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Dept/ Agency: Neighborhood & Recreational Services
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: 2011 Recycling Tonnage Grant
Entity Name: City of Newark
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount: $228,379.64
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Agency
Total Project Cost: $ 0
City Contribution: $ 0
Other Funding Source/Amount: N/A
Contract Period: January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2011
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:
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WHEREAS, the New Jersey "Clean Communities and Recycling Act" of 1981 created the Municipal Recycling Tonnage Grant Program, whereby municipalities could receive a grant for the amount of materials documented as being recycled during the previous calendar year; and
WHEREAS, in 1987, the New Jersey "Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act," specifically N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.16, mandated that municipalities submit an annual Recycling Tonnage Report summarizing the amount of material recycled during the previous calendar year; and
WHEREAS, in 2012 the Director of Neighborhood and Recreational Services caused an annual Recycling Tonnage Report to be filed on behalf of the City of Newark with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP") for calendar year 2011; and
WHEREAS, on or about December 3, 2013, the NJDEP awarded the City 2011 RECYCLING TONNAGE GRANT funds in the amount of $228,379.64 (see "Deposit Summary" report attached hereto and made a part hereof); and
WHEREAS, the Director of Neighborhood and Recreational ...
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