Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Grant (East Ward)
Funding Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
Appropriation Amount: $200,000.00
Budget Year: 2013
Contract Period: October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2015
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:
2052-2070 McCarter Highway
Funds accepted by Resolution # 7R3-e 022013
Operating Agency: Department of Economic & Housing Development
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE - # 28
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $200,000.00 for Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Program and no adequate provision has been made in the 2013 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R3-e dated February 20, 2013 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the City of Newark was awarded $200,000.00 to provide financial assistance to conduct environmental remediation activities at the City-owned property located at 2052-2070 McCarter Highway (Northern NJ Oil Site); 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 2013 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20, including this resolution total...$118,333,231.75.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. An emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation $200,000.00
Program
2052-2070 McCarter Highway
(Northern NJ Oil Site)
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2013 budget.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes the appropriation in the amount of $200,000.00 for the Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Program for City-owned property located at 2052-2070 McCarter Highway (Northern NJ Oil Site). Funding has been provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). The contract period is October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2015. (East Ward)