Legislation

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Bid Contract (s) Purpose: Maintenance and Repair Trucks Over One (1) Ton Capacity. Entity Name(s)/Address(s): 1. A Lembo Car & Heavy Truck Collision Inc., 76 Riverside Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07104 2. Abreu Truck Services Inc., 283-299 Frelinghuysen Avenue Newark, New Jersey 07114 3. Air Brake & Equipment, 225 Route 22 West, Hillside, New Jersey 07205 4. New Age Auto Center LLC, 53 Jabez Street, Newark, New Jersey 07105 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $700,000.00 Funding Source: 2025 Budget/Department of Public Works, Division of Motors /NW011-060-0602-71830-B2025/NW011-060-0602-71870-B2025 Contract Period: To be established for a period not to exceed (24) consecutive months Contract Basis: (X) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) N/A Additional Information: This Resolution will authorize the City’s Department of Public Works, Division of Motors to enter into a contract with a vendor to provide Maintenance and Repair Trucks Over One (1) Ton Capacity services throughout the City of Newark. Additional City Departments that wish to use this contract shall be permitted. Applicable funding sources for other City Departments will be presented on an as-needed basis. Advertisement: February 14, 2025 Bids Downloaded: (18) Bids Received: (6)

Dept./Agency: Health and Community Wellness Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: To Waive 20-day period for Ordinance to become effective Purpose: Ordinance authorizing an execution of a lease agreement between the City of Newark (tenant) and 169 Clinton Development Urban Renewal, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company having an address at 246 Danforth Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey 07305 (Landlord) for a residential homeless shelter and associated office space Ordinance No(s).: Ordinance 6F-c, adopted on First Reading by the Municipal Council on March 19, 2025 Additional Information: Ordinance 6F-c was advanced and adopted on First Reading by the Municipal Council on March 19, 2025. Ordinance 6PSF-f is scheduled for a Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage on April 2, 2025.

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation Purpose: The transformational centerpiece of the planned re-emergence of the Lincoln Park Neighborhood as an artistic, energetic, healthy and empowered community Funding Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), CPD Congressional Grants Division Appropriation Amount: $3,550,000.00 Budget Year: 2025 Contract Period: Until August 31, 2031 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 # Legistar File ID 25-0305, submitted under separate cover by the Department of Administration Operating Agency: Department of Administration Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.

Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Shared Services Agreement Purpose: Emergency Services of Sewer Vactor Jet/Rooder to respond to sewer main backups; perform routine sewer inspection services; and conduct quarterly preventative maintenance at Newark Housing Authority properties Entity Name: Housing Authority of the City of Newark Entity Address: 500 Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson Blvd, Newark, New Jersey, 07102 Contract Amount: $255,000.00 year 1 and $255,000.00 for optional year 2 Funding Source: Housing Authority of the City of Newark Contract Period: Commencing upon City of Newark Municipal Council Approval for term of Year 1 with a one year NHA option to renew for year 2 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( X ) n/a Additional Information:

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation Honoree: The Benavente Family Date(s): Friday, May 23, 2025 Official Street Name(s): Crittenden Street & Rowland Street Ceremonial Intersection Name: “Benavente Family Way” Sponsor(s): Council Member Luis A. Quintana/ Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr. Additional Information: Ceremonial Street Dedication will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, May 23, 2025, at the corner of Crittenden Street & Rowland Street.

Dept./ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: 2025 Annual Budget for the Bergen, Lyons, Clinton Special Improvement District (BLCSID Partnership, Inc.) Purpose: Introduction of the 2025 Annual Budget for Bergen, Lyons, Clinton Special Improvement District. Amount: $500,000.00 Budget Period: January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 Additional Information: Ordinance 6PSF-b, adopted on April 17, 2013, created the BLC Special Improvement District in the South Ward.

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: 2025 Annual Budget for Bloomfield Avenue - Lower Broadway Business Improvement District (BALB) Purpose: Reading and Adopting the 2025 Annual Budget for Bloomfield Avenue - Lower Broadway Business Improvement District Amount: $448,000.00 Budget Period: January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 Additional Information: Budget Introduction authorized by Resolution 7R2-c adopted on March 5, 2025. Public Hearing will be held on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 6:30 P.M.

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: 2025 Annual Budget for Mt. Prospect Avenue Neighborhood Improvement District Management Corporation for the Mt. Prospect Avenue Neighborhood Improvement District (MPANID) Purpose: Reading and Adopting 2025 Annual Budget for Mt. Prospect Avenue Neighborhood Improvement District Management Corporation. Amount: $330,000.00 Budget Period: January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 Additional Information: Budget Introduction authorized by Resolution 7R2-d adopted on March 5, 2025 Public Hearing to be held on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 6:30 P.M.

Dept./ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: 2025 Annual Budget for Partnership West, Inc. Purpose: Introduction of the 2025 Annual Budget for the West Ward Special Improvement District known as Partnership West, Inc. Amount: $500,000.00 Budget Period: January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 Additional Information: Ordinance 6PSF-a adopted on December 21, 2016, authorized the creation of the West Ward Special Improvement District in the West Ward.

