ORDINANCE 42-2006

ORDINANCE OF THE BOROUGH OF MADISON APPROPRIATING $100,000.00 FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2000 TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT GRANT FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE MADISON TRAIN STATION

WHEREAS, the Borough Administrator has recommended that the Borough appropriate $100,000.00 from the Fiscal Year 2000 Transportation Enhancement Grant for improvements at the Madison Train Station; and

WHEREAS, the Friends of the Madison Shade Trees and the Friends of the Madison Train Station are recipients of a TEA-21 grant to restore the Historic Landscaping plan to the Madison Train Station; and

WHEREAS, the funds would be used for the complete curbing work and completion of the historically compatible landscaping plan approved by New Jersey Transit and the State Historic Preservation Office; and

WHEREAS, the Borough of Madison will be reimbursed from the TEA-21 grant for said expenditures.

WHEREAS, the Director of Finance has attested to the availability of the funds in the Fiscal Year 2000 Transportation Enhancement Grant in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 for this purpose; and

WHEREAS, the Borough Council has determined that the Borough should appropriate $100,000.00 from the Fiscal Year 2000 Transportation Enhancement Grant for improvements at the Madison Train Station; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Borough of Madison, in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey, as follows:

SECTION 1: The amount of $100,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Fiscal Year 2000 Transportation Enhancement Grant for improvements at the Madison Train Station.

SECTION 2: The budget of the Borough is hereby amended to conform with the provisions of this Ordinance.