BIE - Unclassified Salary Ordinance (1605) (6/6/2025)
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
TO: Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
FROM: David Martinez, Assistant City Manager
MEETING DATE: June 25, 2025
SUBJECT: BUSINESS IMPACT ESTIMATE
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 78 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY
CODE, ENTITLED "PERSONNEL," BY CREATING ARTICLE VI, ENTITLED
“UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES’ SALARY ORDINANCE,” BY CREATING
SECTIONS 78-310 THROUGH 78-320 THEREOF, TO CODIFY AS PART OF THE
CITY CODE, AND ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY’S EMPLOYEES’
UNCLASSIFIED SALARY ORDINANCE (NO. 1605), WHICH ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHES THE PAY PLAN FOR UNCLASSIFIED CITY EMPLOYEES, FOR
PURPOSES OF CLARITY AND EASE OF REFERENCE, TO DELETE AND/OR
REVISE OUTDATED PROVISIONS, AND TO CODIFY EXISTING
ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
WITH THIS ORDINANCE; AND FURTHER, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,
CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Is a Business Impact Estimate Required?
☒ Yes ☐ No (If no, please check one of the boxes below)
If one or more boxes are checked below, this means the City of Miami Beach has
determined that a Business Impact Estimate for the above-referenced Ordinance is not
required by State law.
☐ The proposed Ordinance is required for compliance with Federal or State law or
regulation;
☐ The proposed Ordinance relates to the issuance or refinancing of debt;
☐ The proposed Ordinance relates to the adoption of budgets or budget
amendments, including revenue sources necessary to fund the budget;
☐ The proposed Ordinance is required to implement a contract or an agreement,
including, but not limited to, any Federal, State, local, or private grant or other
financial assistance accepted by the City;
☐ The proposed Ordinance is an emergency ordinance;
☐ The Ordinance relates to procurement; or
☐ The proposed Ordinance is enacted to implement the following:
a. Private applications for comprehensive plan amendments and land
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development regulation amendments;
b. Development orders, development permits, and development agreements;
c. Sections 190.005 and 190.046, Florida Statutes, regarding community
development districts;
d. Section 553.73, Florida Statutes, relating to the Florida Building Code; or
e. Section 633.202, Florida Statutes, relating to the Florida Fire Prevention Code.
If none of the above exceptions apply, this Business Impact Estimate is hereby provided
in accordance with Section 166.041(4), Florida Statutes.
1. Summary
The Ordinance updates, reorganizes, and codifies current pay practices. The
Ordinance changes the process for approval of future changes to pay by the
Commission. Changes to the pay plan are enacted by ordinance. Moving forward,
if the proposed Ordinance is adopted, future across the board changes to the pay
plan by the Commission will be by resolution. As such, the proposed Ordinance
has no fiscal impact.
A summary of the proposed Ordinance and its purpose is more fully set forth in the
Commission Memorandum accompanying the Ordinance, as well as in the recitals
to the Ordinance itself.
2. An estimate of the direct economic impact of the proposed Ordinance on private, for-
profit businesses in the City of Miami Beach, if any:
Not applicable.
(a) An estimate of direct compliance costs that businesses may reasonably incur;
(b) Any new charge or fee imposed by the proposed Ordinance or for which businesses
will be financially responsible;
(c) An estimate of the City’s regulatory costs, including estimated revenues from any new
charges or fees to cover such costs.
3. Good faith estimate of the number of businesses likely to be impacted by the proposed
Ordinance:
Not applicable.
4. Additional comments:
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