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Resolution R-22-0025
Legislation
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 11309 Final Action Date: 1/13/2022
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING
APPROPRIATIONS AND MAKING DE -APPROPRIATIONS AND RE -
APPROPRIATIONS RELATING TO THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") GENERAL
FUND FOR THE 2021-22 FISCAL YEAR AS ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-21-0402 AND AS PREVIOUSLY
AMENDED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-21-0408 ADOPTED
OCTOBER 1, 2021; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE ANY
NECESSARY CHANGES TO ADJUST, AMEND, AND APPROPRIATE THE
FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 OPERATING BUDGET, FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL
PLAN, STRATEGIC PLAN, AND MULTI -YEAR CAPITAL PLAN REGARDING
CITY SERVICES AND RESOURCES AS NECESSARY, LEGALLY ALLOWED,
AND APPLICABLE IN ORDER TO CREATE AND FUND ONE (1) SERGEANT
AT ARMS POSITION FOR THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT; RATIFYING,
APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN NECESSARY ACTIONS OF THE
CITY MANAGER AND DESIGNATED CITY DEPARTMENTS TO UPDATE THE
RELEVANT FINANCIAL CONTROLS, PROJECT CLOSE-OUTS, ACCOUNTING
ENTRIES, AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE
EFFECTIVE DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla
WHEREAS, on September 23, 2021, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-
21-0402 approving the General Fund Budget for the City of Miami ("City") for the Fiscal Year
beginning October 1, 2021 and ending September 30, 2022 ("Fiscal Year 2021-22") in the
amount of $877,301,000 and the total Budget for all non -capital funds in the amount of
$1,368,052,000 (collectively, "Adopted Budget"); and
WHEREAS, on September 13, 2021, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-
21-0353 authorizing the Fiscal Year 2021-22 Multi -Year Capital Plan ("Capital Plan"); and
WHEREAS, on October 1, 2021, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-21-
0408 modifying and amending the City's Adopted Budget and the Capital Plan for Fiscal Year
2021-22 as follows: (i) notwithstanding the language in Resolution No. R-21-0402, including but
not limited to the language in Section 16 of Resolution No. R-21-0402, in order for the creation
of or change in temporary or permanent positions in the Department of Police and in the
Department of Fire -Rescue (collectively, "Positions") to be effective, the City Commission must
first confirm the creation or modification of such Positions by an affirmative vote; (ii) requiring
that notwithstanding anything in Resolution No. R-21-0402 or the Capital Plan to the contrary,
an affirmative vote of the City Commission is required prior to any and all movements of monies
that are different from the line item -budgets' approved amounts as adopted on September 13,
2021 for the Capital Plan and as adopted on September 23, 2021 for Resolution No. R-21-0402
for the departmental budgets of the Department of Police ("Police") and the Department of Fire -
Rescue ("Fire -Rescue"), provided that such requirements shall not apply to Fire -Rescue for
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Urban Search and Rescue ("USAR") funds, Urban Security Initiative ("UASI") funds, or for
movements of money pursuant to a catastrophic event; and (iii) eliminating three (3) current
vacant positions in Police, which are two (2) major positions and one (1) executive assistant
position, and adding ten (10) new police patrol officer positions ("Operating Budget Amendment
No. 1" and "Capital Budget Amendment No. 1"); and
WHEREAS, the City's Administration recommends adopting this Operating Budget
Amendment No. 2 in which the Police shall receive funding to create and fund one (1) additional
Sergeant at Arms position; and
WHEREAS, the fiscal impact of this change is approximately one hundred forty
thousand dollars to one hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars ($140,000.00 to $158,000.00)
("Funds") but Police's budget will not be fiscally impacted because the Funds can be absorbed
in the current fiscal year's budget due to attrition savings; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to authorize the City Manager to make
any and all necessary changes to adjust, amend, and appropriate the City's Operating Budget,
Five -Year Financial Plan, Strategic Plan, and Capital Plan regarding City services and
resources as necessary and legally allowed; and
WHEREAS, it is also in the best interests of the City to ratify, approve, and confirm
certain necessary actions of the City Manager and designated City departments to update the
relevant financial controls, project close-outs, accounting entries, and computer systems;
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 if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. This Resolution, which amends the Adopted Operating Budget, 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 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 but 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 transfer funds between
accounts and awards 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' to transfer any excess unrestricted monies from
other funds to the General Fund provided that those are appropriated monies 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 3. Police is authorized' to receive an appropriation of Funds in order to create
and fund one (1) additional Sergeant at Arms position.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized' to make any changes to adjust, amend, and
appropriate the City's Adopted Operating Budget as amended by Operating Budget Amendment
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No. 1, with the 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 the purposes set forth in this Resolution, Operating Budget Amendment No. 1,
and Resolution No. R-21-0402.
Section 5. The transfer of detailed accounts comprising any separate amount
appropriated by the above Sections 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 herein Fiscal Year has proved insufficient.
Section 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 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 Charter and City Code provisions.
Section 9. 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 Charter and City Code provisions.
Section 10. Certain necessary actions by the City Manager and the designated City
Departments to update the relevant financial controls, project close-outs, accounting entries,
and computer systems are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed.
Section 11. The City Manager is hereby further authorized' to undertake certain
necessary related document negotiations and executions, all in forms acceptable to the City
Attorney, in connection herewith.
Section 12. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions, and Resolution No. 21-0408.
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 is 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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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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