Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To fund police overtime initiatives (All Wards)
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Alcohol Beverage Control
Appropriation Amount: $16,640.00
Budget Year: 2013
Contract Period: June 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013
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-a dated 120512
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 $16,640.00 for the Cops In Shops Grant Program 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 December 5, 2012 the City of Newark accepted the COPS in Shops Grant in the amount of $16,640.00 for overtime initiatives, whereby undercover officers are placed in cooperating liquor establishments to prevent the illegal purchase of alcohol by underage persons; 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 $159,848,766.00.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
- An emergency appropriation is and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
COPS IN SHOPS GRANT PROGRAM $16,640.00
- Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2013 budget.
- A copy of this resolution shall immediately be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This legislation authorizes and establishes the appropriation in the amount of $16,640.00 for the COPS IN SHOPS GRANT PROGRAM funded by the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, to fund overtime operations of undercover officers to prevent the illegal purchase of alcohol by underage persons. The award period is from June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2013. (ALL WARDS)