Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide re-entry services (City-wide) to former inmates returned to City of Newark and reduce recidivism via a re-entry liaison position funded by the New Jersey LEAD Re-entry Initiative.
Funding Source: State of New Jersey Department of Corrections
Appropriation Amount: $100,000.00
Budget Year: 2023
Contract Period: December 1, 2021 through March 31, 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:
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R2-s adopted on April 5, 2023.
Operating Agency: Office of the Mayor and Agencies, Mayor’s Office of Employment and Training
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE #34
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00) for New Jersey Local, Empowered, Accountable, and Determined (NJLEAD) Reentry Initiative and no 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 abovementioned; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R2-s adopted on April 5, 2023, the City of Newark (the “City”) accepted funds for NJ LEAD Reentry Initiative in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00) from the State of New Jersey Department of Corrections, to provide funds for re-entry services to former inmates returned to City jurisdiction and reduce recidivism via a re-entry liaison position; 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, the emergency appropriations adopted in 2023, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this Resolution total $316,392,859.54.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. No less than two-thirds of all members therefore affirmatively concurring, that:
2. An emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
New Jersey Local, Empowered, Accountable, $100,000.00
and Determined (NJLEAD) Reentry Initiative
3. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2023 Budget.
4. A copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the Acting City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution is establishing an appropriation and revenue in the 2023 City of Newark's Budget for the New Jersey Local, Empowered, Accountable and Determined (NJLEAD) Reentry Initiative in the amount of $100,000.00 from the State of New Jersey Department of Corrections. The project period is December 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023.