Title
Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Pequannock Watershed System Security Improvements
Entity Name: City of Newark
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark New Jersey, 07102
Grant Amount: $291,000.00
Funding Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
Total Project Cost: $529,091.00
City Contribution: $238,091.00
Other Funding Source/Amount:
Contract Period: January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2018
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 United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866, through the Omnibus Appropriations Act (P.L. 111-8) has provided a grant in the amount of $291,000.00 in Federal funds for Pequannock Watershed System Security Improvements; and
WHEREAS, Public Law 111-8 incorporates, by reference, statements in the Conference Report which directs USEPA to apply cost sharing arrangements with all grant recipients. The above Federal funds (55%) must be accompanied by a cost share requirement whereby 45% of your project's cost is to be the responsibility of the City (local share). Total eligible costs of $529,091.00 must be incurred by the City in order to receive the $291,000.00 in Federal funds which results in a local share of $238,091.00; and
WHEREAS, on or about November 5, 2015 the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, applied for, and was awarded, grant funding in the amount of $291,000.00 in Federal funds to be used for improvements to the Pequannock Watershed System Security; and
WHEREAS, the City...
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