Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Newark Riverfront Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Project: for the design, construction and improvement of pedestrian and bicycle connections between Broad Street and McCarter Highway.
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT)
Appropriation Amount: $4,700,000.00
Budget Year: 2016
Contract Period: Upon Completion
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 7R4-d 102115
Operating Agency: Department of Engineering
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE- #4
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $4,700,000.00, for the Newark Riverfront Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Project and no adequate provision has been made in the 2016 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 7R4-d dated October 21, 2015, the City of Newark accepted funds for the Newark Riverfront Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Project in the amount of $4,700,000.00 for the design, construction and improvement of pedestrian and bicycle connections between Broad Street and McCarter Highway; 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 2016, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this resolution total…………………$6,920,121.00.
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
Newark Riverfront Pedestrian $4,700,000.00
and Bicycle Access Project
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2016 budget.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This resolution authorizes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Newark Riverfront Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Project in the amount of $4,700,000.00. The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is awarding the funds. The project period is upon completion.