Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: 2021 Annual Budget for the Newark Downtown District Management Corporation (NDD)
Purpose: Reading and Adopting the 2021 Annual Budget of Newark Downtown District
Amount: $5,071,250.00
Budget Period: January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021
Additional Information:
Budget Introduction authorized by Resolution 7R2-a(s) adopted on May 25, 2021.
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WHEREAS, on May 25, 2021, the Newark Municipal Council (“Municipal Council”) adopted Resolution 7R2-a (s), which introduced the proposed annual budget of the Newark Downtown District Management Corporation (“NDD”) for the fiscal year 2021, (January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021), (“FY 2021”), in the amount of Five Million, Seventy One Thousand, Two Hundred Fifty Dollars and Zero Cents ($5,071,250.00), and directed the Department of Economic and Housing Development to schedule a public hearing on the budget as required under N.J.S.A. 40:56-84, et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development publicly advertised the proposed NDD Budget for FY 2021 and the time and place for the June 22, 2021, hearing in the Star Ledger on June 8, 2021, which advertisement date is at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing date of June 22, 2021, as required by N.J.S.A. 40:56-84 (d); and
WHEREAS, the Tuesday, June 22, 2021 hearing date, is no less than twenty-eight (28) days from May 25, 2021 the date of the approved budget, as required by N.J.S.A. 40:56-84 (e); and
WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development posted the NDD Budget for FY 2021 in a public place where public notices are customarily posted, within the basement area of Newark City Hall, and a copy of said budget was and will be made available to those persons requesting same during the week prior to and the day of the public hearing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to read by title the Newark Downtown District Management Corporation’s (“NDD”) budget for the fiscal year 2021, January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, (FY 2021).
2. All the conditions outlined in Paragraph (1) of N.J.S.A. 40:56-84(f) have been satisfied.
3. The amount anticipated to be raised by the special assessments to support NDD’s budget for FY 2021 is estimated to be Five Million, Seventy One Thousand, Two Hundred Fifty Dollars and Zero Cents ($5,071,250.00).
4. Each quarter, the Director of Finance shall pay 25% of the total special assessments for FY 2021, as set forth in the approved budget to NDD.
5. The Director of Finance shall withhold from the quarterly payments to the NDD an Administrative Fee of 1% of the amount of special assessments billed by the Tax Collector to support the Budget of NDD.
6. The NDD Budget for FY 2021 in the amount of Five Million, Seventy One Thousand, Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars and Zero Cents ($5,071,250.00) is hereby adopted.
7. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies its authorization of the adoption of the NDD budget from January 1, 2021, through the date of adoption of this authorizing Resolution.
8. A copy of this Resolution and the NDD Budget for FY 2021 shall be placed on file in the Office of the City Clerk by the Deputy Mayor/Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development.
9. The City Clerk’s Office shall forward certified copies of this Resolution to the Business Administrator, the Director of Finance, Tax Collector and Tax Assessor.
10. This Resolution shall take effect upon final passage and publication as required under the Laws of the State of New Jersey.
STATEMENT
This Resolution ratifies and authorizes the City Clerk to read, by title, the Newark Downtown District Management Corporation’s (NDD) budget for the fiscal year 2021 (January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021) (FY 2021), in the amount of Five Million, Seventy-One Thousand, Two Hundred Fifty Dollars and Zero Cents ($5,071,250.00), and adopt said budget, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:56-84, et seq.