Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will offer mini-grants to support state, tribal, local or territorial governmental food safety programs to learn more about the National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) Program.
Funding Source: National Environmental Health Association
Appropriation Amount: $1,900.00
Budget Year: 2019
Contract Period: March 30, 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 (authorizing resolution pending Municipal Council approval, see Legistar # 19-0542)
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE-# 17
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $1,900.00 for the National Environmental Assessment Reporting (NEARS) program and no adequate provision has been made in the 2019 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose, and N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provide for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the same; and
WHEREAS, by a Notice of Award, dated March 5, 2019 the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) awarded the City of Newark a NEARS mini-grant in the amount of $1,900.00 to support program initiatives related to environmental assessments and allow the Department of Health and Community Wellness the opportunity to learn more about NEARS; 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…………….. $192,885,898.61.
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
NEARS $1,900.00
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 legislation authorizes the temporary emergency appropriation for the National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) program in the amount of $1,900.00. The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has awarded the City of Newark the funds. The project period will run from March 30, 2019 through June 30,2019.