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation Purpose: The Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (“EJG2G”) program for the Newark Workforce Development for Mitigating Air Quality, Urban Heat Island, and Storm water Issues in Newark Funding Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Appropriation Amount: $1,000,000.00 Budget Year: 2025 Contract Period: February 1, 2025 - January 31, 2028 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 # 7R1-n adopted on March 19, 2025. Operating Agency: Department of Administration Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.

Dept./ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: 2025 Annual Budget for the Ironbound Business Improvement District Management Corporation (IBID) Purpose: Reading and Adopting the 2025 Ironbound Business Improvement District Budget. Amount: $1,300,000.00 Budget Period: January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 Additional Information: Budget Introduction authorized by Resolution 7R2-b adopted on March 19, 2025. Public Hearing to be held on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 6:30 P.M.

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation Purpose: To provide funds for the operating expenses until the adoption of the 2025 Operating Budget for the City of Newark and Department of Water and Sewer Utilities. Funding Source: 2025 Municipal Budget Appropriation Amount: $79,807,676.00 Budget Year: 2025 Contract Period: May 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( X ) n/a Additional Information: Operating Agency: All Departments Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.

Special Conference Memo and Invites for January 26, 2021

EXPRESSING PROFOUND SORROW AND REGRET Sponsored by President C. Lawrence Crump 1. Jerry Minter Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council 2. Valeria Bullock 3. Minister Arthur R. Brooks Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree 4. Ernestine Battle 5. Mother Frances Olivia Johnson 6. Koran Baker 7. Ne’Miya Duncan-Hall

Please administer the Oath of Office to the below listed names to become members of the Newark Workforce Development Board. The Oath of Office is scheduled for March 26, 2025 at 3pm NAME OLD TERM NEW TERM TITLE ORGANIZATION Marland Jenkins 12/2022-12/2024 1/2025-1/2027 CEO TEKNOGRID Ralonda Johnson 12/2022-12/2024 1/2025-1/2027 General Partner Broad Street Ventures Helen Kogan 11/2022-11/2024 12/2024-12/2026 Executive Director NPower Morris Murray 10/2022-10/2024 11/2024-11/2026 Manager Employment Services Jonathan Kobza 04/2022-04/2024 05/2024-05/2026 Major Market Sales Specialist Monroe Staffing Alex Rivera 11/2022-11/2024 12/2024-12/2026 Director of Economic Development & Entrepreneurship Kean University Bilal Walker 2/2023-2/2025 3/2025-3/2027 Program Manager of Policy & Advocacy Newark Opportunity Network

Central Planning Board Minutes, December 2024 through January 2025

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: New construction of two multi-family homes with 3 affordable units and 2 market rate units. Entity Name: All For the Family LLC Entity Address: 1080 Lawrence Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090 Sale Amount: $56,221.00 Cost Basis: ( X ) $11.00 PSF ( ) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $140,300.00 Appraised Amount: $0.00 Contract Period: To commence within three (3) months and be completed within eighteen (18) months following transfer of property ownership from the City to the Redeveloper Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( X ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 143 Sunset Avenue/Block 4061.01/Lot 74 / West Ward 213 4th Street/Block 1914/ Lot 9/ Central Ward Additional Information: Sale Price: Total Square Footage X PSF =5,111X $11.00 = $56,221.00. Sale at prices set forth by Ordinance 6S&Fh, adopted on April 7, 2004, establishing the minimum sale price of City-owned properties.

RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING Sponsored by Council Member C. Lawrence Crump 1. Grace West Manor, Annual Women’s History Month Program Celebration 2. J’Anice Jones, Measure of Excellence, Inc. 3. Margie “MIAX” Johnson, Appointment as Newark’s Inaugural Poet Laureate 4. Individuals honored during the Tell a Vision Women’s History Month Celebration Sponsored by Council Member Dupré L. Kelly 5. Individuals honored during the West Ward Glass Ceiling Award Reception 6. Individuals honored during the City of Newark West Ward Women's HERstory Month WOMEN IN BUSINESS Award luncheon Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana 7. Individuals honored during the Puerto Rican Day Parade Annual Domino Tournament 8. Individuals honored during the Women’s Month Celebration to Distinguished Women Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree 9. Individuals honored during the Passaic County African American Women Inc., 26th Annual Empowerment Award Scholarship and Honoree Legacy Luncheon 10. Dana Elaine Owens aka Queen Latifah Birthday Celebration 11. Frances Fannie Little Birthday Celebration 12. Dr. Liwanda Williams, Pastoral Installation 13. Bishop Ronald L. Owens and Lady Cheryl Owens, 35th Pastoral Anniversary 14. Reverend Nicholas A. Johnson, Pastoral Installation 15. New Light Missionary Baptist Church, 67th Anniversary Celebration 16. Individuals honored during the Power of Women in the Labor Movement and Beyond 17. Individuals honored during the 5th Annual Prayer Line Celebration & 11th Annual Prayer Memorial “A Tribute to Families of Victims of Violence” 18. Individuals honored during the McDonalds Gospel Fest 2025 19. Pastor Douglas L. Williams, III - 14th Pastoral Anniversary 20. Ebenezer Baptist Church - 75th Church Anniversary Sponsored by Council Member Michael J. Silva, Jr. 21. Jack’s Hot Dogs 22. Wilson Auto Parts 23. Motor City 24. Posthumously Commending, Victor “Vic” Miranda

