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Dept/ Agency: Public Works
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Clean Community Program Grant 2018
Entity Name: Department of Public Works
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey, 07102
Grant Amount: $401,583.41
Funding Source: State of New Jersey Clean Communities Program Fund
Total Project Cost: $401,583.41
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019
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 Clean Communities Program Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-213, et seq. ("Act"), established a Clean Communities Program Fund administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP"), from which grants may be made to municipalities in order to encourage increased anti-litter campaigns; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark is eligible, without application, to receive an annual grant under the Act to create or to supplement an existing litter reduction program within the Municipality; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to further the public interest by obtaining funding from the Clean Communities Program Fund with the intent of the Act to use the grants to develop new Municipal anti-litter programs and to continue and expand existing programs; and
WHEREAS, in order to receive and accept Clean Communities Program funds, recipient Municipalities are required to comply with the requirements of the Act and the Clean Communities Program Guidelines ("Guidelines"). (a copy of the Guidelines are attached hereto and made a part of this resolution).
WHEREAS, according to the Guidelines, acceptance of the Clean Communities Program funds require...
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