NEWARK CARJACKING INITIATIVE PROGRAM $400,000.00
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2015 budget.
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 legislation establishes the appropriation in the amount of $400,000.00 for the NEWARK CARJACKING INITIATIVE PROGRAM funded by the State of New Jersey, Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law and Public Safety, Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, to fund costs associated with the Newark Carjacking Initiative Program.