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Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funding for firefighter turnout gear
Funding Source: NJ Department of Community Affairs, Division of Local Government Services).
Appropriation Amount: $70,500.00
Budget Year: 2025
Contract Period: May 16, 2024 through September 28, 2025
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 7R9-c adopted on January 10, 2024
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 7
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $70,500.00 for the FY 2024 American Rescue Plan Firefighter Grant and no adequate provision has been made in the 2025 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the purpose above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, by the Notice of Award dated July 15, 2024, the NJ Department of Community Affairs, Division of Local Government Services awarded the City of Newark funds for $70,500.00. The aforementioned program will provide funds for the purchase of 20 firefighter turnout sets; 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 purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, emergency appropriation adopted in 2025, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this Resolution total............
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