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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Arthur Noriega V.,
City Manager
Victor Turner,
Director
BACKGROUND
DATE: September 23, 2025
SUBJECT: Bid Waiver — City Employee as LL
ENCLOSURES: Attachments
Section 2-612 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), prohibits any City of
Miami ("City") employee from entering a contract or transacting business with the City or any agency
acting on its behalf, unless such prohibition is waived by the City Commission in accordance with
Section 2-614 of the City Code.
Section 2-614 of the City Code permits the City Commission to waive the provisions of Section 2-612
by an affirmative vote of four -fifths (4/5ths) of its members following a duly advertised public hearing.
Alexander Aguilar, a current City employee, acquired a property in Miami Dade County, that is
occupied by a tenant participating in the City's Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program ("TBRA")
Program under a valid lease agreement and an existing HAP contract.
The City employee did not initiate or negotiate the Housing Assistance Payments ("HAP") contract or
tenancy and now is required to be registered as a city vendor to receive TBRA payments in a
landlord's capacity.
The requested waiver will be permitting the employee to receive HAP payments under these unique
and unintentional circumstances and will prevent the displacement of a low-income tenant and serve
the City's interest in maintaining affordable housing stability.
The City Commission finds that waiving the provisions of Section 2-612 of the City Code to allow this
employee to transact business with the City as a landlord under the TBRA program is consistent with
the intent and purpose of Section 2-614 of the City Code and is in the best interest of the City.
RECOMENDATION
In light of the above stated, we request the approval of a waiver of the formal requirements of the
provisions of Section 2-612 to allow this employee to transact business with the City as a landlord
under the TBRA program is consistent with the intent and purpose of Section 2-614 and is in the best
interest of the City.
This waiver is limited in scope and shall not be interpreted as exempting the employee from
compliance with any applicable provisions of Chapter 112 of the Florida Statutes or Section 2-11.1 of
the Miami -Dade County Code of Ordinances, and the affirmation of these written findings and the
forwarding of the same to the City Commission for ratification by a four -fifths vote is respectfully
requested.
n APPROVED 0 DISAPPROVE
Arthur Noriega V., City Manager