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Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program - To provide homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, utilities and homeless assistance to residents within the City of Newark.
Funding Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Appropriation Amount: $586,879.00
Budget Year: 2017
Contract Period: September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2017
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-a adopted on February 1, 2017.
Operating Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE - #5
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $586,879.00, for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) to provide homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, utilities and homeless assistance to residents within the City of Newark; and no adequate provision has been made in the 2017 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, on February 1, 2017 through Resolution 7R1-a, the Municipal Council authorized the Mayor and Business Administrator to enter into an agreement with HUD to receive and expend FY 2016 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in the amount of $586,879.00 to provide homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, utilities and homeless assistance to residents within the City of Newark; 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 purpos...
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