Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: HIV Emergency Relief Program: to provide funds for the provision of health care and supportive services to the residents of the City of Newark (All Wards)
Funding Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration
Appropriation Amount: $5,735,675.00
Budget Year: 2016
Contract Period: March 1, 2016 through February 28, 2017
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 7R2-b 031616
Funds inserted by Resolution 7R1- i 031616
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required
body
TE- #26
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $5,735,675.00 bringing total program resources to $12,893,360.00, for the HIV Emergency Relief Program 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 above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, by authorizing resolution 7R2-b dated March 16, 2016, the City of Newark accepted the HIV Emergency Relief Grant in the amount of $7,157,685.00 from the United States Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration, for the provision of health care and supportive services to the residents of 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…………………$293,199,428.86
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
HIV Emergency $5,735,675.00 Relief 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 establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the HIV Emergency Relief Program in the amount of $5,735,675.00 bringing total program resources to $12,893,360.00. The United States Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration are awarding the funds. The project period is March 1, 2016 through February 28, 2017 (All Wards).