Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide grant funding to the City of Newark, the Brick City Peace Collective (BCPC) Grant to foster initiatives, programs and opportunities to reduce violence and strengthen relationships between law enforcement and Newark communities.
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources
Appropriation Amount: $2,500,000.00
Budget Year: 2025
Contract Period:
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-t to be adopted on February 5, 2025.
Operating Agency: Department of Administration
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 17
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $2,500,000.00 for the Brick City Peace Collective (BCPC) Grant, and no adequate provision has been made in the 2025 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 January 6, 2025, the State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources awarded the City of Newark the Brick City Peace Collective (BCPC) Grant in the amount of $2,500,000.00 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 ma...
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