Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To purchase water safety and rescue/response equipment for the Department's 27' Fireboat to detect radiological threats during day and night operations (All Wards)
Funding Source: United States Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency through The Port Authority of NY & NJ
Appropriation Amount: $297,000.00
Budget Year: 2014
Contract Period: September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2014
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:
Award letter from the funding agency attached
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R6-a 030613
Operating Agency: All Departments
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE-#18
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $297,000.00 for the purchase of water safety and rescue/response equipment for the Department's 27' Fireboat for response to waterside fires and to detect radiological threats during day and night operations and no adequate provision has been made in the 2014 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 above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, by resolution 7R6-a adopted March 6, 2013, accepted the grant funds from the United States Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency through The Port Authority of NY & NJ for the purchase of water safety and rescue/response equipment for the Department's 27' Fireboat for response to waterside fires and to detect radiological threats during day and night operations in the amount of $297,000.00; 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 2014, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this resolution total...
. $143,100,511.43
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification.
Program Amount
FY2011 PORT AUTHORITY GRANT $297,000.00
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2014 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 for the purchase of water safety and rescue/response equipment for the Department's 27' Fireboat for response to waterside fires and to detect radiological threats during day and night operations in the amount of $297,000.00. The United States Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency through The Port Authority of NY & NJ awarded the funds. (All Wards)