Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To offset the costs associated with replacing body vests for police officers in the City of Newark (City-wide)
Funding Source: NJ Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice
Appropriation Amount: $96,822.31
Budget Year: 2013
Contract Period: November 8, 2012 to November 7, 2017.
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:
CITYWIDE ALL WARDS
Funds accepted by Resolution #7R11b-011613
Operating Agency: Newark Police Department
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $96,822.31 for the Body Armor Replacement Fund Grant 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-b dated January 16, 2013, the City of Newark accepted the 2012-2017 Body Armor Replacement Fund (BAR) Grant in the amount of $96,822.31 to offset the cost of replacing police body armor; 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, the emergency appropriations adopted in 2013 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total $70,302,937.31.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. An emergency appropriation is and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
2012-2017 BODY ARMOR $96,822.31
REPLACEMENT FUND GRANT
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2013 budget.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be immediately filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This legislation establishes the appropriation in the amount of $96,822.31 for the 2012-2017 BODY ARMOR REPLACEMENT FUND GRANT funded by the NJ Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice, for offsetting the costs associated with replacing body vests for police officers. The period for this grant is November 8, 2012 to November 7, 2017. (City-wide)