Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funding for the purchase of tablets for the Arson Unit and Bureau.
Funding Source: United States Department of Homeland Security
Appropriation Amount: $78,905.54
Budget Year: 2023
Contract Period: April 11, 2023 through April 10, 2024
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:
Total project cost $82,850.82.
Grant: $78,905.54.
City contribution: $3,945.28.
City contribution will be provided in the 2023 Operating Budget for the Department of Public Safety, Fire Division.
Funds accepted by Apply and Accept Resolution 7R9-a adopted on July 19, 2023.
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE # 56
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Seventy-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Five Dollars and Fifty-Four Cents ($78,905.54) for the Purchase of Tablets for the Arson Unit and Bureau and no adequate provision has been made in the 2023 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 the Notice of Award dated April 4, 2023, the United States Department of Homeland Security awarded the City of Newark funds for $78,905.54. The aforementioned program will provide funds for purchase of Tablets for the Arson Unit and Bureau; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 provides that the Governing Body, by a two-thirds vote, may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, emergency appropriation adopted in 2023, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this Resolution total…………………$ 453,887,964.47.
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
Tablets for the Arson Unit and Bureau Grant $78,905.54
3. The temporary emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2023 budget.
4. A copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Purchase of Tablets for the Arson Unit and Bureau, in the amount of Seventy-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Five Dollars and Fifty-Four Cents ($78,905.54). The United States Department of Homeland Security awarded the funds. The project period is April 11, 2023 through April 10, 2024.