Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: The Brick City Peace Collective (BCPC) Grant will foster initiatives, programs and opportunities to reduce violence and strengthen relationships between law enforcement and Newark communities.
Funding Source: State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs
Appropriation Amount: $750,000.00
Budget Year: 2021
Contract Period: July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, until funds are expended
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-b adopted on June 2, 2021.
Operating Agency: Department of Administration
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE #29
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $750,000.00 for the Brick City Peace Collective (BCPC) Grant, 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 a Notice of Award dated March 10, 2021, the State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs, awarded the City of Newark the Brick City Peace Collective (BCPC) Grant in the amount of $750,000.00 to foster initiatives, programs and opportunities to reduce violence and strengthen relationships between law enforcement and Newark communities; 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 $ 336,534,999.36..............
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
Brick City $750,000.00
Peace Collective
(BCPC) Grant
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2021 budget.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This resolution authorizes and establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Brick City Peace Collective (BCPC) Grant, in the amount of $750,000.00. The State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has awarded the City of Newark, Department of Administration, the said grant for services mentioned herein. The project period is July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, until the grant funds are expended.