Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program - To provide homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, utilities and homeless assistance to residents within the City of Newark.
Funding Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Appropriation Amount: $586,879.00
Budget Year: 2017
Contract Period: September 1, 2016 through August 31, 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: 7R1-a adopted on February 1, 2017.
Operating Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE - #5
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $586,879.00, for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) to provide homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, utilities and homeless assistance to residents within the City of Newark; and no adequate provision has been made in the 2017 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, on February 1, 2017 through Resolution 7R1-a, the Municipal Council authorized the Mayor and Business Administrator to enter into an agreement with HUD to receive and expend FY 2016 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in the amount of $586,879.00 to provide homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, utilities and homeless assistance to residents 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 2017, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this resolution total…………………$41,404,479.18
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
Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) $586,879.00
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2017 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 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program in the amount of $586,879.00. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are awarding the funds. The project period is September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2017.