Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: HIV Emergency Relief Program: To provide funds for the provision of health care and supportive services to the residents of the City of Newark.
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration
Appropriation Amount: $8,325,315.00
Budget Year: 2021
Contract Period: March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022
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 N/A
Apply and Accept Resolution to be submitted under separate cover as Legistar File ID# 21-0103.
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE #12
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $8,325,315.00 for the HIV Emergency Relief Program 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 purpose above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, by the Letter of Intent dated November 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded the City of Newark funds for the HIV Emergency Relief Program for $8,325,315.00. The aforementioned program will provide funds for the provision of health care and supportive services to the residents of the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, a previous resolution authorizing TE #11 and prior emergency appropriations submitted for Municipal Council approval totaled $4,701,423.00; 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 2021, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this resolution total…………………$13,026,738.00.
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
HIV Emergency $8,325,315.00 Relief Program
3. Said emergency appropriation is ratified from March 1, 2021 to the date of adoption of this authorizing resolution.
4. The temporary emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2021 budget.
5. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes the revenue and temporary emergency appropriation for the HIV Emergency Relief Program in the amount of $8,325,315.00. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration awarded the funds. The project period is March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022.