Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funds for the operating expenses until the adoption of the 2020 Operating Budget for the City of Newark and Department of Water and Sewer Utilities.
Funding Source: 2020 Budget
Appropriation Amount: $53,688,907.00
Budget Year: 2020
Contract Period: April 1, 2020 through April 30, 2020
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by Resolution
Operating Agency: All Departments
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE-#9
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-19, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark adopted Resolution 7R1-A dated January 22, 2020 to provide funds for the period January 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 until the adoption of the Operating Budget of the City of Newark, New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, additional appropriations will be required from April 1, 2020 through April 30, 2020 until the adoption of 2020 Operating Budget; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 7R1 d, March 4, 2020 and prior emergency appropriations submitted for Municipal Council approval totaled $87,401,763.80; 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, TE #9 is to provide funds for the period of April 1, 2020 through April 30, 2020, until the adoption of the budget; and
WHEREAS, the emergency appropriations adopted in 2020 pursuant to N.J.S.A.:40A:4-20 including this resolution total..............................................$141,090,670.80
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 emergency temporary appropriations:
Departments Salaries & Wages Other Expenses Total
Office of the Mayor and
Agencies $959,510 $1,708,180 $2,667,690
Office of the City Clerk
and Municipal Council 617,344 152,614 769,958
Department of
Administration 522,665 773,980 1,296,645
Department of Law 304,950 231,111 536,061
Department of Finance 457,213 57,898 515,111
Department of Public
Works 1,148,871 3,386,554 4,535,425
Department of
Engineering 595,119 616,295 1,211,414
Department of Health
and Community Wellness 556,927 380,973 937,900
Department of
Economic and
Housing Development 235,156 49,690 284,846
Department of Recreation,
Cultural Affairs and
Senior Services 416,473 251,125 667,598
Department of Public
Safety 18,106,619 611,801 18,718,420
SUB-TOTAL $23,920,847 $8,220,221 $32,141,068
UNCLASSIFIED OPERATIONS
Health Insurance $4,058,333 -$0- $4,058,333
Aetna (Medicare
Reimbursement) 208,333 -0- 208,333
Prescription Insurance 3,431,925 -0- 3,431,925
Dental Insurance 269,325 -0- 269,325
Employee Assistance
Program (EAP) 14,583 -0- 14,583
Life Insurance 12,500 -0- 12,500
Accrued Compensatory 150,000 -0- 150,000
Time
Flexible Spending Account 2,917 -0- 2,917
Adjustment to Personnel
Compensation 4,167 -0- 4,167
Workmen's Compensation 666,667 -0- 666,667
F.I.C.A. 775,000 -0- 775,000
COBRA 1,000 -0- 1,000
Retroactive Salary - FLSA 50,896 -0- 50,896
Cash Waiver Benefit 33,333 -0- 33,333
Employer's Contribution -
City 33,333 -0- 33,333
Refund of Tax Appeals -0- 41,667 41,667
Devils Settlement -0- 225,000 225,000
Bank Fees -0- 25,000 25,000
Credit Card Fees -0- 50,000 50,000
H&L Maintenance -0- 12,500 12,500
Emergency Medical
Services -0- 187,500 187,500
Settlement/US District Court -0- 166,667 166,667
Implementation of Enterprise
Business System -0- 87,500 87,500
Media Services -0- 47,083 47,083
Homeownership Program -0- 8,333 8,333
Youth Community Solution -0- 83,333 83,333
Grant Program -
Disallowed Cost -0- 16,667 16,667
Legal Service - Right to Counsel -0- 62,500 62,500
Cities of Service - Love Your Block -0- 4,167 4,167
Civilian Complaint Review Board -0- 41,667 41,667
Homeless Shelter -0- 75,000 75,000
Displacement Parking -0- 7,333 7,333
Dog Control -0- 60,833 60,833
Other Services - GTBM -0- 80,000 80,000
Deficit in Operation -0- 504,132 504,132
General Liability -0- 266,667 266,667
Capital Improvement -0- 8,333 8,333
Special Emergency -0- 266,667 266,667
TOTAL UNCLASSIFIED $9,712,312 $2,328,549 $12,040,861
TOTAL $33,633,159 $10,548,770 $44,181,929
Salaries Other
Water Utility & Wages Expenses Total
Director's Office $32,407 $217 $32,624
Billing & Customer Service 74,498 77,232 151,730
Water Supply 598,268 1,387,239 1,985,507
Unclassified Purposes 532,278 1,290,274 1,822,552
Capital Outlay -0- 755,595 755,595
Total Water Utility $1,237,451 $3,510,557 $ 4,748,008
Salaries Other
Sewer Utility & Wages Expenses Total
Billing & Customer Service $42,971 $8,750 $51,721
Sewer Supply 63,465 554,546 618,011
Unclassified Purposes 187,394 3,657,196 3,844,590
Capital Outlay -0- 244,648 244,648
Total Sewer Utility $293,830 $4,465,140 $4,758,970
2. This action will take effect on April 1, 2020.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be immediately filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This legislation establishes a temporary emergency appropriation to provide operating funds from April 1, 2020 through April 30, 2020, until the adoption of the 2020 Municipal Budget.