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Ordinance 13861
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 6294 Final Action Date: 9/26/2019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ADOPTING A FINAL BUDGET AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS RELATING
TO OPERATIONAL AND BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2019 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2020;
RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN NECESSARY
ACTIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND DESIGNATED CITY OFFICIALS IN
ORDER TO UPDATE THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS, FINANCIAL
CONTROLS, COMPLETED PROJECTS, PROJECT CLOSE-OUTS,
ACCOUNTING ENTRIES, AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH AND FOR GRANTS IN PROGRESS; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 200.065(2)(a)(4) and 200.065(2)(c), Florida Statutes
(2019), the City Manager has prepared and submitted to the City Commission a proposed budget
of the expenditures and revenues of all City of Miami ("City") Departments, Offices, and Boards
for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2019 and ending September 30, 2020 ("Proposed
Budget"); and
WHEREAS, a copy of the Proposed Budget was delivered to City Elected Officials,
posted on the City's website, and placed on file with the Office of the City Clerk on July 3, 2019;
and
WHEREAS, the General Fund Budget for the Fiscal Year is $808,633,000 and the total
Budget for all non -capital funds is $1,137,380,000; and
WHEREAS, (a) the City's tentative general operating ad valorem millage rate is 7.5665
and (b) the City's millage to provide for payment of maturing principal and interest, and charges
and requirements related thereto, of voter approved indebtedness is 0.4235 mills, which (c)
millage rates have been adopted as the final overall total millage rate of 7.9900 mills on the dollar
of taxable value of all real and personal property in the City; and
WHEREAS, the major source of revenue for the General Fund is derived from the
category identified as "Property Taxes" in the amount of $396,441,000; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to authorize the City Manager to make
any necessary changes to adjust, amend, and appropriate the City's Operating Budget, Five -
Year Financial Plan, Strategic Plan, and Multi -Year Capital Plan (collectively, "Capital Plan") for
the purposes set forth in this Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to ratify, approve, and confirm certain
necessary actions of the City Manager and designated City Departments in order to update the
relevant Departments, financial controls, completed projects, project close-outs, accounting
entries, and computer systems in connection therewith and for grants in progress; and
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WHEREAS, the Proposed Budget was adopted on first reading by the City Commission
on September 12, 2019 with modifications as the "Tentative Budget"; and
WHEREAS, provisions have been duly made by the City Commission for Public Hearings
on the Tentative Budget before the City Commission as a Committee of the Whole and Public
Hearings thereon have been held as required pursuant to Section 200.065, Florida Statutes
(2019); and
WHEREAS, the City Commission made the following amendments to the tentative
Budget at the public hearing on September 26, 2019:
(a) Reduce $300,000.00 from Non -Departmental Account ("NDA") Super Bowl 2020
and increase Transfers Out ("Transfers Out") by the same amount to Virrick Park
New Pool Facility Project 40-B40571 in the Capital Plan for District 2;
(b) De -obligate $50,000.00 from NDA Latin Champions Professional Golf
Association payment and increase Transfers Out by the same amount to
Shenandoah Park Enhancements Project 40-B30304A in the Capital Plan for
District 4;
(c) De -Obligate $15,000.00 within Special Revenue Fund Department Improvements
Initiative account from Blacktop Basketball Tournament to City Hall Fourth of July
Celebration within the same account; and
(d) Increase Special Revenue Fund Sport Facilities and Activities account from
former Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority prior year fund balance by
$8,000.00 and transfer out $16,000.00 from the same fund to Special Revenue
Fund Department Improvement Initiative account for District 4 Special Events for
Latin Jazz in the Park (collectively, "Floor Amendments"); and
WHEREAS, the City Administration also proposed additional amendments to the
Tentative Budget as detailed in the memorandum titled "Information for Second Budget Hearing -
Fiscal Year 2019-20 Proposed Budget," attached and incorporated as Composite Exhibit "A,"
("Amended Budget"); and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has considered and approved the Tentative Budget
with the Floor Amendments and Amended Budget as the "Final Budget"; and
WHEREAS, the Final Budget further amends the Capital Plan accordingly;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Proposed Budget as submitted to the City Commission on July 3, 2019 is
incorporated herein by reference and is amended to include all of the applicable changes
contained in the memorandum titled "Information for First Budget Hearing —Fiscal Year 2019-20
Proposed Budget," attached and incorporated herein as Composite Exhibit "A," and previously
adopted as the Tentative Budget on first reading.
