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1/3/ 86
ORDINANCE NO. �_
AN EMERGENCY
ORDINANCE, CREATING A NEW
DEPARTMENT TO BE KNOWN AS THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNICATIONS;
PRESCRIBING THE;
RESPONSIUF9II.ITIES,
FUNCTIONS, AND DUTIES OF
THE DEPARTMENT;
FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THIS
TRANSFER OF
PERSONNEL,, RECORDS, AND
EQUIPMENT, PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED IN THE, FY
1985-86 BUDGET
OF THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC
INFORMATION AND THE 0 F FICh OF CABLE
COMMUNICATIONS;
PROVIDING FOR FUTURE
REAPPROPRIATION
OF BUDGETED FUNDS FOR THE:
OFFICE OF PUBLIC
INFORMATION; AUTHORIZING THE
EXPENDITURE OF
FUNDS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNICATIONS;
CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION AND A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, Section 19A of the Charter of the City of Miami
provides that the City Commission may create new departments or
discontinue any department and determine, combine, and distribute
the functions and duties of departments and su A ivisions thereof;
and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Commission to exercise
such authority and to create a new department to be known as the
Department
of
Communications
for the purpose
of consolidating
the
functions
and
duties of the
Office of Cable
Communications
and
the Office of Public Information; and
WHEREAS, the general public will be served thereby in a more
economical, efficient, and satisfactory manner;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Creation; responsibility.
Notwithstanding any provision in the City Code to the
contrary, there is hereby created a department to be known as the
Department of Communications. The Department of. Communications
shall be responsible for enforcing and implementing the
requirements of the Cable Television License Ordinance, and
serving as the information and communications ar_,n of the City of
Miami.
Section 2. Staffing.
(a) The Department of Communications shall be staffed by
such professional assistants and support personnel as shall be
designated by the City Manager and as are approved in the City's
Annual Budget, as may be amended from time to time by the City
Commission, upon recommendation from the City Manager.
(b) Personnel, records, and equipment previously budgeted
in the FY 1985-86 budc;et of Office of Public Information and
Office of Cable Communications are hereby transferred and
assigned to the Department of Communications.
Section 3. General duties; powers.
The Department of Communications, subject to the control and
direction of the City Manager, shall be empowered to perform the
following duties:
(1) Cable television regulation, including determination of
the cable television licensees compliance with the
City's ordinances and administrative rules pertain to
cable television.
(2) Complaint resolution, involving interaction with the
public on a daily basis.
(3) Monitoring the rulings and decisions of judicial and
administrative tribunals and potential local, state and
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federal legislation for effects on the City's
ordinances pertaining to cable television.
(4) Monitoring and facilitating the use of the educational
and public cable television access channels, including
allocation and management of acces:3 channels in the
subscriber system as provided in Section 401 of the
Cable Television License Ordinance.
(5) Municipal programming services, including the
production of programming for and the operation of the
municipal access channels.
(6) Management and utilization of the institutional cable
network, including research, implementing, operating,
managing, and maintaining the institutional network
service.
(7) Preparing and coordinating news releases, proclama-
tions,
dedication
ceremonies,
special events
and
any
other
informative
details for
and on behalf of
the
City
for dissemination on the cable television access
channels.
(8) Promoting and publicizing various events sponsored or
co -sponsored by the City through use of the cable
television access channels.
(9) Preparing information for distribution to municipal
employees through use of the cable television access
channels.
Section 4. Special assignment.
The department staff, subject to specific authorization and
direction by the City Manager, is also empowered to carry out
special assignments in matters not expressly set forth herein.
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Section 5. Establishment of operating_procedures
and responsibilities.
The City Manager may, from time to time, issue directives
setting forth operating procedures to be followed and
responsibilities to be discharged by the Department of
Communications.
Section 6. Funding.
All budgeted funds of the Office of ?ublic Information will
be subject to future reappropriation.
