R7N-Repeal Resolution 93-20694 Citys Complimentary Ticket PolicyCOMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY
Gondensed Title:
A resolution repealing City Of Miami Beach Resolution No. 93-20694 which established the City's complimentary ticket policy,
and substituting therefore a comprehensive policy statement of the City Of Miami Beach regarding its use and distribution of
City tickets to events and Droductions occurrino at venues and/or C red events.
lntended Outcome Su
lncrease community satisfaction with city government and Promote transparency of city operations
lssue:
Shall the City Commission Adopt the Resolution?
Item Summary/Recommendation:
On April 13,2011, Commissioner Jonah Wolfson referred a matter for discussion to the Finance and Citywide Projects
Committee (FCWPC) entitled: Drscussion regarding a proposed ordinance on ethics guidelines for acceptance of gifts, favors,
or services by City Employees. The matter refered by Commissioner Wolfson was heard at the Septembet 26, 2011, FCWPC
meeting. The item referred for discussion attempted to more broadly address the issue of potential amendments to City Code
relating to gifts, favors or services provided to the City's Officers and Employees, below fair market value, from an entity doing
business with the City or from a lobbyist. At that time, the City Attorney advised Committee members that the County's
Commission on Ethics was reviewing the issue of complimentary ticket policies; the Committee recommended that the matter
be monitored and a status report provided to the Committee.
On March 1, 2012, the COE released "Guidelines and recommendations regarding 'public benefit' clauses in certain
government contracts." On March 27,2012, the COE issued an "Addendum" to the guidelines that specifically address the latter
(see Exhibit H, COE Draft Guidelines and Addendum). The City Attorney's Office reviewed the COE's recommended
guidelines and on February 28,2012, submitted a Memorandum of Law to the COE addressing the issues raised by their
guidelines, and challenging the authority of the COE to issue such standards/guidelines. lt is the City Attorney's opinion that
these are matters of public policy and not subject to review by the COE (Exhibit l). ln response to the COE's recommended
guidelines, the City Attorney's Office developed a proposed resolution establishing a policy for the distribution of tickets
received pursuant to a complimentary ticket program in a negotiated public benefit clause. Please refer to the attached
resolution presented for review and consideration.
Pursuant to this policy, elected officials and certain City Staff would receive tickets on a limited basis (e.9. only for opening night
events), with the balance of the tickets distributed to "deserving organizations or groups" that are identified, through a
Committee, once a year as being eligible to receive tickets for their participants. ln addition, the proposed resolution provides
for a process for tickets to also be distributed to other parties by the City in other circumstances (e.9. visiting dignitaries, to meet
contractual obligations relating to a municipal marketing program, to recognize employees).
The Finance and Citywide Projects Committee discussed this item on June 28,2012 and again at its July 26,2012 meeting.
The FCWPC moved it to the full Commission for consideration. The Neighborhood / Community Atfairs Committee met on
January 30,2014 and also moved the item to the City Commission.
ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
The Finance and Citywide Projects Committee discussed this item on June 28,2012 and again at its July 26,2012 meeting.
The FCWPC moved it to the full Commission for consideration. The Neighborhood / Community Affairs Committee met on
January 30,2014 and also moved the item to the Citv Commission.
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MEMORANDUM
the City CommissionTO:
FROM:
DATE:
Honorable Mayor Philip Levine an
Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
June 11,2014
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CIry OF MIAMI
BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE RECOMMEDATION OF THE NEIGBORHOODS
AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPEALING CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
RESOLUTION NO. 93.20694 WHICH ESTABLISHED THE CITY'S COMPLIMENTARY
TICKET POLICY, AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY
STATEMENT OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH REGARDING lTS USE AND
DISTRIBUTION OF CITY TICKETS TO EVENTS AND PRODUGTIONS OCCURRING
AT CITY.OWNED VENUES AND/OR CITY-SPONSORED EVENTS.
On April 13, 2011, Commissioner Jonah Wolfson referred a matter for discussion to the Finance and
Citywide Projects Committee (FCWPC) entitled: Drscussion regarding a proposed ordinance on ethics
guidelines for acceptance of gifts, favors, or seruices by City Employees. Please see attached Exhibit "D")
referral and correspondence (exclud ing referenced attachments).
BACKGROUND:
The matter referred by Commissioner Wolfson was heard at the September 26, 2011, FCWPC meeting.
