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FROM
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
The Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Commission
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City Manager
DATE : _ Jti1V 5 2000 FILE
SUBJECT : Budget Information for
Office of Media Relations
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
Discussion and explanation concerning proposed additional appropriations
in the amount of $31,500 to the Office of Media Relations.
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cc: Jorge Luis Hernandez, Director
Office of Media Relations
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CITY OF 1IIANI1. FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor and Members DATE JAN 2 7 2000
of the City Commission
SUBJECT: Motion 99-950
Media Relations
FROM: Ona .Warshaw REFERENCES:
City Manager
ENCLOSURES:
FILE
Report
Please refer to City Commission Motion 99-950 instructing to the City Manager to provide a
full explanation as to why the Office of Media Relations went over its budgetary amount.
The below noted is in response to that request:
• The FY 1999 Media Relations' Budget was approved on June 30, 1998.
• On November 8, 1998, the Director of Media Relations provided sufficient and
timely written documentation to the City's Administration on the projected
deficit. This information was submitted prior to the adoption of the Anti -
Deficiency Ordinance.
• The ,City Administration approved Media Relations' projected deficit on the
same date, in anticipation of receiving the TCI monies.
• The City's Anti -Deficiency Ordinance (11727) was adopted on November 17,
1998 and became effective on December 17, 1998.
• Media Relations did not exceed its FY 1999 budget until September 1999.
• The City Administration waited until the end of FY 1999 to cover said deficit in
anticipation of receiving the TCI funds.
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C: Alejandro Vilarello, City Attorney
Walter J. Foeman, City Clerk
John F. Lindsay, Chief of Staff
Elvi Gallastegui-Alonso, Agenda Coordinator
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