HomeMy WebLinkAboutexhibit 4DRUG -FREE WORKPLACE CERTIFICATION
In accordance with the applicable statutes and regulations governing the Quality Housing
and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, the City of Miami certifies that it will continue to
provide a drug -free workplace by:
1. Publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture,
distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in
the grantee's workplace and specifying the actions that will be taken against
employees for violation of such prohibition;
2. Establishing an ongoing drug -free awareness program to inform employees about —
(a) The dangers of drug abuse in the workplace;
(b) The grantee's policy of maintaining a drug -free workplace;
(c) Any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance
programs; and
(d) The penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse occurring in
the workplace;
3. Making it a requirement that each employee to be engaged in the performance of the
grant be given a copy of the statement required by paragraph 1;
4. Notifying the employee in the statement required by paragraph 1 that, as a condition
of employment under the grant, the employee will —
(a) Abide by the terms of the statement; and
(b) Notify the employer in writing of his or her conviction for a violation of a
criminal drug statute occurring in the workplace no later than five calendar days
after such conviction;
5. Notifying the agency in writing, within ten calendar days after receiving notice under
subparagraph 4(b) from an employee or otherwise receiving actual notice of such
conviction. Employers of convicted employees must provide notice, including
position title, to every grant officer or other designee on whose grant activity the
convicted employee was working, unless the Federal agency has designated a central
point for the receipt of such notices. Notice shall include the identification number(s)
of each affected grant;
6: Taking one of the following actions within 30 calendar days of receiving notice
under subparagraph 4(b), with respect to any employee who is so convicted -
(a) Appropriate personnel action against such an employee, up to and including
termination, consistent with the requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
as amended; or
(b) Requiring such employee to participate. satisfactorily in a drug abuse assistance
or rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by Federal, State, or local
health, law enforcement, or other appropriate agency;
ANTI -LOBBYING CERTIFICATION
To the best of the jurisdiction's knowledge and belief:
1. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of it, to
any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any
agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee
of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract,
the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of
any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or
modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement;
2. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to
any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any
agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee
of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan, or
cooperative agreement, it will complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, "Disclosure
Form to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its instructions; and
3. It will require that the language of paragraph 1 and 2 of this anti -lobbying
certification be included in the award documents for all sub -awards at all tiers
(including subcontracts, sub -grants, and contracts under grants, loans, and
cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose
accordingly.
This Certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when
this transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite
for making of entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, U.S Code.
Any person who fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of
not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure.
Joe Arriola
City Manager
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