The Department of Communications is hereby authorized to
expend funds currently appropriated to the Office of. Cable
Communications.
Section 7. All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar as
they are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this
Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 8. 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 9. 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 10. The requirement of reading this ordinance on
two separate days is hereby dispensed with by an affirmative vote
of not less than four -fifths of the members of: the Commission.
Section 11. It is the intention of the City Commission that
the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made a part
of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, which
provisions may be renumbered or relettered and that the word
"ordinance" may be changed to "section", "article", or other
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appropriate word to accomplish such intention.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of
ATTEST:
MAWY HIRAI
City Clerk
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
ROBERT F. CLARK
Chief Depu City Attorney
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APP12 ED A TO %FORA AND CORRECTNESS:
UCI A. DOUG ERTY
City Attorney
January , 198ti.
XAVIER LZSUA sZ, MAYOR
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CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIOA 16
IrITER-OFFICS MEMORANDUM
TO' Honorable Mayor and Members
oarz: JAN - .3 1986 FTL=.
of the City Commission
suBJEc-: Creating Department of
Communications
FROM Cesar H . Odio t� REFERENCES.
City Manager }
ENCLOSURES: Ordinance
It is recommended that the attached Emergency
Ordinance creating a new department to be
known as the Department of Communications;
prescribing the responsibilities, functions,
and duties of the department; containing a
repealer provision and a severability clause, be
adopted by the City Commission."
Consolidation of the Cit 's Office of Cable Communications and
Office of Public Information into One Department
Consistent with the City Commission's desire to streamline the
administration, it is proposed that the Office of Cable
Communications and the Office of Public Information be
consolidated . into one department, the Department of
Communications, with emphasis on activities structured under the
Cable Television License Ordinance.
Advantages
The consolidated Department of Communications would provide the
'— following advantages:
1. Direct annualized savings of up to an estimated one million
dollars from the'general budget.
2. Eliminate costly duplication of effort.
3. Improve quality and cost effectiveness of services by
increasing the productivity of personnel.
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Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
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Background
During the initial years of the cable television system, the
focus of the Office of Cable Communications has been on
regulatory matters. Along with its continuing regulatory duties,
the Office is responsible for utilization of the cable
communications system to the City's benefit. Since the cable
system is now substantially completed, the management and use of
the access channels available on the subscriber and institutional
networks should be implemented.
The purpose of utilizing these channels is to provide information
that will improve the use of City services, contribute to an
informed citizenry, promote understanding of local government,
as well as to provide a flexible, cost saving communications link
between municipal departments and agencies. Since the Office of
Public Information performs some similar services, it makes sound
economic sense to employ its staff in a consolidated Department
_ of Communications. Thus this step will maximize efficiency and
productivity, while reducing costs.
The use of special revenue funds derived from the Cable
Television License Ordinance is restricted by federal Cable
Communications Policy Act of 1984. The Department of
Communications will be funded by these special revenue funds and
other sources that as the result of this consolidation are going
to be established.
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J-86--4 3
12/31/85
ORDINANCE NO.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW
DEPARTMENT TO BE KNOWN AS THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNICATIONS; PRESCRIBING THE
RESPONSIBILITIES, FUNCTIONS, AND DUTIES OF
THE DEPARTMENT; FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE
TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL, RECORDS, AND
EQUIPMENT, PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED IN THE FY
1985-86 BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC
INFORMATION AND OFFICE OF CABLE
COMMUNICATIONS; PROVIDING FOR FUTURE
REAPPROPRIATION OF BUDGETED FUNDS FOR THE
OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION; AUTHORIZING THE
EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNICATIONS; CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, Section 19A of the Charter of the City of Miami
provides that the City Commission may create new departments or
discontinue any department and determine, combine, and distribute
the functions and duties of departments and subdivisions thereof;
and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Commission to exercise
such authority and to create a new department to be known as the
Department of Communications for the purpose of consolidating the
functions and duties of the Office of Cable Communications and
the Office of Public Information; and
WHEREAS, the general public will be served thereby in a more
economical, efficient, and satisfactory manner;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Creation; responsibility.
