HomeMy Public PortalAboutr 97:165No. 97-165 Datc of Adoption Hay 15, 1.997
ENDORSING APPROPRIATION OF STATE FUNDS TO
MUNICIPALITIES TO FACILITATE THE CONTINUED
ADMINISTRATION OF GENERAL ASSISTANCE AT THE MUNICIPAL
LEVEL
WHEREAS, the General Assistance portion of the "Work First NJ" Program I, 1997 C
37 permits municipalities either to continue to provide £or the administration of General
Assistance at the municipal level or to allow the County Welfare Agency to assume the
provision of the service, and
WHEREAS, the State Government has announced that they have funds and are
committed to pay for the costs of administering General Assistance, and
WHEREAS, said L1997, C37 provided that iF the municipality continues to provide the
service, the municipality shall continue to pay the cost of administration, and
WHEREAS, if the municipality allows the County Welfare Agency to take over the
service, the State will pay the County for the administration, and
WHEREAS, we believe that our current municipal administration provides needed
services at a lower cost than could be provided by the County Welfare Agencies, and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council of the Borough of Carteret, County of Middlesex,
is of the opinion that the needs of our single individuals and childless couples who require
short-term assistance and employment cannot adequately be met at the County level, and
WHEREAS, any attempt to meet these needs through the County Welfare Agency will
require significant increases in the cost of administering General Assistance, and
NOW, TItEREFOHE, the Municipal Council of the Borough of Carteret, County of
Middlesex, hereby calls upon the Senate and General Assembly of New Jersey to
appropriate funds to Municipalities to facilitate the continued administration of General
Assistance at the municipal level by those municipalities wishing to do so, and
BE IT RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution be sent to Senator James McGreevey,
Frank Lautenberg and Robert Torricelli, Assemblypeople Arlene M Friscia and John S.
Wisniewski, Governor Christine T. Whitman, Senator Robert Littell Chairman Senate
Appropriations Committee, Assemblyman Walter Kavanaugh, Chairman Assembly
Appropriations Committee, and William G Dressel, Jr., Executive Director, New Jersey
State League of Municipalities.
Adopted this 15th day of May, 1997 and
certified as a true copy of the original on
May 16, 1997.
KATHLEEN M. BARNEY
Municipal Clerk
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
COUNCILMAN YES NO NV A.B. COUNCILMAN YES NO NV A.B.
BIALO~,/ARCZIJK X FAZEKAS X
DU PONT X FEIblGOLD X
FAILACE X GUTOI/SKI X
X - Indicate Vote AB - Absent NV - Not Voting XOR - Indicates Vote to Overrule Veto
Adopted at a meeting of the Municipal Council ~lay 15, 1997