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Dept/ Agency: Public Works
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Clean Community Grant 2015
Entity Name: Department of Public Works
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey, 07102
Grant Amount: $432,292.46
Funding Source: State of New Jersey Clean Communities Entitlement Program
Total Project Cost: $432,292.46
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: January 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, inclusive of any extensions granted by the State
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:
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WHEREAS, the Clean Communities Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-217 et seq. ("Act"), established a grant fund, entitled the "Clean Communities Entitlement Program" and administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP"), from which grants may be made to municipalities in order to encourage increased anti-litter campaigns; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark is eligible, without application, to receive an annual grant under the Act to create or to supplement an existing litter reduction program within the municipality; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to further the public interest by obtaining funding from the "Clean Communities Entitlement Program" with the intent of the Act to use the grants to develop new municipal anti-litter programs and to continue and expand existing programs; and
WHEREAS, in order to receive Clean Communities Entitlement Program funds, municipalities are required to plan and implement a program which combines the elements of litter clean-up and removal, enforcement of litter related laws and ordinances, litter abatement, public information and education, and ...
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