The item referred for discussion attempted to more broadly address the issue of potential amendments to
City Code relating to gifts, favors or services provided to the City's Officers and Employees, below fair
market value, from an entity doing business with the City or from a lobbyist. At that time, the City Attorney
advised Committee members that the County's Commission on Ethics was reviewing the issue of
complimentary ticket policies; the Committee recommended that the matter be monitored and a status
report provided to the Committee. Please see attached Afteraction Report for the September 26, 2011
FCWPC meeting (Exhibit E).
The discussion on a ticket distribution policy stemmed from an initial investigation by the Miami-Dade
Commission on Ethics and Public Trust (COE) and State Attorney's office (SAO) in response to a complaint
by the New World Symphony (NWS) about the inclusion of a complimentary ticket program as part of the
negotiations of proposed revisions to the "public benefits" section of the NWS's lease with the City for the
NWS use of public land. The proposed inclusion of the complimentary ticket program was in keeping with
established, negotiated public benefits in other City agreements, subsequent to both a State Commission on
Ethics opinion, as well as a City resolution on the concept.
More specifically, in 1992, the Florida Commission on Ethics issued its Opinion No. 92-33, holding that City
of Miami Beach elected officials could legally accept complimentary tickets from the City (obtained via
negotiated 'public benefit' clauses in City contracts) to performances taking place at City-owned venues,
subject only to the requirement that public disclosure of such ticket receipt be made by the recipienUOfficials
on quaderly gift disclosure forms (see Exhibit F, Opinion No. 92-33). ln reliance upon the opinion of the
State Ethics Commission, the City of Mlami Beach adopted its Resolution No. 93-20694, in which the City
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Commission formally established a procedure for the City's distribution of its tickets to performances taking
place at City-owned venues, whereby designated municipal officials and deserving members of the
community would receive complimentary tickets to such productions (see Exhibit G, COMB Reso. No. 93-
20694). A complimentary ticket program has been negotiated as part of resulting public benefits programs
for other venues with management and/or lease agreements, including the Miami City Ballet, Jackie
Gleason Theater and Byron Carlyle Theater.
Based on this longstanding City policy (approved as a resolution by the City Commission) and State
Commission on Ethics opinion, upon which the City relied in negotiating complimentary ticket programs as
part of public benefits clauses, the SAO closed its case on October 18,2011, with a finding of no
wrongdoing, but referred the matter to the COE for further review on the pollcy elements of the issue.
On March 1 ,2012, the COE released a "Guidelines and recommendations regarding 'public benefit' clauses
in certain government contracts." The focus of the guidelines was on complimentary ticket programs in
those public benefits clauses, and what they perceived to be "flawed" policies by several municipalities
relating to such. Cities that were researched to develop these recommendations included the City of Miami
Beach, Miami, Homestead, Coral Gables and Hialeah. While acknowledging the City of Miami Beach's prior
ethics opinion on the matter, and the City of Miami Beach Resolution that has existed since 1993, the COE
raised concerns with the methodology of distribution, in particular when elected officials re-allocate tickets
provided to them through complimentary ticket programs in public benefits clauses, as this may appear to
serve a personal or political agenda, rather than meet the intended purpose. The recommendations did
acknowledge, as well, that elected officials and other City staff may need to attend events in their official
capacity. On March 27 ,2012, the COE issued an "Addendum" to the guidelines that specifically address the
latter (see Exhibit H, GOE Draft Guidelines and Addendum).
The City Attorney reviewed the COE's recommended guidelines and on February 28, 2012,he submitted a
Memorandum of Law to the COE addressing the issues raised by their guidelines, and challenging the
authority of the COE to issue such slandards/guidelines. ln his opinion, these are matters of public policy
and not subject to review by the COE (Exhibit l).
CIry ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PROPOSED RESOLUTION
ln response to the COE's recommended guidelines, the City Attorney's Office developed a proposed
resolution establishing a policy for the distribution of tickets received pursuant to a complimentary ticket
program in a negotiated public benefit clause. Please refer to the attached resolution presented for the
Committee's review and discussion. ln summary, the key recommended policy points are:. Delineates the applicability of the policy (when it would apply);. Establishes what "public purpose" is served by the distribution of tickets,r Recommends a process for the distribution of tickets received by the City; ande Delineates disclosure requirements (by the City and by the recipient).