Section 3. The Tentative Budget submitted to the City Commission on September 26,
2019 is incorporated herein by reference and is amended to include the Amended Budget and
the Floor Amendments and is hereby adopted as the "Final Budget" and the Capital Plan is
further amended accordingly.
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Section 4. The following appropriations are made for the municipal operations of the
General Fund for the Fiscal Year 2019-20:
GENERAL FUND
APPROPRIATIONS
WITH CHANGE
MEMO #2
FLOOR
AMENDMENT
APPROPRIATIONS - FINAL
ADOPTED
Departments, Boards and Offices:
Mayor
Commissioners
City Manager
Agenda Coordination
Independent Auditor General
City Attorney
City Clerk
Civil Service
Code Compliance
Communications
Equal Opportunity and Diversity Programs
Finance
Grants Administration
Human Resources
Innovation and Technology
Management and Budget
Neighborhood Enhancement Teams (NET)
Procurement
Resilience and Sustainability
Human Services
Building
Planning
Zoning
Housing and Community Development
General Services Administration
Resilience and Public Works
Solid Waste
Capital Improvements
Fire -Rescue
Police
Real Estate and Asset Management
Parks and Recreation
Risk Management
Non -Departmental Accounts (NDA)
Non -Departmental Accounts (NDA) -Latin
Champions PGA
Non -Departmental Accounts (NDA) - Super
Bowl 2020
Transfers - Out to D4 -Capital Project (Shenandoah Park )
Transfers - Out to D2 Capital Project (Virrick Park Pool)
$ 1,687,000
4,086,000
3,072,000
379,000
1,530,000
9,994,000
2,059,000
559,000
8,437,000
2,329,000
508,000
10,330,000
1,708,000
5,291,000
14,454,000
2,779,000
8,637,000
2,928,000
831,000
5,962,000
16,625,000
5,927,000
3,825,000
2,437,000
27,865,000
26,298,000
35,915,000
4,603,000
161,407,000
265,621,000
13,796,000
51,777,000
3,663,000
35,944,000
50,000
3,300,000
(50,000)
(300,000)
50,000
300,000
1,687,000
4,086,000
3,072,000
379,000
1,530,000
9,994,000
2,059,000
559,000
8,437,000
2,329,000
508,000
10,330,000
1,708,000
5,291,000
14,454,000
2,779,000
8,637,000
2,928,000
831,000
5,962,000
16,625,000
5,927,000
3,825,000
2,437,000
27,865,000
26,298,000
35,915,000
4,603,000
161,407,000
265,621,000
13,796,000
51,777,000
3,663,000
35,944,000
3,000,000
50,000
300,000
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Transfers - Out
62,020,000
62,020,000
TOTAL
$ 808,633,000
$ 808,633,000
Reserves Based on Financial Integrity Principles: (Included in General Fund — NDA)
Contingency Reserves $ 5,000,000
Undesignated Reserves
TOTAL RESERVES $ 5,000,000
Section 5. The above appropriations for the municipal operations of the General Fund
are made based on the following sources of revenues for the Fiscal Year:
GENERAL FUND REVENUES
Property Taxes $ 396,441,000
Franchise Fees and Other Taxes 115,481,000
Interest 7,150,000
Transfers -In 3,862,000
Fines and Forfeitures 5,904,000
Intergovernmental Revenues 81,856,000
Licenses and Permits 67,905,000
Other Revenues (Inflows) 7,365,000
Charges for Services 122,669,000
TOTAL GENERAL FUND $ 808,633,000
Section 6. The following appropriations are made for the municipal operations of Debt
Service Funds for the Fiscal Year:
DEBT SERVICE FUNDS APPROPRIATONS
General Obligation Bonds
Special Obligation Bonds
TOTAL DEBT SERVICE FUNDS
24, 055, 000
54, 058, 000
78,113,000
Section 7. The above appropriations for the municipal operations of Debt Service Funds
are made based on the following sources of revenues for the Fiscal Year:
DEBT SERVICE FUNDS REVENUES
Property Taxes S 23.725.000
Transfers -In and Other Revenues 54.388.000
TOTAL DEBT SERVICE FUNDS 3 78.113.000
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Section 8. The following appropriations are made for the municipal operations of Special
Revenue Funds for the Fiscal Year:
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS
General Special Revenues $ 1,269,000
Sports Facilities and Activities 471,000
Planning Services 15,988,000
Tree Trust Fund 3,466,000
Public Art Fund 456,000
Fire- Rescue Services 19,828,000
Net Offices and Code Enforcement 232,000
Parks and Recreation Services 1,047,000
Police Services 10,761,000
Law Enforcement Trust Fund 977,000
Public Works Services 9,597,000
Solid Waste Recycling Trust 113,000
City Clerk Services 1,140,000
Community Development 52,009,000
Homeless Programs 2,535,000
Human Services 190,000
Bayfront/Riverfront Land Acquisition Rouse Trust 1,539,000
Miami Ballpark Parking Facilities 9,778,000
Departmental Improvement Initiative 10,521,000
Transportation and Transit 19,169,000
Emergency Funds 100,000
TOTAL SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS $ 161,186,000
Section 9. The above appropriations for the municipal operations of Special Revenue
Funds are made based on the following sources of revenues for the Fiscal Year:
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
REVENUES
All Sources
TOTAL SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
$ 161,186,000
$ 161,186,000
Section 10. The following appropriations are made for the municipal operations of
Internal Service Funds for the Fiscal Year:
