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Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Waiving Special Event Application Permit Fees
Purpose: Juneteenth Market
Date(s): Thursday, June 19, 2025
Event Time(s): 4:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M.
Sponsor(s): Council President, C. Lawrence Crump
Additional Information:
The Juneteenth Market will be held on Halsey Street between Bleeker Street and New Street, from, from 4:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M.
The City of Newark's Special Event Permit Application Fee ($550.00) for the street festival will be waived.
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council is supportive of community events that provide an essential service to the residents of Newark, while also bringing attention and awareness to an issue that effects all segments of the society; and
WHEREAS, the Juneteenth Market will be held on Halsey Street between Bleeker Street and New Street from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM. The City of Newark's Special Event Application Fee of Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($(500.00) for the event will be waived; and
WHEREAS, the Juneteenth Market provides the City of Newark the perfect opportunity to collaborate with various support groups and organizations such as BrownMill Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Municipal Council does hereby indicate its support of the Juneteenth Market that will be held on Haldey Street between Bleeker Street and New Street, on Thursday, June 19, 2025, from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM.
2. The Municipal Council is sponsoring this event and waives the City of Newark's Special Event Permit Application Fee of Five Hundred Fifty Dollars and Zero Cents ($550.00), however, it does not waive insurance coverage requirements due to be provided by event organizers or costs above service charges described in R.O. 5:10-1 et seq.
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