Pursuant to this policy, elected officials and certain City Staff would receive tickets on a limited basis (e.9.
only for opening night events), with the balance of the tickets distrlbuted to "deserving organizations or
groups" that are identified, through a Committee, once a year as being eligible to receive tickets for their
participants. ln addition, the proposed resolution provides for a process for tickets to also be distributed to
other parties by the City in other circumstances (e.9. visiting dignitaries, to meet contractual obligations
relating to a municipal marketing program, to recognize employees).
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ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
The Administration was asked to review the attached to ensure that the procedures for distribution included
in the proposed resolution could be implemented without any administrative difficulty. Many of the elements
of the administration of the ticket distribution process being proposed are already in place today.
FINANGE AND CITYWIDE PROJEGTS COMMITTEE - June 28, 2012
The Finance and Citywide Projects Committee (FCWPC) discussed this item at its June 28,2012 meeting.
The Administration explained that the draft resolution and accompanying guidelines entitled City Officials to
receive two (2) tickets to a single/performance event and lhat 70% of the remaining tickets are distributed to
deserving members of the community, 15% distributed to others such as organizations that assist in
promoting and marketing the City through a municipal marketing agreement with the City or to persons
and/or entities that have made special contributions to the community; and 15% distributed to employees
through an Employee Recognition Program. Furthermore, on an annual basis, an advisory committee
would review and recommend a list of deserving organizations and/or groups eligible to receive tickets and
that the list shall be reported to the City Commission. City Officials who do not use their tlckets must return
their tickets and tickets will subsequently be offered following the aforementioned procedure.
The Committee recommended that the item be brought back to the Finance and Citywide Projects
CommitteeforfurtherdiscussionandthenbroughttotheSeptember12,2012CommissionMeeting. The
Committee expressed concern that unused tickets returned at the last minute would go unused and
requested more flexibility to distribute those to employees in that situation.
The attached Resolution has been amended to reflect a reference to Exhibit A for the full listing of
allowable public purposes and to reflect the reference to administrative guidelines for the distribution of
tickets. This also reflects language in disclosures referencing the responsibility of the receiving party to
know which public purpose they will use the tickets under. This also includes Exhibit B which is an
addendum to the guidelines and recommendations regarding "public benefit" clauses in certain government
contracts: Public Purpose.
The Administrative Guidelines for Distribution are also now attached as a stand-alone document (Exhibit
C), as requested at committee, and further amended to include the recommendations of the Committee in
terms of flexibility.
FINANCE AND CITYWIDE PROJECTS GOMMITTEE - Julv 26. 2012
The Finance and Citywide Projects Committee discussed this item again at its July 26,2012 meeting. The
CityAttorney and Administration explained the draft resolution and accompanylng guidelines and discussion
took place. Most of the discussion focused on whether or not elected officials will be able to offer their
tickets to another entity or individual. The Administration explained the attached draft resolution and
accompanying guidelines require unused tickets to be returned to the City Manager's Office for
distribution according to the Ticket Distribution Process. The Administration also explained that a
webpage will be created on the City's website to show how the tickets are being used. The
Administration revised the City's ticket distribution form to include space to easily list the public purpose
when tickets are distributed. The FCWPC moved it to the full Commission for consideration.
CITY COMMISSION DISCUSSION - October 24. 2012
The City Commission discussed the matter at thelr October 24,2012 meeting. City Attorney Jose Smith
explained that the resolution conforms the City's tickets policy to the recommendations by the Ethics
Commission. Mayor Bower expressed a concern with how tickets received at the last minute are distributed
and how tickets are distributed geographically throughout the City. A motion was passed referring the item
to the Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee to establish a Ticket Policy methodology.
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Attached in Exhibit "J" is the draft process for distribution of additional tickets not distributed to officials,
along with a list of the organizations currently contacted when extra tickets are available.
NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - Januarv 30. 2014
The Neighborhood / CommunityAffairs Committee met on Januar 30,2014 and considered this item. The
Committee recommended in favor of repealing Cig of Miami Beach Resolution No. 93-20694 which
established the City's Complimentary Ticket Policy, and substituting therefore a comprehensive policy
statement of the City of Miami Beach regarding its use and distribution of City tickets to events and
productions occurring at City-owned venues and/or City-sponsored events.