Notwithstanding any provision in the City Code to the
contrary, there is hereby created a department to be known as the
Department of Communications. The Department of Communications
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shall be responsible for enforcing and implementing the
requirements of the Cable Television License Ordinance, and
serving as the information and communications arm of the City of
Miami.
Section 2. Staffing.
(a) The Department of Communications shall be staffed by
such professional assistants and support personnel as shall be
designated by the City Manager and as are approved in the City's —
_E Annual Budget, as may be amended from time to time by the City
Commission, upon recommendation from the City Manager.
(b) Personnel, records, and equipment previously budgeted
- in the FY 1985-86 budget of Office of Public Information and
Office of Cable Communications are hereby transferred and
assigned to the Department of Communications.
Section 3. General duties; powers.
The Department of Communications, subject to the control and
direction of the City Manager, shall be empowered to perform the
following duties:
(1) Cable television regulation, including determination of
the cable television licensees compliance with the
City's ordinances and administrative rules pertain to
cable television.
(2) Complaint resolution, involving interaction with the
public on a daily basis.
(3) Monitoring the rulings and decisions of judicial and
administrative tribunals and potential local, state and
federal legislation for effects on the City's
ordinances pertaining to cable television.
(4) Monitoring and facilitating the use of the educational
and public cable television access channels, including
allocation and management of access channels in the
subscriber system as provided in Section 401 of the
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a
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Cable Television License Ordinance.
(5)
Municipal programming services, including the
production of programming for and the operation of the `
municipal access channels.
(6)
Management and utilization of the institutional cable
network, including research, implementing, operating, —
managing, and maintaining the institutional network
service.
(7)
Preparing and coordinating news releases, proclama-
tions, dedication ceremonies, special events and any
—
other informative details for and on behalf of the City
for dissemination on the cable television access
channels.
(8)
Promoting and publicizing various events sponsored or
'
co -sponsored by the City through use of the cable
television access channels. -
(9)
Preparing information for distribution to municipal
—
employees through use of the cable television access
channels. _
Section.4. Special assignment.
The department staff, subject to specific authorization
and direction bythe City Manager, is also empowered to carry out
special assignments in matters not expressly set forth herein.
Section 5. Establishment of operating procedures
and res onsibilities.
The City Manager may, from time to time, issue directives
setting forth operating procedures to be followed and
responsibilities to be discharged by the Department of
Communications.
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Section 6. Funding.
All budgeted funds of the Office of Public Information will
be subject to future reappropriation.
The Department of Communications is hereby authorized to
expend funds currently appropriated to the Office of Cable
Communications.
Section 7. All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar as
they are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this
Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 8. 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 9. It is the intention of the City Commission that
the provisions may be renumbered or relettered and the word
"ordinance" may be changed to "section", "article", or other
appropriate word to accomplish such intention.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY this
day of , 1986.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY this
day of ► 1986.
ATTEST:
MATTY HIRAI
City Clerk
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
'ROBERT . CL
• Chief Deputy City Attorney
AP4ftVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
LUCIA A. DOUGHERTY
City Attorney
XAVIER L. SUAREZ, MAYOR
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MIAMI REVIEW
AND DAILY RECORD
Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday and
Legal Holidays
Miami, Dade County, Florida.
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF DADS
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared
Sonia Halligan, who on oath says that she Is the Assistant to
the Supwvlsor of Legal Advertising of the Miami Review and
Daily Record, 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 MIPLMI
Re: ORDINANCE NO. 10067
X X X
In the ......................................... Court,
was published In sold newspaper In the Issues of
Jan 13, 1986
Afflant further says that the said Miami Review and Daily
Record Is a newspaper published at Miami in said Dads County,
Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been
continuously published In said Dads County, Florida, each day
(except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays) and has been
entered as second class mail matter at the post office in
Miami In sold Dade County, Florida, for a period of one year
next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of
advertisement; and aftiant further says that she has neither
paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation arty discount.
rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this
advertisement for publication Itr�Mimic! newspaper.
