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Resolution: R-15-0395
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 15-01014 Final Action Date: 9/10/2015
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ADOPTING A TENTATIVE
BUDGET AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS RELATING TO OPERATIONAL AND
BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER
30, 2016.
WHEREAS, the City Manager has prepared and submitted to the Miami City Commission
("City Commission") a proposed budget ("Proposed Budget") of the estimated expenditures and
revenues of all City of Miami ("City") Departments, Offices and Boards for Fiscal Year 2015-16, copies
of such Proposed Budget having been (a) posted on the City's website, and, (b) furnished to the City
Clerk; and
WHEREAS, the General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2015-16 is $615,798,500 and the total
Budget for all non -capital funds is $913,962,800; and
WHEREAS, the City's ad valorem millage rate is 7.6465; and
WHEREAS, the major source of revenue for the General Fund is derived from the category
identified as "Property Taxes" in the amount of $268,768,800; and
WHEREAS, provisions have been duly made by the City Commission for Public Hearings on the
Proposed Budget before the City Commission as a Committee "of the Whole and Public Hearings
thereon were held ("First Budget Hearing"), as follows; and
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the City Commission modified the Proposed Budget as set forth
in Attachment A, attached and incorporated, by (1) not accepting the changes included in the memo
titled "Information for the First Budget Hearing - FY 2015-16 Proposed Budget", but instead by (2)
reducing the transfers out to capital from the General Fund by $15,311,300, (3) reducing the transfer
out to the General Employees and Sanitation Employees Pension Trust by $35,900 in the General
Fund, (4) reallocating $15,347,200 to Non -Departmental Reserve for Public Safety in the General
Fund, and (5) including from the earlier BH3 Item amendment for the Downtown Development
Authority ("DDA") budget by increasing revenues from the DDA and expenses in the Police
Department both by $110,000 with the addition of one police officer;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted
by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager has recommended a Proposed Budget, including the five (5)
year financial plan, for the City of Miami, Florida ("City"), for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1,
2015.
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Section 3. The Proposed Budget as submitted to the City Commission on July 7, 2015 is
incorporated herein by reference and is amended to include all of the applicable changes contained
inAttachment A and to become the "Tentative Budget" as hereby adopted.
Section 4. The following appropriations are made for the municipal operations of the General
Fund for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2015 and ending September 30, 2016:
GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS
Departments, Boards & Offices:
Mayor $ 1,075,000
Commissioners 2,658,400
City Manager 3,264,600
Office of Agenda Coordination 341,800
Auditor General 1,200,900
Capital Improvements and Transportation Program 5,330,200
City Attorney 7,558,400
City Clerk 1,624,700
Civil Service 435,000
Code Compliance 5,584,500
Office of Communications and Protocol 1,079,400
Equal Opportunity and Diversity Programs 369,900
Office of Film and Entertainment 381,100
Finance 8,506,800
Grants Administration 1,265,500
Human Resources 4,114,000
Information Technology 8,821,700
Management & Budget 2,135,400
Neighborhood Enhancement Teams (NET) 4,561,600
Procurement 2,162,200
Building Department 10,361,800
Planning and Zoning 6,856,000
General Service Administration 23,131,600
Public Works Dept. 20,502,900
Solid Waste 30,598,900
Fire -Rescue 111,880,700
Police 204,040,800
Department of Real Estate and Asset Management 8,525,100
Parks and Recreation 35,613,400
Risk Management 2,924,900
Community and Economic Development 2,252,700
Non -Departmental 62,059,400
Transfers - OUT 34,579,200
TOTAL GENERAL FUND $ 615,798,500
Reserves Based on Financial Integrity Principles:
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(Included in General Fund - NDA)
Contingency Reserves
Undesignated Reserves
TOTAL RESERVES
$ 5,000,000
$ 0
$ 5,000,000
Section 5. The above appropriations for the General Fund are made based on the following
sources of revenues for Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2016:
GENERAL FUND REVENUES
Property Taxes $ 268,768,800
Franchise Fees and Other Taxes 106,327,900
Interest 2,126,300
Transfers -In 4,181,100
Fines and Forfeitures 11,572,900
Intergovernmental Revenues 61,798,200
Licenses and Permits 58,502,300
Other Revenues 6,095,100
Charges for Services 96,425,900
TOTAL GENERAL FUND $ 615,798,500
Section 6. The following appropriations are made for the municipal operations of Debt Service
Funds for Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2016:
DEBT SERVICE FUNDS APPROPRIATONS
Special Obligation Bonds $ 36,161,700
General Obligation Bonds 26,103,500
TOTAL DEBT SERVICE FUNDS $ 62,265,200
Section 7. The above appropriations for Debt Service Funds are made based on the following
sources of revenues for Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2016:
DEBT SERVICE FUNDS REVENUES
Property Taxes $ 26,103,500
Transfers In & Other Revenues 36,161,700
TOTAL DEBT SERVICE FUNDS $ 62,265,200
Section 8. The following appropriations are made for the municipal operations of Special
Revenue Funds for Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2016:
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS
City Clerk Services $ 664,900
Community Development 59,453,200
Dept. of Real Estate and Asset Management Serv. 7,753,000
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Departmental Improvement Initiative 7,061,000
Economic Development (SR) 176,000
Emergency Funds 100,000
Fire Rescue Services 2,036,000
General Special Revenue 944,000
Homeless Program 2,876,400
Law Enforcement Trust Fund 2,229,500
Miami Ballpark Parking Facilities 6,598,400
Parks & Recreation Services 1,571,100
Planning Services 12,208,000
Police Services 14,117,500
Public Works Services 7,120,700
Solid Waste Recycling Educational Trust Fund 1,194,800
Transportation and Transit 21,576,400
Tree Trust Fund 3,545,900
UASI-Fire Rescue 4,187,600
TOTAL SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS $ 155,414,400
Section 9. The above appropriations for Special Revenue Funds are made based on the
following sources of revenues for Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2016:
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS REVENUES
All Sources
TOTAL SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
$ 155,414,400
$ 155,414,400
Section 10. The following appropriations are made for the municipal operations of Internal
Service Funds for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2016:
