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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDI
DATE : December 12, 1988
TO: Cesar R. Od io
City Manager SUWECT Miami - Ner 1VOrld Center
Tours of O.S. and
International Journalists
REFERENCES:
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Rafael B. Suarez -Rivas .
Assistant City Attorney ENCLOSURES
I have investigated whether Aida Levitan & Associates,
Inc.'s 'Miami New World Center Tours' Contract has been
- ; awarded, and I have
found that such Contrect was awarded at the
City Commission meeting of July 14, 1988 (item 108, Motion
!; 88-673, passed July 14, 1988), but funding needs
to be
E implemented. The Motion, introduced and passed by the Mayor,
included the following: by
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Amotion approving sponsorship of Miami .New , }
World Center Tours of United States and ;}
international journalists. .in the amount xT
of $50,000= said amount to be available from
- 1 the FY 189 Budget.
It ,is clearly evident that the City Commission app roved;the r
allocation of the aforementioned sum from the FY 1989 Budget;, 'but }
the vote was taken without clarifying which budget the $50,000
}; was to be appropriated from.
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_ A rule of law for liability on City contracts is contained
in Section 27(1) of the City of Miami Charter, which provides
that the City is not liable upon a contract unless an
appropriation is made by the City towards the payment of -such
contract.`
' Without making any independent inquiry into the availability
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or non -availability of the contract funds, i make the following
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recommendations:
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1 If the funding is available, Motion 88-673
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did authorize this contract and it should be
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