Title
Dept/ Agency: Police
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Accepting a Donation
Gift: Twenty Mounted Helmets and Twenty-Four Motorcycle Helmets
Purpose: To ensure that the Mounted Officers and Motorcycle Officers are protected.
Entity Name: Newark Police Foundation
Entity Address: 744 Broad Street, 26th Floor, Newark New Jersey 07102
Gift Value: $ 7,539.97
City Contribution: $ 0
Other Funding Source/Amount:
Contract Period: N/A
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the Newark Police Foundation of New Jersey, 744 Broad Street, 26th Floor, Newark New Jersey 07102, wishes to donate to the Newark Police Department twenty (20) mounted helmets and twenty-four (24) motorcycle helmets which have a monetary value of Seven Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty Nine Dollars and Ninety Seven Cents ($7,539.97) as requested by the Newark Police Director on or about April 17, 2013; and
WHEREAS, this donation would ensure that the Mounted Officers and Motorcycle Officers are safely protected while performing their duties; and
WHEREAS, the Newark Police Department wishes to accept the gift from the Newark Police Foundation of New Jersey as permitted by N.J.S.A. 40A:5-29; and
WHEREAS, the Newark Police Foundation of New Jersey fully understands and agrees that it is not entitled to receive any direct benefit from the City of Newark in exchange for its gift and shall receive only the indirect benefit of furthering its mission of making the City and its Police Officers safer through its gift.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor and/or his designees the Business Administrator and the Newark Police Director are hereby authorized pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:5-29 to accept a gift of twenty (20) mounted helmets and twenty-four (24) motorcycle helmets valued at Seven Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty Nine Dollars and Ninety Seven Cents ($7,539.97).
2. The Municipal Council ratifies the acceptance of the gift from April 17, 2013 to the date of the adoption of this resolution.
3. No municipal funds will be expended in the acceptance of this gift.
4. A fully-executed copy of the gift award letter shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk by the Police Director.
5. The original of this resolution shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk by the Newark Police Department.
STATEMENT
This resolution ratifies and authorizes the Mayor and/or his designees the Business Administrator and the Police Director to accept a gift from the Newark Police Foundation, 744 Broad Street, 26th Floor, Newark New Jersey 07102, of twenty (20) mounted helmets and twenty-four (24) motorcycle helmets valued at Seven Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty Nine Dollars and Ninety Seven Cents ($7,539.97)