Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Supporting the New Jersey Senate Bill No. S386 and New Jersey Assembly Bill No. A938 Purpose: To support the New Jersey Senate Bill No. S386 and New Jersey Assembly Bill No. A938 establishing the “New Jersey Reparations Task Force Act”. Sponsor: Council Member, John Sharpe James Additional Information: This Resolution supports the New Jersey Senate Bill No. S386 and New Jersey Assembly Bill No. A938 establishing the “New Jersey Reparations Task Force Act” to conduct research and develop proposals to address the generational harms caused by New Jersey’s role in America’s institution of slavery and its legacy of systemic racial discrimination.