Constituent Services Guide - The City Of Newark, New Jersey

Office of the Mayor
Division of Constituent Affairs
Services and Appropriate Processes
Proclamation/Commendation from the Mayor
Must obtain and complete a proclamation/commendation request form. This form
can be obtained by emailing NewarkConstituentSer@ci.newark.nj.us .
Completed forms and background information must be emailed to the above
address or delivered to Constituent Affairs 920 Broad Street, Room 204 Newark,
NJ 07102.
Attached for your review are the following: 1) Proclamation/Commendation Request
Form, 2) examples of the different forms of acclamation available from the Mayor, and 3)
guidelines for the different acclamations.
Please be advised that all proclamation/commendation requests are to be made using the
attached form. Accompanying the attached form should be a draft of the
Proclamation or Letter of Commendation (Electronic MICROSOFT WORD version
required) containing all relevant information. Please use the attached templates as a
guide in this regard. (Attaching the following is preferred: personal biographies, business,
and/or group, profiles)
All requests must be received within 10 days of the date that the proclamation/
commendation is required. Last minute requests are not guaranteed.
Funding from the Mayor’s Office
All funding requests must be made, in writing, addressed to Mayor Cory Booker, 920
Broad Street, Room 200, 07102 or by emailing a formal request to Henrique Ferreira at
ferreirah@ci.newark.nj.us.
A status notification will be sent within 7-10 business days from the date in which the
funding request was received by Mayor’s Office.
Approved funding request will be handled in a relatively timely manner. We request that
you pay for the event from your organization’s budget and we will make a retroactive
contribution to you in an amount not to exceed the allotted amount.
Organizations, individuals, and establishments are limited to two donations within a
fiscal year (July1st of current year to June 30 th of following year). Organizations,
individuals, and establishments receiving funding from the city during the current fiscal
cycle will not be approved for funding.
Donations from the Mayor’s office are not obligatory and approvals are discretionary based on
available funds. Any additional sources of funding may be factored during the consideration
process.
Constituents are encouraged to seek funding from their Newark Municipal Council members, as
well as any other outside funding sources that may be available.
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