27-22 Sustainable Jersey and PSEG Foundation-Small Grants Program.pdf

27-22 February 15, 2022 RESOLUTION Resolution of Support from the Township of West Orange Authorizing the Sustainable Jersey® Grant funded by PSEG WHEREAS, a sustainable community seeks to optimize quality of life for its residents by ensuring that its environmental, economic and social objectives are balanced and mutually supportive; and WHEREAS, the Township of West Orange strives to save tax dollars, assure clean land, air and water, improve working and living environments; and WHEREAS, the Township of West Orange is participating in the 2022 Sustainable Jersey Program; and WHEREAS, one of the purposes of the Sustainable Jersey Program is to provide resources to municipalities to make progress on sustainability issues, and they have created a grant program called the Sustainable Jersey Small Grants funded by PSEG; THEREFORE, the Mayor and Council of the Township of West Orange has determined that the Township of West Orange should apply for the aforementioned Grant in the amount of $10,000.00 as recommended in the updated Green Feasibility Plan prepared by Passaic Valley Sewer Commission for the implementation of a project to install rain garden/ bioretention systems; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Mayor and Council of the Township of West Orange, State of New Jersey, authorize the submission of the aforementioned Sustainable Jersey Grant funded by PSEG. CERTIFICATION I, Karen J. Carnevale, Township Clerk, do herby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a resolution adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Township of West Orange at a meeting held on the 15th of February, 2022. IN WITNESS WHEROF, I have hereunder set my hand and the official seal of this body this 15th day of February, 2022. Karen J. Carnevale, R.M.C. Susan McCartney Municipal Clerk Council President Adopted : February 15, 2022