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13th = 'Jan 86
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CITY OF MIAMI,
DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
LEGAL NOTICE -
All interested persons will take notice that on the 9lh day of
January, 1986, the City Commission of Miami, Florida, adopted the
following titled ordinance(s):
ORDINANCE NO. low
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW DEPART-
MENT TO BE KNOWN AS THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMU-
NICATIONS; PRESCRIBING THE RESPONSIBILITIES, FUNC-
TIONS, AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT; FURTHER PRO.
VIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL, RECORDS,
AND EQUIPMENT, PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED IN THE FY 1985-86
BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION AND
THE OFFICE OF CABLE COMMUNICATIONS; PROVIDING
FOUR FUTURE REAPPROPRIATION OF BUDGETED FUNDS
FOR THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION; AUTHORIZ-
ING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF COMMUNICATIONS; CONTAINING A REPEALER PRO-
VISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
ORDINANCE NO. 10068
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TO PROVIDE
FOR CHANGING THE NAME OF THE "BUILDING AND VEHI-
CLE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT" TO "GENERAL SERV-
ICES ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT"; AND TRANSFER-
RING THERETO FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THE
DIVISION OF PURCHASING AND THE DIVISION OF PROP-
ERTY AND LEASE MANAGEMENT; AND PROVIDING WITHIN
SAID GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
AN "OFFICE OF MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESS AFFAIRS
AND PROCUREMENT", WHICH WILL BE CREATED BY THE
CITY MANAGER: FURTHER TRANSFERRING TO THIS NEWLY
NAMED DEPARTMENT (GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRA-
TION DEPARTMENT), ALL PERSONNEL, RECORDS, FUNDS
AND EQUIPMENT PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED TO THE DIVI-
SION OF PURCHASING, AND THE DIVISION OF PROPERTY
AND LEASE MANAGEMENT; PROVIDING THAT ALL FUNC-
TIONS HERETOFORE PERFORMED BY THE PURCHASING
DIVISION AND THE PROPERTY AND LEASE MANAGEMENT
DIVISION BE MANAGED AND SUPERVISED BY THE DIREC-
TOR OF THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT AND BE ADMINISTERED AS DIVISIONS WITHIN
THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT;
WITH THE SUPERVISORS OF SAID DIVISIONS TO BE
APPOINTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE GENERAL SERV-
ICES ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT; MORE PARTICULAR-
LY, BY REPEALING CODE SECTIONS 2.256 THROUGH 2-260
IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND BY ADDING NEW SECTIONS 2.261,
2.262, and 2.263 TO SAID CODE: CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
ORDINANCE NO. 10069
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW DEPART-
MENT TO BE KNOWN AS THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
FACILITIES; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A
DIRECTOR BY THE CITY MANAGER; PRESCRIBING THE
RESPONSIBILITIES, FUNCTIONS, AND DUTIES OF THE
DEPARTMENT; FURTHER PROVIDING'FOR THE TRANSFER
OF PERSONNEL, RECORDS AND.EQUIPMENT TO SAID
DEPARTMENT, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED IN
THE FISCAL YEAR 1985.86 BUDGET OF THE FOLLOWING
CITY ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS: COCONUT GROVE EXHIBI-
TION CENTER, MIAMI MARINE STADIUM, MIAMI BASEBALL
STADIUM AND ORANGE BOWL STADIUM; AUTHORIZING
THE SAID DEPARTMENT'S EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS
CURRENTLY APPROPRIATED TO SAID ADMINISTRATIVE
UNITS; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEV-
ERABILITY CLAUSE.
MATTY HIRAI
CITY CLERK
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
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