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Home My WebLink AboutO-09243ORDINANCE N6.11P d $ AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDITS; SETTING FORTH THE DUTIES AND RESPON- SIBILITIES OF SUCH OFFICE; PROVIDING FOR THE STAFFING THEREOF; FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2-333 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA (1980) AS AMENDED, WHICH HAD PROVIDED FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY BY TRANSFERRING THE MANAGEMENT, SUPER- VISION AND CONTROL OF SUCH FUNCTIONS TO THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDITS; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. WHEEAS, the City Commission has decided to improve the effectiveness and usefulness of City audit procedures and programs; and WHEREAS, such improvements are intended to strengthen internal administrative control systems and to provide increased capacity to monitor the conformity of administrative performance to established policies and procedures; and WHEREAS, upon the recommendation of the City Manager, the City Commission finds that the best means to accomplish said improvements is the establishment of an internal audit capacity in the administration which reports directly to the City Manager; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. 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 (1980) and the sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or relettered to accomplish such intention; and that the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section", "article", or other appropriate word. Section 2. The Office of Internal Audits is hereby created which shall report directly to the City Manager. Section 3. The office of Internal Audits shall be headed by an Internal Auditor appointed by the City Manager._ The Internal Auditor shall be qualified by'education and broad experience in the auditing, accounting and management fields of endeavor. Section 4. The office of Internal Audits 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. Section 5. The Internal Auditor, subject to the control and direction of the City Manager, shall be empowered to per- form: (a) Revenue Audits; (b) Expenditure Audits; (c) Lessee Compliance Audits; (d) Contractor Compliance Audits; (e) Franchise and License Audits; (f) Grant Compliance Audits; (g) Program and Performance Audits. The Internal Auditor shall file written reports with the City Manager reporting the results of individual audits under- taken in conformity with the above direction. Said reports shall, at a minimum, state: (a) The subject of the audit; (b) The findings of the audit; (c) The recommendations for follow-up action as a result of the audit, if any. The City Manager shall file quarterly written reports, or more often if deemed desirable by the City Manager, with the City Commission, summarizing the activities, findings, and follow-up actions resulting from the Internal Auditor's efforts. -2- L #40-- Section 6. The Internal Auditor, subject to specific authorization and direction by the City Manager is also empowered to carry out special audits and assignments in matters not expressly set forth herein including, but not limited to: (a) Assistance to any independent auditor of the City; (b) Cooperation with the Miami Audit Advisory Committee. Section 7. The City Manager may, from time to time, issue directives setting forth operating procedures to be followed and responsibilities to be discharged by the Internal Auditor. Section 8. Section 2-333 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida (1980), as amended is hereby amended by repeal- ing said section in its entirety and substituting the following in its place and stead: "Sec. 2-333. Internal Audit Function. _ The management, supervision and control of the internal audit functions to be performed on behalf of the City shall be the responsibility of the Office of Internal Audits." Section 9. All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar as they are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 10. 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. PASSED ON FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY this llth day of February 1981. PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING BY TITLE ONLY this 26th day of February , 1981. Maurice A. Ferre TEST • M A Y O R R PH G. ONGIE, CITY CLER r APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: ROBERT F. CLARK ACTING CITY ATTORNEY -4- Cit11 bl� tNiAMI LEGAL 110i0111t Idettreottod) All Interested will take notice that on the 281h day of February, 1981, the City Commission Of Miami, Florida adopted the following titled ordinances: MIAMI REVIEW AND DAILY RECORD Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays Miami, Dade County, Florida. STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF DADE: Before the undersigned authority personally ap- peared Becky Caskey, who on oath says that she Is the Assistant Director 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 or Notice in the matter of CITY OF MIAMI Re: Ordinance 9243 in the .. .. _ .. X X X ................... Court, was published in said newspaper in the issues of March 5, 1981 Affiant further says that the said Miami Review and Daily Record is a newspaper publishedat 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, Sun- day and Legal Holidays) and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Miami, in said Dade County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement: and affiant further says that she has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corpora- tion any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the said newspaper ` e`' tL i,wVI I sot , ed before m Mari'..:,..., A.D. 19...51. .day of ........ re Y �br Notary Pubic, atf-of/Florida at Large LI / (SEAL) L -' ✓p My Comm ion4 ti4Rt(itlttt 1'*; 82. COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI, BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF BLOCK 5; COPPINGERS TROPICAL GARDENS (18.52), BEING APPROXIMATELY 1901 NORTHWEST SOUTH RIVER DRIVE, FROM C-4 (GENERAL COMMERCIAL) TO R•4 (MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIPLE) DISTRICT, AND 4Y MAKING THE NECESSARY CHANGES IN THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP MADE A PART OF SAID ORDINANCE NO, 6871, BY REFERENCE AND DESCRIPTION IN ARTICLE Ill, SECTION 2 THEREOF; BY REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT .AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. RALPH G, ONGIE CITY CLERK MIAMI. FI.ORIDA Publication of this Notice on the 5 day of March 1981. 315 M81.030540RR ORDINANCE NO.9243 AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDITS; SETTING FORTH THE DUTIES AND RESPONSI- BILITIES OF SUCH OFFICE; PROVIDING FOR THE STAFFING THEREOF; FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2.333 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA (19M AS AMENDED, WHICH HAD PROVIDED FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY BY TRANSFERRING THE MANAGEMENT, SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF SUCH FUNCTIONS TO THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDITS; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION ARID A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.' ORDINANCE NO.9244 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 9179, ADOPTED OCTOBER 3, 1980, THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,1981, AS AMENDED, BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE GENERAL FUND, CITY MANAGER, OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDITS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $290,967, BY DECREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE GENERAL FUND, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, IN THE SAME AMOUNT; FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING FOR A NEWLY -CREATED OFFICE UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO BE KNOWN AS THE "OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDITS CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. ORDINANCE NO.9245 AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE MiAMI AUDIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVISING AND ASSISTING THE CITY COMMISSION TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND USEFULNESS OF THE CITY'S AUDIT PROCEDURES AND PROGRAMS AND TO DISCHARGE THE OBLIGATION TO SECURE ANNUAL AUDITS OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL BOOKS AND RECORDS AS REOUIRED BY LAW; SETTING FORTH THE COMPOSITION, DUTIES AND GENERAL GUIDELINES OF SAID COMMITTEE; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. ORDINANCE NO.9246 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ENTITLED: "RESCUE SERVICES" PROVIDING FOR REVENUES THEREIN TO BE RECEIVED FROM THE SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY ADDITIONAL ONE PERCENT FRANCHISE FEE TO PROVIDE FOR THE FUNDING OF SALARIES AND RELATED OPERATING COSTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESCUE SERVICES FOR FY 1981; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. ORDINANCE NO.9247 4 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 0199, THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPRO- PRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1980$1, AS AMENDED; BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR SUBSECTION XV, PARKING CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, (ITEM 6.1.) iN THE AMOUNT OF $110.000 FROM A LOAN FROtf,;,,- THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, PROCEEDS OF THS_ INTERAMA LAND SALE, FOR THE DOWWPWN GOVERN- MENT CENTER PARKING GARAGE; CCDONTING R REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABIi$Y C E; AND � DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT Ob RFJj SAME ON TWO SEPARATC DAYS BY A VOTE OFNOT LDS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE C9M SSION. C y ORDINANCE NO.920,10 , AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 i3.WINANCE� NO. 9199, THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEM APPRP- PRiATIONS ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL AVEAR 4tM41 A AMENDED; BY AMENDING SUBSECTION IX, CAPWA-e IMPROVEMENT FUND, TO ESTABLISH FUNDING IN TW— AMOUNT OF $150,000 AS A LOA" TO THE WATSON ISLANW DEVELOPMENT (ITEM IX.B. 0) 10) FROM PROCEEDS OF . THE INTERAMA LAND SALE; FOR PRE -DEVELOPMENT OASTS FOR PROPOSED WATSON ISLAND MARINAS; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. ORDINANCE NO.9249 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.6871. THE tl- I