2013-28281 Reso l
RESOLUTION NO. 2013-28281
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CONSENTING TO AND
CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF NANNETTE RODRIGUEZ AS
THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
WHEREAS, the City Manager has appointed Nannette Rodriguez as the Director
of the Office of Communications for the City of Miami Beach; and
. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4.02 of the City of Miami Beach Charter, the
City Manager has power to appointment directors of the City departments with the
consent of the Mayor and the City Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Commission wish to consent to and confirm
the appointment of Nannette Rodriguez as the Director of the Office of Communications
for the City of Miami Beach.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND
CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, consent to and
confirm the appointment of Nannette Rodriguez as the Director of the Office of
Communications for the City of Miami Beach.
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MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
State of Florida
County of Miami-Dade
I, Nannette Rodriguez, a citizen of the State of Florida and of the United States of
America, and being employed by or an officer of the City of Miami Beach and a
recipient of public funds as such employee or officer, do hereby solemnly swear or
affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of the State of
Florida; and that I will well and faithfully perform the duties of Director of the Office of
Communications of the City of Miami Beach.
Nanne ri ez
Sworn to and subscribed before me this I Th day of July, 2013
Rafael E. Granado, Esq.
City Clerk
?0110 Notary Public State of Florida
Rafael E Granado
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COMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY
Condensed Title:
Consenting to the appointment of Nannette Rodriguez as the Director of the Office of
Communications for the City of Miami Beach, Gladys Gonzalez as the Director of the Department
of Information Technology for the City of Miami Beach and Alex Denis as Director of the Office of
Procurement for the City of Miami Beach.
Key Intended Outcome Supported:
Attract and maintain a quality workforce.
Supporting Data(Surveys, Environmental Scan, etc.): N/A
Issue:
Shall the Mayor and City Commission adopt the attached Resolutions consenting and confirming
the appointment of Nannette Rodriguez as the Director of the Office of Communications for the
City of Miami Beach, Gladys Gonzalez as the Director of the Department of Information
Technology for the City of Miami Beach and Alex Denis as Director of the Office of Procurement
for the City of Miami Beach.?
Item Summa /Recommendation:
As a result of revisions to the City's Functional/Reporting Chart, a number of functional areas that
reported to Department Directors were realigned as separate Departments, reporting to an
Assistant City Manager. These include: Communications; Information Technology; Procurement
and Office of Real Estate, Housing and Community Development. Three of the four positions are
encumbered and the incumbents recommended to be appointed as Department Directors.
Pursuant to the requirements of Article IV, Section 4.02 of the City Charter, it is recommended
that the Mayor and the City Commission adopt the attached resolutions consenting and
confirming Nannette Rodriguez as the Director of the Office of Communications for the City of
Miami Beach, Gladys Gonzalez as the Director of the Department of Information Technology for
the City of Miami Beach and Alex Denis as Director of the Office of Procurement for the City of
Miami Beach.
Advisory Board Recommendation:
N/A
Financial Information:
Source of Amount Account Approved
Funds: 1
2
3
4
OBPI Total
Financial Impact Summary:
City Clerk's Office Legislative Tracking:
Sylvia Crespo-Tabak- Director, Human Resources
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AGENDA ITEM
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MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beath, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and tmbe of the ity Commission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: July 17, 2013
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MA THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACHIDA, CONSENTING TO THE
APPOINTMENTS OF NANNETTE RODRIGUEZ AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS; GLADYS GONZALEZ AS THE DIRECTOR
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; AND ALEX
DENIS AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT FOR THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION
Pursuant to the requirements of Article IV, Section 4.02 of the City Charter, it is
recommended that the Mayor and the City Commission adopt the attached resolution
consenting and confirming Nannette Rodriguez as the Director of the Office of
Communications; Gladys Gonzalez as the Director of the Department of Information
Technology; and Alex Denis as the Director of the Office of Procurement for the City of
Miami Beach.
BACKGROUND
At the very beginning of my tenure as Manager for the City of Miami Beach, I committed
to work to continue to provide the highest levels of services to our residents, businesses
and visitors. I subsequently evaluated the organization's leadership needs and on April
19, 2013, 1 provided the Mayor and City Commission with a revised Functional/Reporting
Chart (Attached). As a result of the revisions I made, a number of functional areas that
reported to Department Directors were realigned as separate Departments, reporting to
an Assistant City Manager. These include: Communications; Procurement; Information
Technology and Real Estate, Housing and Community Development.
