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Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities Action: ( X ) Ratifying ( X ) Authorizing ( X ) Amending Type of Service: A Contract as required by State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Water Allocation Purpose: Services contracted Entity Name: US Geological Survey New Jersey Water Science Center Entity Address: 3450 Princeton Pike, Suite 110, Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $206,720.00 Funding Source: 2025 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities Budget /NW037-750-7502-72250-B2025 Contract Period: November 1, 2024 through October 31, 2029 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: This is a resolution ratifying and authorizing the Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities to enter into and execute contract as required by the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Water Allocation - Water Allocation Permit # WAP140001

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Support Purpose: Resolution Supporting The Immigrant Trust Act to Protect Immigrant Communities in the State of New Jersey Date: September 4, 2025 Sponsor(s): Council President, C. Lawrence Crump Additional Information:

Appointment made by Mayor Ras J. Baraka, to the Newark Environmental Commission effective immediately: Ms. Nathaly Agosto Filion is being appointed filling the unexpired term of Mr. Jalen Cabrera, whose term would have expired on June 30, 2028.

ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE 15, CHAPTER 12, NEWARK MANDATORY RECYCLING REGULATIONS, SECTION 7, TIME OF PLACEMENT, OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED TO REVISE THE HOURS OF PLACEMENT ON THE CURB OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS PRIOR TO COLLECTION

1. GAYLE CHANEYFIELD-JENKINS 2. LISA MITCHELSON-PARKER 3. FELICIA ALSTON-SINGLETON 4. DEBRA SALTERS 5. ALIF MUHAMMAD 6. AMIN BRADBURY 7. GEORGE TILLMAN, JR. 8. NADIRAH BROWN 9. MARYAM BEY 10. DARNELLA LEE 11. DEBRA MAPSON 12. REGINALD TURNER 13. FAHKERIA BRADLEY 14. FARRAKHAN SAWAB 15. OPAL R. WRIGHT 16. CASSANDRA DOCK 17. DONNA JACKSON 18. CZEZRE ADAMS 19. LORENZO HALL 20. LATOYA JACKSON-TUCKER 21. KRYSTLE ALLEN WHITTEN 22. CYNTHIA DESOUSA 23. RAYLOR ADAMES 24. MUNIRAH EL-BOMANI

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation Honoree: Reverend Raymond Grier Date(s): Friday, October 3, 2025 Official Street Name(s): Bergen Street and West Runyon Street Ceremonial Intersection Name: “Reverend Raymond Grier Way” Sponsor: Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree Additional Information: Ceremonial designation is scheduled for Friday, October 3rd, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Waiving Special Event Application Permit Fees Purpose: Jazz in the Street Festival Date(s): Thursday, September 25, 2025 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Sponsor(s): Council Member Patrick O. Council, South Ward Additional Information: The Jazz in the Street Festival will be held at 450 Clinton Avenue, on the open Green Space (South Ward), from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. The City of Newark’s Special Event Permit Application Fees ($800.00) for application, permit and street closure will be waived.

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Declaring Intent Purpose: Resolution Declaring the Month of September as Suicide Awareness Month Date: September 1, 2025 Sponsor(s): Council Member-at-Large, Louise Scott-Rountree Additional Information:

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Supporting a Special Event Purpose: Annual Day of Prayer - Acclamation Day Date(s): Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 920 Mayor Kenneth Gibson Blvd., from the hours of 12:00 PM until 5:00 PM Sponsor(s): Council Member, Luis A. Quintana, Councilman-At-Large Additional Information: There are no related applications or invoices for this application.

Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Appointment Purpose: Appointment to the Newark Housing Authority Board Name of Appointee: Marques-Aquil Lewis Appointment Term: Upon Municipal Council confirmation and ending on April 20, 2028. Additional Information:

Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Appointment Purpose: Appointment to the Affirmative Action Review Council Name of Appointee: Deputy Mayor Rahman Muhammad Appointment Term: Upon Municipal Council confirmation and ending on September 17, 2028. Additional Information:

North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, Minutes, July 23, 2025

Springfield Urban Renewal, LLC, Financial Statements, January 1, 2025 through May 29, 2025

A motion requesting that the Law Department send a letter to the owners of the Gateway requesting that they keep the tunnel open for people walking to and from Pennsylvania Railroad Station and to abide to the Agreement regarding the same.

A motion directing the City Clerk to have prepared a resolution declaring September as Suicide Awareness Month.

A motion recognizing and commending the City of Summit Detective Sergeant Ruddy Garita and Detective Darin Sliker, on the heroic actions they displayed in the rescue of a toddler and a woman from a burning building in Newark, on Friday, August 29, 2025.