HomeMy WebLinkAboutSEOPW-CRA-2000-06-26 MiscellaneousFORM 8B MEMORANDUM OF VOTINw CONFLICT FOR
COUNTY, MUNICIPAL, AND OTHER LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICERS
LAST NAME— FIRST NAME —MIDDLE NAME I NAME OF BOARD. COUNCIL COMMISSION. AUTHORITY. OR COMMITTEE
Gort, Wifredo
MAILING ADDRESS
3500 Pan American Drive
CITY COUNTY
Miami, Miami -Dade County
DATE ON WHICH VOTE OCCURRED
June 26, 2000
Commissioner, District 1
THE BOARD. COUNCIL COMMISSION, AUTHORITYOR COMMITTEE ON
WHICH 1 SERVE IS A UNIT OF.
19 CITY O COUNTY O OTHER LOCAL AGENCY
NAME OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
City of Miami, Miami -Dade County
MY POSITION IS.
WHO MUST FILE FORM iE
JI ELECTIVE O APPOINTIVE
This form is for use by any person serving at the county, city, or other local level of government on an appointed or elected board,
council, commission, authority, Or committee. It applies equally to members of advisory and non -advisory bodies who are presented
with a voting conflict of interest under Section 112.3143, Florida Statutes.
Your responsibilities under the law when faced with a measure in which you have a conflict of interest will vary greatly depending
on whether you hold an elective or appointive position. For this reason, please pay close attention to the instructions on this form
before completing the reverse side and filing the form.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 112.3143, FLORIDA STATUTES
A person holding elective or appointive county, municipal, or other local public office MUST ABSTAIN from voting on a measure
which inures to his special private gain. Each elected or appointed local officer also is prohibited from knowingly voting on a measure
which inures to the special gain of a principal (other than a government agency) by whom ,be is retained (including the parent
organization or subsidiary of a corporate principal by which he is retained); to the special private gain of a relative; or to the special
private gain of a business associate. Commissioners of community redevelopment agencies under Sec. 163.356 or 163.357, F.S., and
officers of independent special tax districts elected on a one -acre, one -vote basis arc not prohibited from voting in that capacity.
For purposes of this law, a "relative" includes only the officer's father, mother, son, daughter, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother4n-
law, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law. A `business associate" means any person or entity engaged in or carrying on a business
enterprise with the officer as a partner, joint venturer, coowner of property, or corporate s)�areholder (where the shares of the
corporation are not listed on any national or regional stock exchange).
ELECTED OFFICERS:
In addition to abstaining from voting in the situations described above, you must disclose the conflict:
PRIOR TO THE VOTE BEING TAKEN by publicly stating to the assembly the nature of your interest in the measure on
which you are abstaining from voting; and
WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER THE VOTE OCCURS by completing and filing this form with the person responsible for
recording the minutes of the meeting, who should incorporate the form in the minutes.
APPOINTED OFFICERS:
Although you must abstain from voting in the situations described above, you otherwise may participate in these matters However,
you must disclose the nature of the conflict before making any attempt to influence the decision, whether orally or in writing and
whether made by you or at your direction.
IF YOU INTEND TO MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE THE DECISION PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT WHICH
THE VOTE WLL BE TAKEN:
• You must complete and file this form (before making any attempt to influence the decision) with the person responsible for
recording the minutes of the meeting, who will incorporate the form in the minutes.
A copy of the form must be provided immediately to the other members of the agency.
The form must be read publicly at the next meeting after the form is filed.
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IF YOU MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO% .s=LUENCE THE DECISION EXCEPT BY`-,rGCUSSION AT THE MEETING:
• You must disclose orally the nature of your conflict in the measure before participating.
• You must complete the form and file it within 15 days after the vote occurs with the person responsible for recording the minutes of
the meeting, who must incorporate the form in the minutes. A copy of the form must be provided immediately to the other
members of the agency, and the form must be read publicly at the next meeting after the form is filed.
DISCLOSURE OF LOCAL OFFICER'S INTEREST
I, Wi f re do Gort , hereby disclose that on June 26, 2000
(a) A measure came or will come before my agency which (check one)
inured to my special private gain;
inured to the special gain of my business associate,
inured to the special gain of my relative, "
inured to the special gain of by
whom 1 am retained, or
inured to the special gain of
is the parent organization or subsidiary of a principal which has retained me.
(b) The measure before my agency and the nature of my conflicting in erest in the measure is as follows:
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NOTICE: UNDER PROVISIONS OF FLORIDA STATUTES 1112.317 (1991), A FAILURE TO MAKE ANY REQUIRED
DISCLOSURE CONSTITUTES GROUNDS FOR AND MAY BE PUNISHED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:
IMPEACHMENT, REMOVAL OR SUSPENSION FROM OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT, DEMOTION, REDUCTION IN
SALARY, REPRIMAND, OR A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TC EXCEED S5,000.
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