Pursuant to the Committee's discussion, the City Attorney's Office also recommended additional
clarifications to the Resolution and accompanying policy to address comments made by the Miami-Dade
County Commission on Ethics and Public Trust's letter dated January 31, 2013 (Exhibit "K"). Those
changes include the following:
1. Clarifying that City employees who receive tickets must be employees officially recognized fortheir
exemplary service and members of the community officially recognized for making special
contrlbutions to the public welfare;
2. Monitoring and evaluating City venues and the quality of performances therein must be in response
to a documented complaint speciflcally addressed to the attendee; and
3. Attending opening day events is intended to be for facllity openings and not for the opening night of
every theatrical event or sports series.
These changes have been made to the corresponding document and are presented for your consideration.
CONCLUSION
The Administration recommends adopting the Neighborhood / Community Affairs Committee's
recommendation.
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, REPEALING CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH RESOLUTION NO. 93-20694 WHICH ESTABLISHED THE
CITY'S COMPLIMENTARY TICKET POLICY, AND SUBSTITUTING
THEREFOR A COMPREHENSIVE POLIGY STATEMENT OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH REGARDING ITS USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF
CITY TICKETS TO EVENTS AND PRODUCTIONS OCCURRING AT
CITY-OWNED VENUES AND/OR CITY.SPONSORED EVENTS.
WHEREAS, in 1992, the Florida Commission on Ethics issued its Opinion No.92-33,
holding that City of Miami Beach elected officials could legally accept complimentary tickets
from the City (obtained via negotiated 'public benefit' clauses in City contracts) to performances
taking place at City-owned venues, subject only to the requirement that public disclosure of such
ticket receipt be made by the recipienUOfficials on quarterly gift disclosure forms; and
WHEREAS, in reliance upon this opinion of the State Ethics Commission, the City of
Miami Beach adopted its Resolution No. 93-20694, in which the City Commission formally
established a procedure for the City's distribution of its tickets to performances taking place at
City-owned venues, whereby designated municipal officials and deserving members of the
community would receive complimentary tickets to such productions; and
WHEREAS, as a result of a 2011 joint investigation by the Miami-Dade State Attorney's
Office and the Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics ('COE') of the City of Miami Beach's
negotiations with the New World Symphony (finding no criminal wrongdoing), the COE
scrutinized the above-referenced ticket distribution process of the City of Miami Beach as well
as that of Coral Gables, Hialeah, Homestead, Miami and Miami-Dade County; and
WHEREAS, the COE consequently issued its "Guidelines and Recommendations
regarding 'public benefit' clauses in certain government contracts", which although not legally
binding upon the City of Miami Beach's ticket policy determination, have been stated by the
COE as a suggested method of "ensuring conformance" with applicable ethics rules; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the City of Miami Beach's continued commitment as a leader in
government ethics, and in recognition of the requirement that municipal resources be devoted
primarily to public purposes as determined by the Mayor and City Commission, the City has
conducted public meetings for the purpose of evaluating its complimentary ticket policy with the
COE's subject Recommendations; and
WHEREAS, having assessed citizen comment and public need, the Mayor and City
Commission determine that the continued distribution of complimentary tickets to disadvantaged
youths, senior citizens, non-profit organizations and other individuals who may not have the
financial ability to purchase tickets to cultural events serves a public purpose, that public
purpose is further served via the distribution of tickets to City employees officially recognized for
exemplary service and members of the community recognized for making special contributions
to the public welfare, and that the ability of designated City officials to attend such cultural
events as official City representatives for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating such events
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and the quality of performances therein, and/or monitoring and evaluating the value of City-
sponsored events and their compliance with City policies, agreements and other requirements
further serves a public purpose; and
WHEREAS, the City thus hereby establishes the following comprehensive municipal
policy regarding its use and distribution of City tickets to events and productions occurring at
City-owned venues and/or sponsored by the City, with said comprehensive policy serving as
substitution for, and in repeal of, City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 93-20694.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH:
SECTION I. APPLICABILITY OF POLICY
ln order to establish a fair, equitable and transparent process for the distribution of its
complimentary tickets, the City of Miami Beach thus hereby establishes this Comprehensive
Complimentary Ticket Policy. This policy shall apply to tickets or passes for admission to a
facility, show, event or performance for an entertainment, recreational, amusement or similar
purpose, which are provided to the City of Miami Beach: (i) pursuant to the terms of a
contracUagreemenUlease for the use of public property within the City's boundaries; (ii) because
the City of Miami Beach controls the event; (iii) that is purchased by the City of Miami Beach at
fair market value; (iv) or othenruise received from ah outside source and which are provided
without charge by the City of Miami Beach to personnel as designated herein. Tickets or passes
purchased at full face value or fair market value of the ticket, as appropriate, by the official using
the tickets are not subject to this Policy.
