Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Budget Insertion
Purpose: To aid the continuous effort of protecting the health and safety of the public and firefighting personnel against fire and fire-related hazards and to maintain the number of trained front line fire fighters available in their communities through the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant (City-Wide)
Funding Source: United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Appropriation Amount: $3,171,693.00
Budget Year: 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 7R6-a080713
Operating Agency: Fire Department
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
BI-#11
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A 40A:4-87 provides that the Director of the Division Local Government Services may approve the insertion of any Special Item of Revenue in the budget of any local unit when such item shall have been made available by law and the amount thereof shall not have been determined at the time of the adoption of the budget, and may approve the insertion of an appropriation item of equal amount for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of the law making such item of revenue available for expenditure; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R6-a dated August 7, 2013, the City of Newark accepted from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) fund from the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has made available $3,171,693.00 from the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant to aid continuous efforts of protecting the health and safety of the public and firefighting personnel against fire and fire-related hazards.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A 40A:4-87, the City of Newark hereby requests the Director of the Division of Local Government Services to approve a budget insertion in the amount of $3,171,693.00 and an appropriation of an equal amount for the Budget Year 2013 (June 30, 2013 through June 29, 2015) as set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
2. The aforesaid insertion is, in the opinion of the Governing Body, warranted and authorized by N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87 and are necessary for the orderly operation of the municipality.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution hereby establishes an appropriation and revenue in the City of Newark's 2013 Budget Year for the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant in the amount of $3,171,693.00 from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to aid continuous efforts of protecting the health and safety of the public and firefighting personnel against fire and fire-related hazards. The grant period is June 30, 2013 through June 29, 2015. (City-Wide)
SCHEDULE A
ANTICIPATED ITEM OF REVENUE SPECIAL ITEM OF APPROPRIATION
DHS/FEMA Unclassified Purposes
Special Item of Appropriation
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Staffing for Adequate Fire and
Emergency Response (SAFER) Emergency Response (SAFER)
(Citywide) (Citywide)
$3,171,693.00 $3,171,693.00
1. The Project Coordinator is Fire Chief John Centanni, Fire Department.
2. The Fiscal Officer is Susan Jacobucci, Director of Finance.
3. The operating agency is the Fire Department.
4. The type of funding will be by cost reimbursement payments.
5. The grant period is from June 30, 2013 through June 29, 2015
6. A copy of this resolution shall be immediately filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the Office of the City Clerk.