HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Item Summary FormAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM
File ID: #19201
Date: 04/21/2026
Commission Meeting Date: 05/14/2026
Type:
Subject:
Requesting Department: Department of
Police
Sponsored By:
District Impacted: All
Resolution
Create & Fill - SME Position Polygraph Examiner
Purpose of Item:
Request to create and fill one (1) Subject Matter Specialist, part-time position by re-
employing Certified Polygraph Examiner, a retired police officer Joseph McCrink with a
projected net zero fiscal impact for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
Background of Item:
Pursuant to the City Commission's directives, the Police Department seeks to create
and fill one (1) Subject Matter Specialist, part-time at the maximum appointment rate of
$45.00 hourly and 29.5 hours per week. The police department is seeking to re-employ
Certified Polygraph Examiner and retired police officer Joseph McCrink for a period not
to exceed 36 months from date of hire. Prior to retirement, Officer McCrink was
assigned to the Recruitment and Selection Unit, working as the department's certified
polygraph examiner for approximately nine years and was instrumental in conducting
first and second polygraph examinations.
Budget Impact Analysis
Item is NOT Related to Revenue
Item is an Expenditure
Item is NOT funded by Bonds
Total Fiscal Impact:
Total Fiscal Impact : $0
Account Code 00001.191501.531000.0.0
Department of Police
Department of Police
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Management and Budget
City Manager's Office
Legislative Division
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
City Commission
Office of the Mayor
Reviewed B
Jorge Blanco
Manuel Morales
Luis Hernandez -Torres
Marie Gouin
Natasha Colebrook -Williams
Valentin J Alvarez
Juan Carlos Perez
Xavier Alban
George K. Wysong III
Maricarmen Lopez
Mayor's Office
Initial Police Review Completed
Department Head Review Completed
Budget Analyst Review Completed
Budget Review Completed
Approved on behalf of the City Manager
Legislative Division Review Completed
ACA Review
Deputy Attorney Review
Approved Form and Correctness
Meeting
Signed by the Mayor
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
Completed
04/23/2026 3:55 PM
04/27/2026 1:30 PM
04/29/2026 9:04 AM
05/04/2026 10:24 PM
Completed
05/05/2026 10:03 AM
05/05/2026 4:12 PM
05/05/2026 5:05 PM
05/05/2026 5:49 PM
05/14/2026 9:00 AM
05/15/2026 2:35 PM
Office of the City Clerk City Clerk's Office
Signed and Attested by the City Clerk Completed 05/15/2026 2:46 PM
Office of the City Clerk City Clerk's Office Rendered Completed 05/15/2026 2:46 PM
City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-26-0210
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 19201 Final Action Date:5/14/2026
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO APPROVE THE CREATION OF A PART-TIME SUBJECT MATTER
SPECIALIST POSITION FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") POLICE DEPARTMENT
("DEPARTMENT") AND EMPLOYING A CERTIFIED POLYGRAPH EXAMINER WITH
A PROJECTED NET ZERO FISCAL IMPACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 THAT
SHALL BE FULLY FUNDED THROUGH THE APPROPRIATED FUNDS FROM
ACCOUNT CODE 00001.191501.531000.0.0; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY CHANGES TO ADJUST, AMEND, AND
APPROPRIATE THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 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 FILL SAID POSITION
FOR THE 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.
WHEREAS, on September 25, 2025, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-
25-0413 approving the General Fund Budget of the City of Miami ("City") for the Fiscal Year
beginning October 1, 2025 and ending September 30, 2026 ("Fiscal Year 2025-26") in the
amount of $1,224,745,000, and the total budget for all non -capital funds in the amount of
$1,830,273,000 (collectively, "Adopted Budget"); and
WHEREAS, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-21-0408 on October 1,
2021, during a special meeting, which among other things, established a budgetary restriction
on the City's Police Department ("Police Department") and the Department of Fire -Rescue
("Fire -Rescue"); and
WHEREAS, the budgetary restriction adopted in Resolution No. R-21-0408 on October
1, 2021, reads, in part, "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 Police Department
and Fire -Rescue, provided that such requirements shall not apply to Fire -Rescue for Urban
Search and Rescue ("USAR") funds, Urban Security Initiative ("UASI") funds, or for movements
of money pursuant to a catastrophic event" ("Restriction"); and
WHEREAS, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. R-22-0230 on June 23, 2022,
amending the Restriction established pursuant to Resolution No. R-21-0408 in order to limit the
Restriction on the Police Department and Fire -Rescue to any and all movements of monies in
excess of $100,000.00; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the City Commission's directives, the Police Department seeks
to create and fill one (1) part-time Subject Matter Specialist by re-employing Certified Polygraph
Examiner and retired police officer Joseph McCrink; and
WHEREAS, by re-employing Joseph McCrink, the Police Department will be utilizing his
expertise in conducting polygraph tests; and
WHEREAS, Joseph McCrink's certification, combined with his previous employment as a
police officer and administering polygraphs for approximately nine (9) years will ensure a high
standard of professionalism and reliability in sensitive investigative matters; and
WHEREAS, to create and fill this position for a period of three (3) years at the maximum
rate of $45.00 hourly and 29.5 hours per week, the Police Department will continue to maintain
the integrity and reliability of the polygraph process; 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. The City Manager is authorized' to approve the creation of a part-time
Subject Matter Specialist position in the City's Police Department and employing a Certified
Polygraph Examiner with a projected net zero fiscal impact for fiscal year 2025-2026 that shall
be fully funded through the appropriated funds from account code 00001.191501.531000.0.0,
for the re-employment of Joseph McCrink, a Certified Polygraph Examiner and retired police
officer, and as required pursuant to Resolution No. R-21-0402 adopted September 23, 2021,
and Resolution No. R-21-0408 adopted October 1, 2021.
Section 3. The City Manager is further authorized' to make any necessary changes to
adjust, amend, and appropriate to the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 operating budget, five-year
financial plan, strategic plan, and multi -year capital plan regarding city services and resources
as necessary, legally allowed, and applicable.
Section 4. Authorizing 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 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
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.
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ge Wy j ng III, C y ttor y 5/5/2026
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 of Miami Commission.