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File Number: 16-00820 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPROVING SIXTEEN (16)
SCHOLARSHIPS TO ATTEND AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OR TO OBTAIN A
COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,000.00
PER SCHOLARSHIP, FOR THE FOLLOWING ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS; JOE
SIMMONS, JR., MONICA JOHNSON, JONATHAN J. DUARTE, MARCHAE N.
GLENN, JAMESE TASHAE BROWN, AURELIS DORVIL, SIDNESHA HOLLAND,
ANDREW LUIS QUINTANA, KHALIL LEWIS, HEDRICK TOUSSAINT, STEPHANUS
NOLTON, GABRIELA ROJAS, RUBERLANDIS QUESADA, JACKLYN JACKSON,
ELEAZAR JOHNSON, AND JAMES CHRISTOPHER MUNGIN II; AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE, TO DISBURSE EACH SCHOLARSHIP
UPON FULFILLMENT BY THE APPLICANT OF THE APPLICABLE
PREREQUISITES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PRESENTATION OF
SATISFACTORY DOCUMENTATION FROM THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OR
VOCATIONAL PROGRAM; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL
DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO
THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY; ALLOCATING
FUNDS FROM THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ENTITLED, "SOLID WASTE
RECYCLING EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND", ACCOUNT CODE NO,
13100,212000.489000,0000.00000,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 10654, adopted October 12, 1989, the City
Commission established an educational trust fund, as codified in Section 22-15 of the Code of the City
of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), entitled "Educational trust fund established from recycling
program for scholarships to children of certain City employees, conditions for implementation'; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to this educational trust fund having been established from certain
monies received by the City of Miami ("City") from the recycling program upon the accumulation of
interest from the recycling program funds, as prescribed by Section 22-15 of the City Code, a
scholarship award may be made for an amount not to exceed $3,000,00 annually, to eligible, qualified
employees of the City's Department of Solid Waste ("Department"), or the children or legal dependents
of said employees, based upon a recommendation from the Department Director, which is based on
the applicable criteria in the ordinance and documents promulgated therein; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 13330, adopted July 26, 2012, the City Commission
approved and further amended Section 22-15 of the City Code, to pay up to fifteen (15) scholarships
to educational institutions for Department employees to attend educational programs, or for
commercial driver's license certification, in addition to fifteen (15) scholarships to college level
educational institutions for the children or legal dependents of Department employees, for an award
amount not to exceed $3,000.00 annually per awardee; and
WHEREAS, Joe Simmons, Jr., Monica Johnson, Jonathan J, Duarte, Marchae N. Glenn,
Jamese Tashae Brown, Aurelis Dorvil, Sidnesha Holland, Andrew Luis Quintana, Khalil Lewis, Hedrick
Toussaint, Stephanus Nolton, Gabriela Rojas, Ruberlandis Quesada, Jacklyn Jackson, Eleazar
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Johnson, and James Christopher Mungin II, are recommended by the Department Director, and by the
Solid Waste Recycling Educational Scholarship Selection Committee ("Selection Committee"), as
eligible recipients of these scholarship funds; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 22-15 of the City Code, a total of thirty (30) annual
scholarships are able to be awarded for an amount not to exceed $3,000.00 annually each; and
WHEREAS, the Department Director and the Selection Committee recommend the award of
sixteen (16) scholarships to eleven (11) children or legal dependents of Department employees to
attend a college level educational institution and to five (5) Department employees to attend an
educational program or obtain a commercial driver's license certification, for a total amount not to
exceed $46,500.00;
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 herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2, Sixteen (16) scholarships, for a total amount not to exceed $46,500,00, are
approved, as the amount for the current Solid Waste Recycling Program Scholarship for the
2015-2016 Fiscal Year, for each of the following:
City Employee Amount Children or Legal Dependent Amount
Stephanus Nolton 1,500.00 Monica Johnson 3,000.00
Joe Simmons, Jr. 3,000.00 Jonathan J. Duarte 3,000.00
Aurelis Dorvil 3,000.00 Marchae N. Glenn 3,000.00
Jacklyn Jackson 3,000.00 Jamese Tashae Brown 3,000,00
Eleazar Johnson 3,000.00 Sidnesha Holland 3,000.00
Andrew Luis Quintana 3,000.00
Khalil Lewis 3,000.00
Hedrick Toussaint 3,000.00
Gabriela Rojas 3,000.00
Ruberlandis Quesada 3,000.00
James Christopher Mungin II 3,000.00
Total 13,500.00 33,000.00
Section 3. The recommendation of the Department Director and the work of the Selection
Committee are acknowledged.
Section 4, The City Manager, or designee, is authorized {1} to disburse each of these sixteen
(16) scholarships upon fulfillment by the applicant of the applicable prerequisites including, but not
limited to, the presentation of satisfactory documentation from the educational institution or vocational
program.
Section 5, The City Manager, or designee, is authorized {1} to execute all documents
necessary for said purpose, in a form acceptable to the City Manager, or designee, and the City
Attorney,
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Section 6, Funds for said scholarships are to be allocated from Special Revenue Fund entitled,
"Solid Waste Recycling Educational Trust Fund", Account Code No.
13100.212000.489000.0000. 00000.
Section 7. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
of the Mayor. {2}
A'ROVAS TO M A DjC0'`ECTNESS:
1CTORIA°'MENDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY
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 Code
provisions.
{2} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of the 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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