Resolution 12474 RESOLUTION NO. 12474
WHEREAS the County Manager of the Metropolitan Dade
County has proposed that all municipal police departments be
consolidated into one department under the Dade ,.ounty Sheriff,
that all municipal fire departments be consolidated into one
department under the County Fire Chief and that all matters
now handled in the municipal courts of the cities of Dade
County, Florida be handled by the Metropolitan Court; and
WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida, believes that such a plan would be contrary to the
best interest of the citizens of the municipalities in Dade
County, Florida in general and in the City of Miami Beach
particularly;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the City Council of
the City of Miami Beach, Florida, is opposed to the consolidation
plan for police departments, fire departments and courts of the
municipalities in Dade County es proposed by the County Manager
for the following reasons :
1. That the proposed plan would deprive the
City of Miami B?ach of its right of self-government and
self-determination and its right to provide higher standards
than those provided by Metropolitan Dade County, Florida,
such rights having been guaranteed to the City of Miami
Beach, Florida and the other cities 'of Dade County under
Article 5, Section 5. 02 of the Charter of Metropolitan Dade
County, Florida.
2. That the City of Miami Beach, Florida at the
present time furnishes an efficient fire and police depart-
ment and an efficient municipal court system, which efficiency
would be lessened by the proposed plan of the County Manager.
3. That the residents of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida would most certainly have an increase in fire insurance
premiums because the County Fire Department does not provide
the high level of service furnished by the City of Miami Beach
Fire Department.
4. That the abolishment of the municipal courts
would cause the residents of the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
great inconvenience traveling great distances attending
Metropolitan Court and waiting long periods of time due to the
crowded court calendars of the M.^tropolitan Court.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that for the reasons set forth
above, the City Council of the City of Miami Beach, Florida
is unalterably opposed to the proposed plan of the County
Manager and makes the following suggestions to the County
Commission of Metropolitan Dade County, Florida:
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1. That any and all savings which resulted in a
decrease of School Tax millage by a recently enacted Act of
the Florida Legislature be passed on to the residents of
Dade County, Florida.
2 . That the County Commission establish a tax
district in the unincorporated areas of the County to provide
funds for a high level of services, such as is presently
enjoyed by the residents of Miami Beach, particularly with
regard to its police and fire departments .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the City Clerk and
Finance Director be and she is hereby instructed to send a
copy of this resolution to the Dade County Mayor, members of
the Dade County Commission, the Dade County Manager, and to
all municipalities in Dade County, Florida.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of July, 1968.
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City Clerk and Finance Director
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