Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Funding for overtime initiatives to address violent crime
Funding Source: US Department of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Appropriation Amount: $ 506,164.00
Budget Year: 2015
Contract Period: October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2017 or until all grant funds are expended
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:
All Wards Citywide
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R11-a101514
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 $506,164.00 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program and no provision has been made in the 2015 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 October 15, 2014, the City of Newark accepted the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program in the amount of $506,164.00 to fund overtime initiatives for implementation of strategies to prevent and control crime; 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 app...
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