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Resolution R-22-0159
Legislation
File Number: 11726
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 5/12/2022
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO APPROVE THE AUDIT OF EIGHT (8) VICTIMS ADVOCATE,
CURRENTLY GRANT FUNDED TEMPORARY POSITIONS OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI'S ("CITY") POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO RECLASSIFY SAID
TEMPORARY POSITIONS TO EIGHT (8) FULL-TIME GRANT FUNDED
POSITIONS INTENDED TO BETTER SERVE THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS OF
CRIMES DUE TO THE INCREASING POPULATION OF THE CITY AND
PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-21-0402 ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 23,
2021 AND RESOLUTION NO. R-21-0408 ADOPTED OCTOBER 1, 2021;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY CHANGES
TO ADJUST, AMEND, AND APPROPRIATE THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022
OPERATING BUDGET, FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN, STRATEGIC PLAN,
AND MULTI -YEAR CAPITAL PLAN REGARDING CITY SERVICES AND
RESOURCES AS NECESSARY, LEGALLY ALLOWED, AND APPLICABLE IN
ORDER TO AUDIT AND CREATE SAID POSITIONS FOR THE CITY'S POLICE
DEPARTMENT; RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN
NECESSARY ACTIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND DESIGNATED CITY
DEPARTMENTS TO UPDATE THE RELEVANT FINANCIAL CONTROLS,
PROJECT CLOSE-OUTS, ACCOUNTING ENTRIES, AND COMPUTER
SYSTEMS; PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on September 23, 2021, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-
21-0402 approving the General Fund Budget for the City of Miami's ("City") Fiscal Year
beginning October 1, 2021 and ending September 30, 2022 ("Fiscal Year 2021-22") in the
amount of $877,301,000 and the total budget for all non -capital funds in the amount of
$1,368,052,000 (collectively, "Adopted Budget"); and
WHEREAS, on October 1, 2021, pursuant to Resolution No. R-21-0408, the City
Commission modified and amended the City's Adopted Budget and the Capital Plan for Fiscal
Year 2021-22 as follows: (i) notwithstanding the language in Resolution No. R-21-0402,
including but not limited to the language in Section 16 of Resolution No. R-21-0402, in order for
the creation or change in temporary or permanent positions in the Miami Police Department
("MPD") to be effective, the City Commission must first confirm the creation or modification of
any MPD positions by an affirmative vote and (ii) requiring that notwithstanding anything in
Resolution No. R-21-0402 or the Capital Plan to the contrary, an affirmative vote of the City
Commission is required prior to any and all movements of monies that are different from the line
item -budgets' approved amounts as adopted on September 13, 2021 for the Capital Plan and
as adopted on September 23, 2021 for Resolution No. R-21-0402 for the departmental budgets
of MPD; and
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the City Commission's directives, MPD requested an audit of
eight (8) Victims Advocate grant -funded temporary positions, to be reclassified to eight (8) full
time grant -funded positions; and
WHEREAS, these positions are funded yearly by the State of Florida, Office of the
Attorney General, Division of Victim Services' Victims of Crime Act ("VOCA") grant; and
WHEREAS, due to the increasing population of the City and the steady increase in
caseloads, having the appropriate job classifications to maintain services provided to victims of
crimes is strategically important; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to authorize the City Manager to make
any and all necessary changes to adjust, amend, and appropriate the City's Operating Budget,
Five -Year Financial Plan, Strategic Plan, and Capital Plan regarding City services and
resources as necessary and legally allowed; and
WHEREAS, it is also in the best interests of the City to ratify, approve, and confirm
certain necessary actions of the City Manager and designated City departments to update the
relevant financial controls, project close-outs, accounting entries, and computer systems;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized' to approve the audit of eight (8) Victims
Advocate grant -funded temporary positions at MPD and reclassify said temporary positions to
eight (8) full-time grant funded positions as required pursuant to Resolution No. R-21-0402
adopted September 23, 2021 and Resolution No. R-21-0408 adopted October 1, 2021.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to make any necessary changes to adjust,
amend, and appropriate to the Fiscal Year 2021-22 operating budget, five-year financial plan,
strategic plan, and multi -year capital plan regarding City services and resources as necessary,
legally allowed, and applicable in order to audit and create said full-time positions for MPD.
Section 4. Certain necessary actions by the City Manager and the designated City
Departments to update the relevant financial controls, project close-outs, accounting entries,
and computer systems are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
' The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
2 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it is passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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ria i dez, C oty Attor iey 4/10/2022
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