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Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To fund overtime initiatives for implementation of strategies to prevent and control crime (City-wide).
Funding Source: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG)
Appropriation Amount: $ 485, 804.00
Budget Year: 2013
Contract Period: July 26, 2012 through September 30, 2016, or until such time as grant funds are expended
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 7R11-a110812
Operating Agency: Newark Police Department
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 $485,804.00 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) and no adequate provision has been made in the 2013 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 abovementioned; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R11-a dated November 8, 2012, the City of Newark accepted the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program in the amount of $485,804.00 to fund overtime initiatives for implementation of strategies to prevent and control crime; 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 th...
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