Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Funding for Overtime to Address Violent Crime
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Appropriation Amount: $434,882.00
Budget Year: 2020
Contract Period: October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2022
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:
Apply and Accept Resolution 7R9-b adopted on December 18, 2019
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE - #5
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $434,882.00, for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Grant (JAG) Program and no 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 Resolution 7R9-b, adopted on December 18, 2019, the United State Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, awarded the City of Newark $434,882.00 to fund overtime costs to address violent crime to be distributed among several municipalities within Essex County; 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, a Memorandum of Understanding among the participating municipalities, represented by their respective law enforcement Executive, has allocated funding pursuant to the following schedule:
Newark = $291,999.44
Irvington = $54,631.68
East Orange = $46,295.04
Orange = $31,690.56
West Orange = $10,265.28; and
WHEREAS, the Temporary Emergency Appropriation adopted in 2020 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total…………………$20,942,039.00.
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
JAG Overtime to Address Violent Crime $434,882.00
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2020 Budget.
3. The City Clerk shall file a copy of this resolution with the Director of Local Government Services.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes the Temporary Emergency Appropriation for the JAG Program in the amount of $434,882.00. The United State Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, awarded the funds. The project period is from October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2022.