KRG PowerPoint 09252024Tickets and Travel Budget
Office of Mayor and Commission
Budget
November 2023 –September 2024
The “ticket and travel” legislation was conceived
when my office requested
a $50 to support the non-profit
Jewish Community Services event.
The Mayor requested a “slide”..
Our office was given the
runaround.
Mayor’s Chief of Staff
The Mayor’s Office sent us
this response from the
Administration
Bounced around
like a beach ball.
Miami Beach CFO
The administration sent us to the
legal department to ask questions.
There is an extensive email chain to
prove it.
Legal helped us finally get a solution
by creating the ticket and travel
resolution.
We did find some interesting facts
upon completing some research from
November 2023-August 2024
Tickets Total Spent
Steven Meiner $6,942.42
(US Conference of Mayors, Hebrew Academy,
Temple Beth Sholom, MBBA Judicial Reception,
Miami Waterkeeper )
Kristen Rosen Gonzalez $2,223.47
(Tallahassee Dade Days, Temple Moses Hanukkah
Fest, Sagamore Brunch, Hebrew Academy,
Women’s Power Series, Equality Florida, Young
Musicians Unite)
Steven Meiner-- Chief of
Staff Art Basel Expenses
2024
$5184.02
Kristen Rosen Gonzalez --
Art Basel Expenses 2024
$4,188.73
Steven Meiner mentioned that I went to
Art Basel on taxpayer dollars.
What he failed to mention is that his Chief
of Staff attended.
And that we both worked every day.
According to CMB Website, Art Basel
generates an economic impact of
between $400M-$500M annually.
The Office of Mayor and Commission
has $11k line item annually to support
travel as Ambassadors to Art Basel.
35% increase in
budget of
Office of Mayor and
Commission, primarily
in staff that serve the
Mayor.
So….should we have a discussion
regarding the budget of the
Office of the Mayor and
Commission swelling by 35%?