Resolution 2021-31916RESOLUTION NO. 2021-31916
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING RAUL J. AGUILA'S .
NOTICE OF EARLY RETIREMENT AS CITY ATTORNEY, AND .
APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO MR. AGUILA'S EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CITY TO ENGAGE MR. AGUILA
AS SPECIAL COUNSEL TO THE CITY, COMMENCING AS OF
OCTOBER 13, 2021 THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF HIS CONTRACT
TERM, EXPIRING ON MARCH 31,.2022.
.WHEREAS, City Attorney Raul J. Aguila has served in the City Attorne'y's
Office for Miami Beach for twenty-three (23) years as either a First Assistant City
Attorney or Chief Deputy City Attorney, before being unanimously appointed by the
City Commission to serve as the City Attorney in 2014; and
WHEREAS, on December 9, 2020, the City Commission unanimously appointed
Mr. Aguila to serve as the Interim City Manager until the term of a new City Manager
commenced on April 21, 2021; and
WHEREAS, on April 27, 2021, Mr. Aguila took an extended medical leave of
absence; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Aguila's tenure as the City. Attorney is set to end in March
2022, both as a matter of his employment contract, and the requirements of the City's
Deferred Retirement Option Program ("DROP"); and
WHEREAS, on August 30, 2021, Mr. Aguila submitted a letter to the Mayor
and City Commission advising them of his intent for early retirement; and
WHEREAS, at the October 13, 2021 City Commission meeting, .the Mayor and
City Commission officially accepted Mr. Aguila's notice of early retirement; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of Mr. Aguila's decades of excellent and dedicated
public service, during which he served the City as City Attorney and Interim City Manager,
the Mayor and City Commission hereby deem that it is in the best interest, of the City to
continue to engage Mr. Aguila as Special Counsel to the City until the end of his contract
term on March 31, 2022; and
WHEREAS, except as specified herein with respect to Mr. Aguila's engagement
as Special Counsel forthe City, all otherterms and conditions of Mr. Aguila's employment
agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA, that the Mayor andl City
Commission hereby accept Raul J. Aguila's notice of early retirement as.City Attorr
and approve an amendment to Mr. Aguila's employment agreement, to provide for
City to retain Mr. Aguila as Special Counsel to the City, commencing as of October
2021, through the remainder of his contract term, expiring on March 31,. 2022.
PASSED and ADOPTED this a7 day of 0(hf( , 2021.
ATTEST:
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Dan Gelber, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO
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MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Rafael A. Paz, City Attorney
DATE: October 27, 2021
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING RAUL J. AGUILA'S NOTICE OF
EARLY RETIREMENT AS CITY ATTORNEY, AND APPROVING AN
AMENDMENT TO MR. AGUILA'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT TO
PROVIDE FOR THE CITY TO ENGAGE MR. AGUILA AS SPECIAL
COUNSEL TO THE CITY, COMMENCING AS OF OCTOBER 13, 2021
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF HIS CONTRACT TERM, EXPIRING ON
MARCH 31, 2022.
ANALYSIS
The attached Resolution was prepared at the request of the Mayor and City Commission,
based on the direction provided at the October 13, 2021 City Commission meeting.
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City Code Section 2-14?
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