INTERNAL SERVICE FUND APPROPRIATIONS
Life and Health Insurance 42,845,900
Workers' Compensation 17,015,000
Others 20,623,800
TOTAL INTERNAL SERVICE FUND $ 80,484,700
Section 11. The above appropriations for Internal Service Funds are made based on the
following sources of revenues for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2016:
INTERNAL SERVICE FUND REVENUES
All Sources $ 80,484,700
TOTAL INTERNAL SERVICE FUND $ 80,484,700
Section 12. This Resolution is a resolution of precedent and all other resolutions in conflict
with it are held null and void insofar as they pertain to these appropriations; however, no provision
contained in this Resolution shall be construed to violate the Anti -Deficiency Act, as set forth in
Sections 18-500 through Sections 18-503 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended
("City Code"). The appropriations are the anticipated expenditure requirements for the City, but are
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not mandatory should efficient administration of City Departments and Boards or altered economic
conditions indicate that a curtailment in certain expenditures is necessary or desirable for the general
welfare of the City. The City Manager is specifically authorized{1} to transfer funds between accounts
and withhold any of these appropriated funds from encumbrance or expenditure should such action
appear advantageous to the economic and efficient operation of the City. The City Manager is also
authorized{1} to transfer any excess unrestricted moneys from other funds to the General Fund
provided that those are appropriated moneys which are no longer needed to implement the original
purpose of the appropriation and whose expenditure is not limited to use for any other specified
purpose.
Section 13. All departments and the number of employees designated therein provided for in
this budget either by position summary or by the organizational chart are deemed approved by the
City Commission. Any permanent change regarding same shall require City Commission approval.
Section 14. The City Manager is authorized{1} to administer the executive pay plan and
benefit package, and to disburse the funds appropriated herein for said purpose in a manner he
deems appropriate. The City Manager is also authorized{1} to administer and disburse the City
Commission benefit package. With the exception of those positions in which the salary is established
by City Commission action, the City Manager is further authorized{1} to establish the salaries of those
employees in executive and staff positions in accordance with the executive and staff pay plan.
These employees may receive any salary increases given in Section 15.
Section 15. The City Manager is authorized{1} to disburse any funds that may be designated by
the City Commission as cost -of -living or other pay adjustments to Civil Service, executive and staff
employees as may be approved by the City Manager.
Section 16. Nothing contained in this Resolution shall be construed as to prohibit or prevent the
City Manager, the administrative head of the City of Miami, who is responsible for the efficient
administration of all Departments, from exercising the power granted to and imposed upon him/her in
the City Charter to fix, adjust, raise, or lower salaries, and to create, abolish, fill or hold vacant,
temporary or permanent positions whenever it has been determined by the City Manager to be in the
best interest of efficient and economical administration of the City and all its Departments. The
authority contained in this Section shall also be applicable whenever the City Manager shall cause a
Department to reorganize itself to perform its services more efficiently; such reorganization may
include reduction of budgeted positions, reclassification of positions, and alteration of the number of
budgeted positions in any given classification.
Section 17.(a)(1) The transfer of funds between the detailed accounts comprising any
separate amount appropriated by the above sections hereof is approved and authorized{1} when
such transfer shall have been made at the request of the City Manager and when such transfer shall
have been made of any part of an unencumbered balance of an appropriation to or for a purpose or
object for which the appropriation for the herein fiscal year has proved insufficient.
(2) The transfer of funds between the detailed accounts comprising any
separate amount appropriated by the above sections hereof is approved and authorized{1} when
such transfer of funds is made at the request of the City Manager and when such transfer is to be
made between the detailed accounts appropriated to the same office, department, or division.
(b)(1) To effect salary adjustments, the City Manager is further authorized{1} to
make departmental and other transfers from any reserve accounts established in the General Fund,
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and is authorized{1} to approve transfers for any unforeseen requirements of all appropriated funds
as may be required so long as such transfer is consistent with the provisions contained in Chapter 18,
Article IX of the City Code.
(2) To facilitate effective budgetary control and sound fiscal management, the
City Manager is further authorized{1} to transfer funds from departmental budget reserve accounts to
the Emergency Account of Non -Departmental Accounts to other Funds, and to departmental budget
reserve accounts from the Emergency Account of Non -Departmental Accounts to other Funds.
(3) The Emergency Account is declared to be appropriated to meet emergency
expenses and is subject to expenditure by the City Manager for any emergency purpose.
(c) Except as herein provided, transfers between items appropriated shall be
authorized by resolution amendatory hereto, except that transfers from the Non -Departmental
Accounts may be made by resolution.
Section 18. (a) The City Manager is authorized{1} to invite or advertise for bids for the
purchase of any material, equipment, physical improvement, or service provided by the
aforementioned appropriations or which may be provided for in accordance with the authority of
Section 19, for which formal bidding is required; such bids to be returnable to the City Commission or
City Manager in accordance with Charter or City Code provisions.
(b) Further, expenditure of the herein appropriated funds is authorized{1} in the
procurement of goods and services by award or contract for the same by the City Commission
following the use, if applicable, of competitive negotiations unless the award of such contract by the
City Manager is expressly allowed under City Code provisions.
Section 19. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.{2}
Footnotes:
{1} The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be imposed by the
City Attorney, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code provisions.
{2} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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