INTERNAL SERVICE FUND APPROPRIATIONS
Life and Health Insurance 47,568,000
Workers' Compensation 20,220,000
Others 21,660,000
TOTAL INTERNAL SERVICE FUND $ 89,448,000
Section 11. The above appropriations for the municipal operations of Internal Service
Funds are made based on the following sources of revenues for the Fiscal Year:
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INTERNAL SERVICE FUND REVENUES
All Sources $ 89,448,000
TOTAL INTERNAL SERVICE FUND $ 89,448,000
Section 12. This Ordinance is an ordinance of precedent and all other ordinances and
resolutions in conflict with it are held null and void insofar as they pertain to these appropriations;
however, no provision contained in this Ordinance shall be construed to violate the Anti -
Deficiency Act as set forth in Sections 18-500 through 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 and are 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' to create awards and to transfer funds between accounts and awards and
to 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' 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, which are legally available at the time of such transfer and
whose expenditure is not limited to use for any other specified purpose.
Section 13. The City Manager is authorized to make any necessary changes to adjust,
amend, and appropriate the City's Operating Budget, Five -Year Financial Plan, Strategic Plan,
and the Capital Plan, with transfers in and/or out, as necessary and applicable, of legally
available funds and to designate projects, services, components, values, amounts, and uses, as
necessary and applicable, for purposes set forth in this Ordinance.
Section 14. All departments and the number of employees designated therein provided
for in the Final 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 ratification.
Section 15. The City Manager is authorized' 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' 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 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 this Ordinance.
Section 16. The City Manager is authorized1 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 17. Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be construed as to prohibit or
prevent the City Manager, the administrative head of the City who is responsible for the efficient
administration of all Departments, from exercising the power granted to and imposed upon him in
the Charter of the City of Miami ("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
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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 18. The transfer of funds between the detailed accounts comprising any
separate amount appropriated by the above Sections hereof is approved and authorized 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 Fiscal Year has proved insufficient.
Section 19. The transfer of funds between the detailed accounts comprising any
separate amount appropriated by the above Sections hereof is approved and authorized 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.
Section 20. To effect salary adjustments, the City Manager is further authorized' to make
departmental and other transfers from any reserve accounts established in the General Fund and
is authorized 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.
Section 21. To facilitate effective budgetary control and sound fiscal management, the
City Manager is further authorized1 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.
Section 22. All Emergency Accounts are declared to be appropriated to meet emergency
expenses and are subject to expenditure by the City Manager for any emergency purpose.
Section 23. Except as herein provided, transfers between items appropriated shall be
authorized by resolution or ordinance except that (a) transfers from the Non -Departmental
Accounts may be made by resolution and (b) any mid -year budget amendments that do not
involve any changes of City Departments may be made by resolution.
Section 24. The City Manager is authorized 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
Chapter 18 of the City Code for which formal bidding is required, such bids to be returnable to the
City Commission or City Manager in accordance with the City Charter and the City Code.
Section 25. Expenditure of the herein appropriated funds is authorized 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 the City Code.
Section 26. Certain necessary actions by the City Manager and the designated City
Departments in order to update the relevant Departments, financial controls, completed projects,
project close-outs, accounting entries, and computer systems in connection therewith and for
grants in progress, are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed.
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Section 27. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
Barnaby I_. Min, Deputy City Attorney 9f30/2019
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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