Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To purchase body armor for the Newark Department of Public Safety (Citywide).
Funding Source: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice
Appropriation Amount: $89,548.45
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030
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 Legistar #26-0296
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety, Division of Police
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 19
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Eighty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Eight Dollars and Forty-Five Cents ($89,548.45) for the FY2025 Body Armor Replacement Grant and no adequate provision has been made in the 2026 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, 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 2026, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this Resolution total……………$175,450,139.07
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
FY 2025 Body Armor Replacement Grant $89,548.45
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2026 budget.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the FY2025 Body Armor Replacement Grant in the amount of Eighty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Eight Dollars and Forty-Five Cents ($89,548.45), New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice awarded the funds. The project period is July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030.