Dept/ Agency: Law Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Settlement of Civil Litigation Docket No.: ESX-L-002035-22 Claimant: Kevin Barnes Claimant’s Attorney: Sabbagh S. Thapar Esq., Sabbagh Thapar, LLC, 642 Broad Street, Clifton, New Jersey, 07013 Settlement Amount: $425,000.00 ($225,000- paid in 2025 and $200,000 paid in 2026) Funding Source: Insurance Trust Fund Additional Information: Deferred 7R6-a 070225

Dept./ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Executive Community Benefits Agreement Purpose: To authorize the execution of a Community Benefits Agreement between the City of Newark, Fulton Street Newark, LLC, and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority as a condition of receiving tax credits incentives under the Aspire Program Act, N.J.S.A. 34:1B-322 et seq. towards the construction of a new multi-family housing project, consisting of three hundred and ninety-six (396) residential units, of which three hundred sixteen (316) are market rate residential rental units (the “Market Rate Units”), of which eighty (80) are affordable rental units, of which five (5) transitional housing units shall be restricted to tenants at 30% of the Area Median Income (“AMI”), which include two (2) two-bedroom apartments and three (3) one-bedroom apartments, forty-seven (47) units shall be restricted to tenants at 50% of the AMI, which include nineteen (19) studio apartments, twenty-two (22) one-bedroom apartments, and six (6) two-bedroom apartments, and twenty-eight (28) units shall be restricted to tenants at 80% of the AMI, which include fourteen (14) studio apartments, thirteen (13) one-bedroom apartments, and one (1) two-bedroom apartment (the “Income Restricted Units”), 4,726 square feet of ground floor commercial space (the “Retail”), and a 107-car parking garage, (collectively, the “Project”), located in the Central Ward on real property commonly known as 16-32 Fulton Street, Newark, New Jersey and identified on the City’s tax map as Block 14, Lot 43 (formerly known as Block 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, and 51) (the “Property”) Entity Name: Fulton Street Newark, LLC Entity Address: 50 Park Place, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Funding Source: Aspire Program Act, N.J.S.A. 34:1B-322 et seq. Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) N/A List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 16-23 Fulton Street/block 14/Lot 43/Central Ward (formerly known as Block 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, and 51) Additional Information: A Public Hearing will be held on Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Dept/ Agency: Law Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( X ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement to provide legal services concerning Litigation Defense Matters. Entity Name: Schenck Price Smith and King, LLP Entity Address: 220 Park Avenue, Florham Park, New Jersey 07932 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $168,791.22 Funding Source: 2024 Budget/Law Department Contract Period: January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( X ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Resolution 7R6-c adopted on June 5, 2024, awarded a contract for the period of January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, for a contract amount not to exceed $100,000.00. This First Amendment will increase the contract amount by $68,791.22, for a new total contract amount not to exceed $168,791.22.

Dept/ Agency: Law Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( X ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement to provide legal services concerning Per Diem Attorneys in the Newark Municipal Court Entity Name: White & Company Entity Address: 523 Park Avenue, Suite 3, Orange, New Jersey 07050 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $151,670.95 Funding Source: 2024 Budget/Law Department Contract Period: January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( X ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Resolution 7R6-e adopted on December 20, 2023, awarded a multi-vendor contract for the period of January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024, for a contract amount not to exceed $150,000.00. This First Amendment will increase the contract amount by $115,750.00, for a new total contract amount not to exceed $265,750.00.

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Hold Harmless and Indemnification Agreement Purpose: Annual Easter Egg Hunt Entity Name: Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Entity Address: 115 Clifton Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07104 Event Location: Branch Brook Park, Cherry Blossom Welcome Center, Newark, New Jersey 07104 Event Date(s): Saturday, April 19, 2025 (Rain Date, Saturday, April 26, 2025) Event Time: 12:00 P.M. until 3:00 P.M. (Includes Set-up at 8:00 A.M. and Clean-up/Breakdown ending at 5:00 P.M.) Additional Information: Sponsor: Council Member Luis A. Quintana

Dept/ Agency: Law Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( X ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement to provide legal services concerning Litigation Defense Matters Entity Name: Rainone Coughlin Minchello, LLC Entity Address: 555 US Highway One South, Suite 440, Iselin, New Jersey 08830 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $152,311.48 Funding Source: 2024 Budget/Law Department Contract Period: January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( X ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Resolution 7R6-a adopted on September 5, 2024, awarded a contract for the period of January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, for a contract amount not to exceed $152,311.48. This First Amendment will increase the contract amount by $77,311.48 for a new total contract amount not to exceed $152,311.48.