Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Provide homeless assistance to the residents of the City of Newark (All Wards)
Funding Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Appropriation Amount: $213,307.00
Budget Year: 2012
Contract Period:
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( X ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
N/A
Funds accepted by Resolution N/A
Operating Agency: Department of Administration
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE-#50
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $213,307.00, for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and no adequate provision has been made in the 2012 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, by award letter dated July 27, 2012, from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the City of Newark has been awarded $213,307.00, for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) to provide homeless assistance to the residents of 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 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 2012, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this resolution total
. $302,911,161.63.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is
hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) $213,307.00
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2012 budget.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be immediately filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the Budget Director of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This legislation establishes the Appropriation for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) in the amount of $213,307.00. The funds are awarded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (All Wards)