Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Lead Hazard Reduction and Healthy Homes Supplement Grant: to identify and implement cost-effective lead hazard reduction measures to correct lead hazards in eligible housing units throughout the City of Newark (Citywide).
Funding Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Appropriation Amount: $5,600,000.00
Budget Year: 2020
Contract Period: January 2, 2020 through June 30, 2023
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:
Acceptance of Grant funds (Legistar #19-1913) will be submitted under separate cover.
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE - #2
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $5,600,000.00 for the Lead Hazard Reduction and Healthy Homes Supplement Grant and no adequate provision has been made in the 2020 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, by Notice of Grant dated on August 9, 2019, the City of Newark has been awarded Lead Hazard Reduction and Healthy Homes Supplement Grant in the amount of $5,600,000.00 to identify and implement cost-effective lead hazard reduction measures to correct lead hazards in eligible housing units throughout the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Health and Community Wellness is submitting, contemporaneous with this Resolution, a related Resolution to obtain authorization to apply and accept a grant from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes in the amount of Five Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($5,600,000.00); 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 2020, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this Resolution total...…………………$9,133,164.00.
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
Lead Hazard Reduction $5,600,000.00
and Healthy Homes Supplement Grant
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2020 budget.
3. The City Clerk shall immediately file a copy of this resolution with the Director of Local Government Services.
STATEMENT
This resolution authorizes and establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Lead Hazard Reduction and Healthy Homes Supplement Grant in the amount of $5,600,000.00. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is awarding the funds. The project period is January 2, 2020 through June 30, 2023.