SECTION II. PUBLIG PURPOSE
The distribution of any ticket by the City of Miami Beach shall promote a public purpose, which
purpose shall include those delineated in Exhibit "A" to this resolution.l
SECTION III. DISTRIBUTION OF TICKETS
A. General Provisions.
Distribution of tickets shall be in accordance with the public purposes stated in Section ll above,
and be subject to the following:
1. Such tickets shall not be earmarked by the original donor for use by any particular
recipient of tickets. Notwithstanding, any tickets provided to the City pursuant to a
negotiated complimentary ticket program in a public benefits clause which delineates a
1 The County Ethics Commission has issued an "Addendum" to its "Guidelines and Recommendations",
outlining specific 'suggested permissible public purposes' for use of public benefits, which grounds are
adopted and incorporated herein by reference. (See Exhibit "B", attached hereto.)
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specific deserving organization or group as the recipient of such tickets in the lease,
contract or agreement with the City, may be provided by the City to that specifically
identified deserving organization or group.
The City of Miami Beach determines, in its sole discretion, which individual and/or entity
shall receive the tickets, in accordance with the Distribution Process set forth below.
No person receiving tickets pursuant to this Policy shall sell or otherwise transfer any
ticket, or receive any consideration for the value of any ticket. Nor may such ticket
recipient use any ticket for political fundraising purposes. Notwithstanding the preceding,
the City may sell any tickets received pursuant to this Policy (if resale by the City is
permitted by the donating entity) if the proceeds of such sale are intended for donation to
programs and services rendered by community and other non-profit resources for the
benefit of the community, including artistic and cultural organizations and institutions;
lf a ticket recipient cannot use any ticket, that person must notify the City Manager's
Office promptly and return the ticket to the City Manager's Office. Failure to do so will
result in that recipient being ineligible to receive future tickets. Such returned tickets shall
be distributed by the City Manager's Office to any of the persons/groups within the
distribution categories set forth immediately below in lll B.
All recipients of tickets must sign a form acknowledging the terms and conditions of the
City of Miami Beach's Comprehensive Complimentary Ticket Policy, as reflected in this
Resolution.
B. Distribution Process.
Tickets received by the City through a complimentary ticket program, or othenruise provided to
the City for distribution, shall be distributed in accordance with established Administrative
Guidelines, as may be amended from time to time. Such guidelines shall serve to ensure that
the tickets distributed promote an established public purpose.
SECTION IV, DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
A. City Disclosure.
The City Manager's Office shall maintain a log detailing the distribution of City tickets pursuant
to this Policy. The log detailing the distribution of tickets shall be posted by the City Manage/s
Office, no less than once every quarter, on the City's website by no laterthan the 1Sth day of the
month following such quarter. Such posting shall include the following information:
1. The name of the person receiving the tickets or passes, except that if the tickets or
passes are distributed to a deserving organization and/or group, only the name, address
and description of the deserving organization and/or group, and the number of tickets or
passes provided to the deserving organization and/or group, may be posted in lieu of the
names of individuals from the deserving organization and/or group that received the
tickets,
2. A description of the event;
3. The date of the event;
4. The face value of the tickets provided; and
5. The number of tickets provided.
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B. Recipient Disclosure.
1. City personnel receiving complimentary tickets shall disclose their receipt of tickets via
the timely filing of gift disclosure forms, in accordance with State Commission on Ethics
Opinion No. 92-33 (forms available through City Clerk's Office). City personnel shall be
responsible for ensuring that the tickets received promote a public purpose, consistent
with the City of Miami Beach's Complimentary Ticket Policy.
2. Tickets which are provided free of charge may have tax consequences for the recipient
and may be reportable and taxable as regular income or as taxable fringe benefits to a
recipient. All recipients of tickets must consult with their own tax advisers to determine
the reporting requirements for income tax purposes, as well as the tax consequences of
any tickets received.
