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RESOLUTION NO._f
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION
AtTI'HORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENGAGE THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT (FDLE)
FOR THE PURPOSES OF: 1) CONDUCTING BACKGROUND
INVESTIGATIONS ON INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN
JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR POSSIBLE EMPLOYMENT
WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI, UNDER THE
MIAMI -DADE/MONROE COUNTY WAGES COALITION AND,
2) CONDUCTING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS AND
CREDIT CHECKS ON INDIVIDUALS, OFFICERS AND
OWNERS OF COMPANIES REQUESTING LOANS FROM THE
CITY OF MIAMI; ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR, IN
AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000, FROM 24TH
YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS, PROJECT NO.
799302-452423.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami has received funds from the
Miami-Dade/Monroe County Work and Gain Economic
Self -Sufficiency (WAGES) Coalition to assist City residents
impacted by welfare reform actions to qualify for employment
with the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami and the WAGES Coalition have
established a job training program for said residents for
the above purpose and in compliance with funding
specifications; and
WHEREAS, background investigations and ancillary tests
are required prior to becoming a City employee; and
WHEREAS, additional pre -employment testing required for
the above program's newly qualified applicants will
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necessitate the services of the FDLE; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Commission, at the December
81 1998 Commission Meeting, requested that similar
background investigations and credit checks be conducted on
individuals, officers and owners of companies requesting
loans from the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, these background and credit check services are
outside of the purview of the City of Miami's Department of
Human Resources and can be performed by the FDLE in a timely
manner; and
WHEREAS, funding for this service is available from
24th Year Community Development Block Grant .Administrative
Funds, Project No. '799302-452423;
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 hereby adopted by reference
thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in
this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to
engage the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) for
the purposes of: i) conducting background investigations on
individuals participating in job training programs for
possible employment with the City of Miami, under the
Miami-Dade/Monroe County WAGES Coalition and, 2) conducting
background investigations and credit checks on individuals,
officers and owners of companies requesting loans from the
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City of Miami, with funds therefor hereby allocated, in an
amount not to exceed $2.5,000, from 24th Year Community
Development Block Grant Administrative Funds, Project No.
799302-452423.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor11.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of
January 1999.
JOE CAROLLO, MAYOR
VhVwrdance with Miami Code Sec. 2-36, since the Mayer d10 not in�?�r "e approval of
Jhbr legislation by signing it in the designated i;,1�( E'
b3comes effective with the elapse of ten ('10) ci- trc Ie Gate C acftLcr-
ATTEST : regarding same, without the Mayor, exert' ' vet .
t , oeman, City Clerk
WALTER J. FOEMAN
CITY CLERK
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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA CA= 14
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: DATE: FILE
The Honorable Mayor and JAN 41 1999
Members of the City Commission SUBJECT:
Background and Credit
r��.. Check Services
FROM: D8 /M Wrs REFERENCES: Commission meeting
City Manager of January 12, 1999
ENCLOSURES:
RECIDAIN7ENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution
directing the City Manager to ezigage the services of the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement (FDLE) to conduct background checks on individuals participating in a
special program under the Miami-Dade/Monroe County WAGES Coalition Program
leading to employment for participants with the City of Miami. Additionally, in
compliance with the City Commission's direction, to engage the FDLE to perform
background and credit checks, under specified circumstances, on individuals, officers and
owners of companies requesting loans from the City of Miami. Funding for the
engagement of the FDLE is available from CDBG Administrative Funds 24`h Year
(799302-452423) and will not exceed an amount of S25,000.
BACKGROUND
The City of Miami has received funds from the Miami-Dade/Monroe County WAGES
Coalition to assist City of Miami residents who have been impacted by welfare reform.
A special program has been established between the City and the WAGES Coalition
whereby qualified City of Miami WAGES clients will be assessed and processed for
participation in special training programs leading to employment in the City's Police
Department, Fire Department and the Departments of Public Works, Parks and
Recreation, General Services Administration, and Solid Waste, as well as the NET's and
some Administrative Departments.
During the course of an employment preparation segment of the client's participation,
hundreds of clients will be completing the necessary background checks, drug screening
and physical examination that is required for all City employees. The services of the
FDLE is being requested to provide these checks.
At a recent Commission meeting, in response to questions raised about the backgrounds
of individuals and companies who had been awarded loans from the City, the
Commission requested that background and credit checks be performed for those
individuals, officers and owners of companies making loan application. The services of
the FDLE is being requested to provide these checks.
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