The Director position in the Office of Real Estate, Housing and Community Development
is vacant.
Article IV, Section 4.02 of the City Charter, requires that Department Directors be
confirmed by the City Commission. The other three new Departments have incumbents:
Office of Communications— Nannette Rodriquez
Nannette is the public information officer for the City of Miami Beach, Florida. She has
overseen the city's internal and external communications efforts since 1995. The office is
responsible for media and public relations, publishing, graphic/visual design, video
production, marketing and crisis communications. Her team has earned national and
statewide recognition for its accomplishments.
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Prior to joining the City of Miami Beach, Nannette was a senior publicist for
WPBT/Channel 2 (public television) and coordinated award-winning local and national
publicity and advertising campaigns for the station and its programming. Another
noteworthy accomplishment was the co-creation of KidVision. The children's
programming initiative has since been recognized and emulated nationally. Throughout
her career she also held various other positions in public relations and marketing.
Nannette serves as the immediate past-president of the Florida Government
Communicators Association (FGCA) and is on the Board of Directors of City-County
Communications and Marketing Association (3CMA). She is also a member of Public
Relations Society of America, Miami Chapter, National Association of Hispanic
Journalists, and Florida Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors
(NATOA). She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Marketing from the
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
Department of Information Technology—Gladys Gonzalez
Gladys began her tenure with the City in 1999 as the Technical Services Manager in the
Information Technology Division. Between 1999-2004, she was responsible for directing
and supervising operations within the Computers and Communication Department, and
for an extensive network of interconnected processors located in various remote
facilities. Her role required her to supervise advanced technical work in directing the
design, development and implementation of new fiber optic networks and
telecommunications infrastructure.
In 2004; Ms. Gonzalez became the Director of the IT Division. Since then, she has
demonstrated excellent leadership skills through her role in all aspects of strategic IT
planning, implementation and citywide support as an integral component of the City's
Strategic Plan. The IT Department has been transformed into a strategic business
partner that provides tools to enhance the City of Miami Beach's ability to deliver world-
class service to the City's residents and visitors by helping the City satisfy its customers'
needs with creative solutions. Her responsibilities include establishing and maintain all
information technology standards and policies; infrastructure enterprise application
selection, development, implementation and support; consultation with departments;
systems integration of applications for the enterprise; public safety systems and end-
user desktop support. In addition, Ms. Gonzalez manages and delivers multiple large
scale projects on time and within budget. She is responsible for budgeting, design,
implementation and support of all enterprise technology projects.
Office of Procurement—Alex Denis
Alex joined the City as the Procurement Division Director in November 2012. He has
extensive senior level procurement management experience in large-scale public sector
agencies coupled with experience in operational management, business process
efficiencies and supplier diversity initiatives. He has an extensive background in
procurement management in both the public and private sectors, primarily in the public
educational sector. The vast majority of statutes and administrative rules applicable to
public procurement are the same or very similar in education as they are in
municipalities. He has also held leadership roles, serving as chair and vice-chair, in the
Southeast Florida Governmental Purchasing Cooperative, a procurement cooperative
group that primarily serves city and county procurement departments.
Alex has been tasked with holding staff to the highest ethical standards and leading with
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a strong focus on stewardship and accountability for the resources entrusted to public
servants by our constituents and public officials. An indication of his expertise in this
subject is the article he authored titled Stewardship and Accountability in Public Sector
Contracting: a Bi-lateral Perspective (attached) which was published nationally in the
Journal of Contract Management.
CONCLUSION
The appointments of Nannette Rodriguez as the Director of the Office of
Communications; Gladys Gonzalez as the Director of the Department of Information
Technology; and Alex Denis as the Director of the Office of Procurement for the City of
Miami Beach will preserve continuity in the organization as our residents, businesses
and visitors continue to receive the highest levels of services.
Pursuant to the requirements of Article IV, Section 4.02, of the City Charter, it is
recommended that the Mayor and City Commission adopt the resolution consenting and
confirming of Nannette Rodriguez as the Director of the Office of Communications;
Gladys Gonzalez as the Director of the Department of Information Technology; and Alex
Denis as the Director of the Office of Procurement for the City of Miami Beach.
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