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Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funding for the Newark Fire Trucks and Equipment Program
Funding Source: NJ Department of Community Affairs, Division of Disaster Recovery & Mitigation
Appropriation Amount: $1,000,000.00
Budget Year: 2025
Contract Period: January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026
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 7R9-b adopted on December 18, 2024.
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 13
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000.00 for the Newark Fire and Equipment Program 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 purpose above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, by the Notice of Award dated December 9, 2024, the NJ Department of Community Affairs, Division of Disaster Recovery and Mitigation awarded the City of Newark funds for $1,000,000.00. The aforementioned program will provide funds for the purchase of 2 or more fire trucks to augment the City of Newark's fleet and to respond to calls throughout the City; 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
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