Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide Supplemental Nutrition Services for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
Funding Source: State of New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Family Health
Appropriation Amount: $1,775.00
Budget Year: 2023
Contract Period: October 1, 2022 through September 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:
Resolution 7R1-b adopted on December 21, 2022, authorized acceptance of a grant award in the amount of $2,095,064.00 with additional funds to increase the grant amount by $1,775.00 for a total grant award amount of $2,096,839.00.
The Apply and Accept Resolution will be submitted under separate cover as Legistar File ID #23-0595.
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE #31
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,775.00) for Supplemental Nutrition Services for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program and no adequate provision has been made in the 2023 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 the Notice of Award dated March 1, 2023, the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH), Division of Family Health Services has made additional funds available in the amount of One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,775.00) for Supplemental Nutrition Services for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program. The aforementioned Pprogram will provide funds for the provision of health care and supportive services to the residents of the City of Newark; 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 2023, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this Resolution total………………$239,370,052.54.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Governing Body by a two-thirds vote of its full membership hereby amends its temporary budget by making the following temporary emergency appropriation:
2. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification.
Program Amount
Women, Infants and Children (WIC) $1,775.00
Program 2022-2023
3. The temporary emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2023 Budget.
4. A copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the Acting City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program 2022-2023, in the amount of $1,775.00 for funds awarded by The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH), Division of Family Health Services. The project period is October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023.