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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-10661J-89-998 10/18/89 ORDINANCE NO. tO GGI. AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN :INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS EMPLOYED IN THE LAW DEPARTMENT FROM NINETEEN TO TWENTY-ONE SUCH ATTORNEYS, WITH THE NEED FOR THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS HAVING BEEN CREATED AS A RESULT OF INCREASED ACTIVITY AND LITIGATION IN THE AREAS OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION, CONSTRUCTION CLAIMS, LABOR RELATIONS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT; SAID POSITIONS TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE MONIES APPROPRIATED IN THE BUDGETS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND ZONING AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW, RESPECTIVELY; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. An increase in the number of Assistant City Attorneys employed in the Law Department from nineteen to twenty-one such attorneys is hereby authorized with the need for the additional positions having been created as a result of increased activity and litigation in the areas of workers' compensation, construction claims, labor relations and code enforcement, said positions to be funded through the monies appropriated in the budgets of the Department of Building and Zoning and the Department of Law, respectively. Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar as they are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 3. 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 4. 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. Section 5. The requirement of reading this Ordinance on two separate days is hereby dispensed with by an affirmative vote of no less than four -fifths of the members of the Commission. 1.()G61L Section 6. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th _ day of October , 1989. .VIER L. /SUARJRZ, ATTES MATT IRAI CITY CLERIC BUDGETARY REVIEW AND APPROVAL: MANOHAR S. SURAN KIZZ , RECTOR DEPARTMENT OF BUDG T FINANCIAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL: CARLOSLV. GARCIA, DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: A�QIANN J S, I I I DEPUTY CI ATTORNEY APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: JOR$E L: FER ANDEZ CITY ATTORN AQJ/dfh/bss/M553 e 171r:T— 1 `+—Y= '2 THI_I 1 Co : 1244 L_AW DEP—r CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM TO lignorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission r : . r. A..... n. . FROM d rge� L. eXnand6Z City Att. rney P . 0 DATE October 18, 1989 Fit suf31ECT ' Assistant City Attorneys REEERENGES ; Increase in designated number f=f�C�09URE3 : � 1 Pursuant to Section 21 of the City Charter wherein the number of Assistant City Attorneys must be approved by you, I Am hereby requesting your approval for two additional Assistant City Attorney positions increasing thereby the number of Assistant City Attorneys from 19 to 21. 'these positions are needed to adequately serve the legal needs of the City in the areas of workers' compensation, construction claims, labor relations, and code enforcement. workers' compensation claims have increased'as a result of the recent Florida Supreme Court decision which invalidated the pension offset provision of the City of Miami's Pension Ordinance which allowed the City to offset an employee's workers' compensation payments against an employee's pension benefits. Two major construction litigation claims are- presently being litigated with the assistance of outs3ide'counsel in the law firms of Steel, Hector, Davis and Daniels, Mason & Kashtar, P.A.. Because of the highly specialized area of law involved, these firms have been engaged principally to provide an educational mode with a view toward developing in-house expertise in construction law so as to alleviate the need for hiring outside counsel. In addition, there has been a marked increase in claims as a result of police officers receiving the benefit of the Heart Rill which provides that any condition or impairment caused by tuberculosis, heart disease, or hypertension resulting in total or ppartial disability or death shall be presumed to have been accidental and to have been suffered in the line of duty, Moreover, this office is now handling all labor arbitrations and participates directly in labor contract negotiatio'n"s- which was previously handled by outside counsel. Lastly, the City Commission has expressed its will to double the number of prosecutions before the Code Enforcement Board and presentation of cases for prosecution before the Dade County Unsafe Structureq Board. 1,F/AQJ/bsa/F732 cc: Cusar H. Odio, City Manager matty Hirai, City Clerk 1LOG61 MIAMI REVIEW Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays Miami, Dade County, Florida. STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF DADE: Before the undersigned authority personally appeared Sookie Williams, who on oath says that she is the Vice President of Legal Advertising of the Miami Review, a daily (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays) newspaper, published at Miami in Dade County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being a Legal Advertisement of Notice In the matter of CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA ORDINANCE NO. 10661 X X X Inthe ......................................... Court, was published In said newspaper In the Issues of November 22, 1989 Afflent further says that the said Miami Review Is a newspaper published at Miami in said Dade County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published In said Dade County, Florida each day (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays) and bas been entered as second class mall matter at the post office in Miami In said Dade County, Florida, for a perlod of one year next preceding the firs ublication of the attached copy of advertisement; and afflan u her says that she has neither paid nor promised any pars rm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or r u for the purpose of securing this advertisement for pub c on in the id newspaper. ```�� tt J6*N0 ';q q) bscribed before me this �� �i 22... dip i�.,d`?.,......,,.., A.D. 19...8.9. pp,,�� !s 'Sane N� "dh;Rublic, S&.Zf Florida at Large (SEAL) = 7 •. R �G My ComAi14rl expirs'Suno 21r•1 1w MR 114A 0 • tiE EI V tJ 10 Nov 30 Nil 9* CITY CLEr K t, nF= l��IAI'�il, FLA. CITY OF'MIAM�, IFLORIDA j LEGAL'NO4iCE hAll,IntePesletl,4�larsona'�vitl�take'rLotice that on the 28th-day off Octotie►, 1989;;tFie City Commission of.MlamI; Florida, adopted; the„ following titled otdinaht.ea t 4 ORDINANCE NO 10861 { AN EMERGENCY ORf)INANCL'AUTF�ORItING AN INCREASE (N THE NUMBER of ASSISTANT. CITY ATTORNEYS EMPLOYED IN THE LAW ,DEPARTPv1ENT FROM' NINETEEN 70 TWENTY ONE a SUCH: ATTORNEYS;' WITH THE .NEED:"FOR THE'ADDITIONAL POSITIONS' NAVING_BEEN,.CREATED AS A RESULT OF INCIjPASED ACT1ViTY>AND:LITIGATION°IN 7HE;AREAS,OF WORKERS COMPENSATION; CQNSTRUCTION CLAIMS LABOR RELATIONSANp CODE;;ENFORCEMENT:.SAIQ;POSITIONS TO ; BE,,F.UNDE,D:THROUGIi'fHE`MONIES,APP.ROPRIATED.IN;T�IE ; BUDGETS OF THE,:DEPARTMENT.OF BUILDING AND ZONING AND TNE.DE. _RTMENT;OF LAW„ RESPECTIVELY;,CONTAINING A�REPE�jLER PROVISION AND:A'SEVERABILITY CLAUSE { ORDINANCEWO i0882 r AN', EMERGENCY ORDINANCE; WAIVING THE PA MENT OF t YOUTH FEES, THROUGH 17,YEARS.OF AGE, FOR INDIVIDUAL ApMIS310N TO ALL-CITY•OWNED SWlm ING,POOLS COM 4 MEN9If1 :UPON.�THE�;CONCLUSION OF`THE,.1989 SUMMER POOL' Sb2ASON; CONTAINING A REP>=A�ER PROVISION,AND A . , SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; Said ordinances may be Inspected by (he public;at the Office 4 of the;'City Cierk; 3500 Pan American Drive,_Mlami, Florida Monday through Friday, excluding holidaysi etween the hours of 8i:00 i a m: and 5 Ob p. - MATTY HIRAI CITY CLERK MIAMI FLORIDA 11/22 89 4112236M e.OMEN