2012-28095 Reso RESOLUTION NO. 2012-28095
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, IN THE NOT TO EXCEED
AMOUNT OF $45,000, WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON BEHALF
OF THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMISSION ON ETHICS AND PUBLIC
TRUST, TO DEVELOP AND PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE ETHICS
TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HOLD POSITIONS
THAT ARE IN REGULATORY AREAS OF THE CITY, WITH THE
AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY TO VIDEO
RECORD THE SESSIONS TO BE USED BY THE CITY IN FUTURE
TRAININGS, WITH THE FINAL NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT SUBJECT TO
THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WHEREAS, on April 13, 2012, former City Manager Jorge M. Gonzalez contacted the
Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics and Public Trust (Commission on Ethics) and spoke
with Executive Director Joseph M. Centorino about having the Commission on Ethics assist the
City of Miami Beach with ethics training for certain City employees; and
WHEREAS, it was requested that this training first focus on, and be provided to, those
City employees who work in any of the City's regulatory areas; and
WHEREAS, on April 19, 2012, Mayor Matti Herrera Bower, former City Manager
Gonzalez and other City staff met with several senior-level staff members from the Commission
on Ethics to discuss the comprehensive ethics training; and
WHEREAS, the Commission on Ethics has proposed a comprehensive training program
which includes multiple sessions over a six (6) month period of intensive and interactive training
for all employees and supervisors engaged in the regulatory areas of the City in (1) fire
inspection; (2) parking enforcement; (3) building inspection; (4) code enforcement; and (5)
planning (includes nearly 230 City employees); and
WHEREAS, the cost estimate for the proposed training by the Commission on Ethics is
$45,000 and given that there are approximately 230 employees that would participate in all of
the trainings, the per-person cost for the six (6) month period would be approximately $200 per
employee.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission hereby approve and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an Agreement,
in the not to exceed amount of $45,000, with Miami Dade County, Florida, on behalf of the
Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics and Public Trust, to develop and provide a
comprehensive ethics training program for City employees who hold positions that are in
regulatory areas of the City, with agreement to include authorization to video record the
sessions to be used by the City in future trainings, with the final negotiated agreement subject to
the approval of the City Attorney's Office.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 1 th day of December, 2012.
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