Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Type of program or reason for appropriation
Funding Source: Greater Newark Conservancy, Inc.
Appropriation Amount: $17,394.00
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: Upon Completion
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-r adopted August 5, 2026
Operating Agency: Department of Administration
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 65
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $17,394.00 the City was awarded a sub-award, by the Greater Nature Conservancy, Inc., 32 Prince Street, Newark, NJ 07102 for the implementation of the “Increasing Food Production in the Passaic Watershed Region” Project to advance policy solutions that address infrastructure barriers for urban growers that contribute to the long-term sustainability of Newark’s local food system; and
WHEREAS, 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 February 26, 2026, Greater Newark Conservancy, Inc. awarded the City of Seventeen Thousand and Three Hundred and Ninety-Four Dollars and Zero Cents ($17,394.00) a grant for the implementation of the “Increasing Food Production in the Passaic Watershed Region” Project and advance policy solutions to contribute to the long-term sustainability for Newark’s local food system.; 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 appropriati...
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