Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Homeless (HRSA) Program: provides medical care, social services, substance abuse and mental health counseling to the homeless population within the City of Newark
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration
Appropriation Amount: $3,527,306.00
Budget Year: 2016
Contract Period: January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016
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:
Apply and Accept Resolution will be submitted under a separate cover. Legistar # 16-0093
Funds accepted by Resolution # 7R2-b 030216
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE-#5
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $3,527,306.00, for the Homeless HRSA Program 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 same; and
WHEREAS, by its letter dated December 3, 2015, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration, awarded the City of Newark the Homeless HRSA Grant in the amount of $3,527,306.00 to provide medical care, social services, substance abuse and mental health counseling to the homeless population within the City of Newark; 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…………………$10,447,427.00.
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
Homeless HRSA $3,527,306.00
Program
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 legislation authorizes and establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Homeless HRSA Program in the amount of $3,527,306.00. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration awarded the City of Newark the Homeless HRSA Grant funds. The project period is January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016.