Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Screen NJ Program Grant, which will provide and improve screening rates and health outcomes for colorectal and lung cancer in New Jersey. (Citywide)
Funding Source: Rutgers, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health
Appropriation Amount: $157,459.61
Budget Year: 2019
Contract Period: January 1, 2019 through June 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:
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R5-a adopted on March 20, 2019
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $157,459.61 for the Screen NJ Program Grant award, and no adequate provision has been made in the 2019 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose, and N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the same; and
WHEREAS, by a Notice of Award dated December 20, 2018, the Rutgers, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health, awarded the City of Newark the Screen NJ Program Grant in the amount of $157,459.61, to provide and improve screening rates and health outcomes for colorectal and lung cancer in New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark’s Department of Health and Community Wellness will be submitting an Apply and Accept Resolution under separate cover to the Newark Municipal Council for its consideration relative to said grant award; 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 appropriations adopted in 2019 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20, including this Resolution, total $72,306,433.61.
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
Screen NJ $157,459.61
Program Grant
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2019 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 resolution authorizes and establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Screen NJ Program Grant in the amount of $157,459.61. The Rutgers, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Health, has awarded the City of Newark the Screen NJ Program Grant. The project period is January 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019. (Citywide)