File #: 23-0602    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 4/18/2023 In control: Public Safety
On agenda: 7/19/2023 Final action: 7/19/2023
Title: Dept/ Agency: Public Safety/Division of Fire Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds Purpose: To Purchase Tablets for the Arson Unit and Bureau Entity Name: United States Department of Homeland Security Entity Address: 500 C Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20528-7000 Grant Amount: $78,905.54 Total Project Cost: $82,850.82 City Contribution: $3,945.28 Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00 Grant Period: April 11, 2023 through April 10, 2024 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:
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
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Dept/ Agency: Public Safety/Division of Fire
Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: To Purchase Tablets for the Arson Unit and Bureau
Entity Name: United States Department of Homeland Security
Entity Address: 500 C Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20528-7000
Grant Amount: $78,905.54
Total Project Cost: $82,850.82
City Contribution: $3,945.28
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Grant Period: April 11, 2023 through April 10, 2024
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:
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WHEREAS, since the City of Newark's Fire Department is committed to ensuring maximum efficiency in investigative and inspection activities, the Arson Unit and Fire Prevention Bureau requires twenty six (26) tablets to aid in receipt of the most accurate and up to date information, to facilitate in the expediency of investigating fires and enforcing the Uniform Code of the State of New Jersey to protect the lives and property of citizens and visitors of Newark; and

WHEREAS, the City of Newark ("City") submitted an application to obtain a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, through the Fire Prevent and Safety Grant Program, for approximately Seventy-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred and Five dollars and Eighty-Two Cents ($78,905.82) to carry out a project to purchase Twenty-Six (26) tablets and the local cost sharing required for this award will be Three Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Five Dollars and Twenty Eight Cents ($3,945.28)("Application") (a copy of the grant award letter is attached hereto and made a part hereof); and

WHEREAS, as a result of this Application, the City has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Ho...

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