Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Traffic Signal Optimization/Adaptive Traffic Signals along McCarter Highway (Route21) Project (East Ward).
Funding Source: North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
Appropriation Amount: $760,000.00
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:
Local Match $190,000.00 from Unclassified Appropriations pending approval Legistar File ID 16-0547
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R4-a 020316
Operating Agency: Department of Engineering
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE-# 17
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $760,000.00 for the Traffic Signal Optimization/Adaptive Traffic Signals along McCarter Highway (Route 21) Project and no 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 aforementioned; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R4-a dated February 3, 2016, the City of Newark accepted from North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) in the amount of $760,000.00 for Traffic Signal Optimization/Adaptive Traffic Signals along McCarter Highway (Route 21) Project. A local match of $190,000.00 will be required for receipt and acceptance of this grant award and shall be provided from the 2016 Municipal Budget for a project total of $950,000.00. Traffic Signal Optimization/Adaptive Traffic Signals along McCarter Highway Grant (Route 21) Project commencing on July 1,2016 and terminating December 31, 2017; 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...$103,698,250.34
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. An emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
Traffic Signal Optimization/ $760,000.00
Adaptive Traffic Signals along
McCarter Highway Grant (Route21) Project
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2016 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 resolution establishes the appropriation in the amount of $760,000.00 for the
Traffic Signal Optimization/Adaptive Traffic Signals along McCarter Highway (Route 21) Project. A local match of $190,000.00 shall be provided from the 2016 municipal budget which brings the Project total $950,000.00. The contract period commences on July 1, 2016 and terminating December 31, 2017. Funding has been provided by the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) and 2016 Matching Municipal funds. (East Ward)