Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To purchase body worn cameras
Funding Source: United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Appropriation Amount: $496,920.00
Budget Year: 2018
Contract Period: October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2019
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:
All Wards Citywide
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R9-b adopted on May 10, 2018
Operating Agency: Newark Police Department
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $496,920.00 for the Body Worn Camera and Enhancement Project and no adequate provision has been made in the 2018 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 abovementioned; and
WHEREAS, by resolution 7R9-b dated May 10, 2018, the City of Newark accepted the Body Worn Camera and Enhancement Project in the amount of $496,920.00 for the purpose of funding and deploying the body worn cameras to promote accountability and instill confidence of its citizens and ensuring improve law enforcement records; 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, the emergency appropriations adopted in 2018 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total $488,143,866.90.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. An emergency appropriation is and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
Body Worn Camera and Enhancement Project $496,920.00
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2018 budget.
3. A copy of this resolution shall immediately filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes the Emergency Appropriation, in the amount of $496,920.00, for the Body Worn Camera and Enhancement Project funded by the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, to fund costs associated with the body worn camera program.