Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Budget Insertion
Purpose: Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant: To provide the region’s ability to build, maintain and sustain national preparedness capabilities related to training, maintenance within the City of Newark.
Funding Source: State of New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness
Appropriation Amount: $1,747,500.00
Budget Year: 2018
Contract Period: September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2021
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 7R9-a(s) adopted on November 27, 2018
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87 provides that the Director of Local Government Services may approve the insertion of any Special Item of Revenue in the budget of any local unit when such item shall have been made available by law and the amount thereof shall not have been determined at the time of the adoption of the budget, and may approve the insertion of an appropriation item of equal amount for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of the law making such item of revenue available for expenditure; and
WHEREAS, the State of New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness has made available $1,747,500.00 for the Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant; and
WHEREAS, by an award letter dated September 15, 2018 from the State of New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, the City of Newark accepted the Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant authorizing a total award of $1,747,500.00 to provide the region’s ability to build, maintain and sustain national preparedness capabilities related to training, maintenance within the City of Newark.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A 40A:4-87, the City of Newark, New Jersey, hereby requests the Director of Local Government Services to approve a budget insertion in the amount of $1,747,500.00 and an appropriation of an equal amount for the Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant in the budget year 2018 as set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
2. The aforesaid insertion is, in the opinion of the Governing Body, warranted and authorized by N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87 and is necessary for the orderly operation of the municipality.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes an appropriation and revenue in the 2018 Municipal Budget for the Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant in the amount of $1,747,500.00. The State of New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness are providing these funds. The project period is September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2021.
SCHEDULE A
ANTICIPATED ITEM OF REVENUE SPECIAL ITEM OF APPROPRIATION
State of New Jersey Office of Homeland Unclassified Purposes
Security and Preparedness
Special Item of Appropriation
Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant
$1,747,500.00 $1,747,500.00
1. The Project Director is Anthony Ambrose Director, Department of Public Safety.
2. The Fiscal Officer will be Danielle Smith, Director of Finance.
3. The operating agency is the Department of Public Safety.
4. The program period is from September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2021.
5. 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.