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ORDINANCE NO.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE BY THE MIAMI CITY
COMMISSION ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL REVENUE
FUND ENTITLED: "MIAMI-DADE/MONROE WAGES
COALITION PROGRAM (PY'99-2000)" APPROPRIATING
GRANT FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THIS PROGRAM
IN THE AMOUNT OF $750,000 FROM THE
MIAMI-DADE/MONROE WAGES COALITION THROUGH THE
STATE OF FLORIDA WORK AND GAIN ECONOMIC
SELF-SUFFICIENCY (WAGES ACT), CHAPTER 414
FLORIDA STATUTES; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENT(S),
IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY,
WITH THE MIAMI -DADE /MONROE WAGES COALITION
FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF SAID GRANT; CONTAINING
A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, the Miami-Dade/Monroe WAGES Coalition has
awarded $750,000 to the City of Miami under the Work and Gain
Economic Self -Sufficiency ("WAGES") Program to provide employment
and training services for City of Miami residents impacted by
welfare reform; and
WHEREAS, this program is operated and administered by the
Department of Community Development, Office of Workforce
Development;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the
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Preamble to this Ordinance are hereby adopted by reference
thereto .and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
Section.
Section
2.
The following special revenue fund
is hereby
established
and
resources are hereby appropriated as
described
herein:
FUND TITLE: MIAMI-DADE/MONROE WAGES COALITION PROGRAM
(PY `99-2000)
RESOURCES: Miami-Dade/Monroe WAGES Coalition
through State of Florida, Work and
Gain Economic Self -Sufficiency
("WAGES" Act)
Chapter 414 Florida Statutes $750,000
APPROPRIATION: Miami-Dade/Monroe WAGES
Coalition Program (PY '99-2000) $750,000
Section 3. This appropriation is contingent upon funding
by the Miami-Dade/Monroe WAGES Coalition and the City Manager's
acceptance thereof.
Section 4. The City Manager is hereby authorized 1� to
accept the grant and to execute the necessary document(s), in a
form acceptable to the City Attorney, with the Miami-Dade/Monroe
WAGES Coalition for this purpose.
Section 5. The herein authorization shall remain valid
�i The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with
all requirements that may be imposed by the City Attorney,
including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City
Charter and Code provisions.
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and outstanding even if the anticipated grant award is reduced or
increased.
Section 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar
as they are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of
this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 7. If any section, part of section, paragraph,
clause, phrase, or word of this Ordinance is declared invalid,
the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 8. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an
emergency measure on the grounds of urgent public need for the
preservation of peace,, health, safety, and property of the City
of Miami, and upon the further grounds of the necessity to make
the required and necessary payments to its employees and
officers, payment of its debts, necessary and required purchases
of goods and supplies, and to generally carry on the functions
and duties of municipal affairs.
Section 9. The requirement of reading this Ordinance on
two separate days is hereby dispensed with by an affirmative vote
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of not less than four -fifths of the members of the Commission.
Section 10. This Ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor./
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY TITLE ONLY this 16th day of
November 1999.
JOE CAROLLO, MAYOR
'in accordance with Miami Code Sec. 2-36, since the Mayor did not indicate approval of
this legislation by signing it in the designated place provided, said le-gis!afinr, �, r
becomes effective with the elapse of ten (1 a) days fir the, dale of C;ommissien e:,,"^ri
regarding same, without the Mayor exercisi v
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Wa ter oe n, City Clerk
WALTER J. FO
CITY CLER .000
APPLIED AS�'O FORM CORRFCTNESS)t/
NDRO VILARELLO
ATTORNEY
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If the Mayor does not sign this Ordinance, it shall become
effective at the end of ten calendar days from the date it was
passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall
become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the
City Commission.
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TO: Honorable Mayor and
M/nd
of the City Commission
FROM: i
City Manager
RECOMMENDATION
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
DATE: NOV - 4 0099 FILE
SUBJECT: Appropriation Ordinance for
Miami-Dade/Monroe WAGES
Coalition (PY'99-2000)
REFERENCEPriunission Agenda Item
November 16, 1999
ENCLOSURES:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Emergency
Ordinance, which establishes a special revenue fund entitled the Miami-Dade/Monroe WAGES
Coalition Program and appropriates funds for the operation of this program in the amount of
$750,000, funded through the State of Florida Work and Gain Economic Self -Sufficiency
(WAGES Act) Chapter 414 Florida Statutes.
BACKGROUND
The Department of Community Development has prepared legislation appropriating funds and
establishing the following special revenue fund as a result of a grant award from the Miami-
Dade/Monroe WAGES Coalition.
The Coalition has awarded the City $750,000 to train and provide job placement assistance for
City of Miami residents being impacted by welfare reform.
This program is operated and administered by the Department of Community Development/Office
of Workforce Development. The proposed legislation is presented as an Emergency Ordinance to
ensure the continuation of these critical employment services to economically disadvantaged
residents in the City of Miami being impacted by welfare reform.
Adoption of the proposed legislation establishes the above referenced new special revenue fund
and appropriates funds as outlined above. This legislation also authorizes the City Manager to
accept the grant award and enter into an agreement with the Miami-Dade/Monroe WAGES
Coalition.
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