7.
RESOLUTIONS
7R1
7R1-a
Administration
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To provide funds for FY 2025 Public Safety Answering Point
(PSAP) Grant.
Funding Source: State of New Jersey, Division Office of Information
Technology, Office of Emergency Telecommunications Services
Appropriation Amount: $284,717.03
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026
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 7R9-a adopted on January 21, 2026
Operating Agency: Department of Public Safety
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
7R1-b
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance for Grant Funds
Purpose: To obtain funding for Newark Tree Canopy Initiative: Growing
and Proud of It
Entity Name: The Nature Conservancy
Entity Address: 200 Pottersville Road, Chester, New Jersey 07930
Grant Amount: $671,000.00
Total Project Cost: $ 8,000,000.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount:
Grant Period: April 1, 2024 through April 25, 2029
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:
This Resolution authorizes the acceptance of the Urban and Community
Forestry Program Sub-award from the Nature Conservatory in the Amount
of Six Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents
($671,000.00) and the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding
between The City of Newark and The Nature Conservancy.
