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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Waiving 20-day period for an Ordinance effective date
Purpose: This resolution hereby authorizes an emergency to be declared and further authorizes Ordinance 6F-c, adopted on First Reading by the Municipal Council on September 5, 2019, which amends and supplements Title XIX, Rent Control of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey by amending Chapter 3, Provision of Legal Services in Eviction Proceedings, to expand the pool of eligible providers of legal services, to become effective after being adopted upon Second Reading and Final Passage on September 18, 2019.
Ordinance No(s).: Ordinance 6F-c is scheduled for a Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage on September 18, 2019.
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-l December 19, 2018, creating the Office of Tenant Legal Services (hereinafter "OTLS") to provide and coordinate free legal assistance to Newark's low income tenants facing eviction or the threat thereof; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to give the OTLS the flexibility to utilize the appropriate procurement processes as authorized under the Local Public Contracts Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.) necessary for the successful implementation and operation of the OTLS and in order for it to better serve Newark's tenants in need; and
WHEREAS, it was necessary to amend Ordinance 6PSF-I December 19, 2018, to allow the OTLS to utilize multiple appropriate procurement processes in order to expand the OTLS's pool of eligible providers of Legal Services to Newark's tenants in need; and
WHEREAS, on August 20, 2019, the Administration introduced Ordinance 6F-c (hereinafter "the Ordinance"), to broaden the manner in which Legal Services can be procured, thereby expanding the pool of eligible providers of Legal Services; and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance...
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