SECTION V. EXCLUSIVITY OF GITY'S COMPREHENSIVE POLICY
A. The matters set forth in this Resolution shall serve as the City's Comprehensive
Complimentary Ticket Policy, and it shall be referenced in all future "public benefits" clauses of
all City contracts, and shall be further posted prominently on the City's website.
B. City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 93-20694, constituting the City's former policy
governing complimentary tickets, is accordingly hereby repealed in its entirety.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS
ATTEST:
day of _,2014.
PHILIP LEVINE, MAYOR
RAFAEL E. GRANADO, CITY CLERK
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EXHIBIT A
ACCEPTABLE 'PUBLIC PURPOSE' USES (BY CATEGORY) OF CMB TICKETS
--PER CMB RESO NO.
1. Economic development of the City, including the promotion/exposure to, marketing and awareness of tourism, nighflife,
recreational, educational, and cultural facilities or attractions on City property or awareness of the City as a regional destination,
economic asset or business opportuni$;
2. Promoting or showing City appreciation for programs and services rendered by community and other non profit resources for the
benefit of the community, including artistic and cultural organizations and institutions;
3. Advertisement and promotion of City-controlled or City-sponsored events, aclivities, or programs, public facilities and resources;4. Monitoring and evaluation of City venues and the quality of performances therein (in particular, attendance at opening day events
of the facility at City-owned venues), and/or moniloring and evaluation of the value of City-sponsored events and their compliance
with City policies, agreements and other requirements in response to a documented complaint speciflcally addressed to the
aftendeei
5. lnformation gathering and education regarding matters of local, regional and stale wide concern that affec1 the City including
enhancing intergovernmental relations ihrough attendance at events with or by officials from other jurisdictions;
6' Promoting, encouraging and rewarding educational and athletic achievements by students and officials of local and regional
educational institutions;
7 Promotion of City recognition, visibility and or profile on a local, state, national or worldwide scale, including exchange programs
with national and foreign officials and dignitaries, and as part of any markeling promotions with municipal marketing partners, or
as may be required by contractual obligations with municipal marketing partners;
8. Attracting and retaining highly qualified employees in City service, including special recognition or reward of meritorious service by
a City employee;
9. Performance of a ceremonial or official function on behalf of the City, not otherwise set forth above, including but not limited to the
following:
a. Hosting leaders of community service organizations (organizations that serve the disadvantaged, senior citizens, disabled,
ill, children, etc.), dignitaries from municipal, county, state and federal governmental entities; dignitaries and business
leaders from other counlries; youth groups, student leaders, and recipients of awards; and/or elderly, disabled or low-
income City residents;
b. Hosling constituents as (a) a designated official appointed by the City Commission, or (b) upon invilation of the event(s)
organizers or some other person or entity authorized to extend such invitation;
c. hosting groups of employees being specifically recognized forjob-related achievements;d. Being officially recognized by sponsors of event in a printed program or other public announcement;e. Performance of one of the following functions in one's official capacity as (a) a designated official appointed by the City
Commission or (b) an individual invited by the venue:
1 . lntroducing organizers, participants or dignitaries;
2. Recognizing the conlributions of organizers or staff;
3. Receiving or giving an award or other special recognition;
4. civing a speech;
5. Greeting and welcoming afiendees;
6. Ribbon cutting;
7. Leading the pledge of allegiance or nalional anthem;
8. Acting as a Goodwitt Ambassador, as designated by the City Commission;
I Assess facility needs, proposed changes and constituent concerns in response to a documented complaint
specifically addressed to the attendee.
NOTE: The Mere passive, spectator attendance at an evenl will not be regarded as attendance in one's official capacity for a
public purpose.
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EXH!BIT "B"
MIAMI.DADE COUNTY COMMISSION ON ETHICS AND PUBLIG TRUST:
ADDENDUM TO GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
REGARDING "PUBLIC BENEFIT'' CLAUSES IN GERTAIN
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS: PUBLIC PURPOSE
(PER CMB RESO NO. . ll (n.1)
(see below)
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PUBLICPURPOSE
!t ir the intcnt of these guidelinea and rccommendltioos colcrniog the distrlbution of
lickets and othff p[blic benefrts. obtained by governmenlal cntities lkougD conlrEclurl
negdiation or olhe. cxercirc of pubtic xrthority, lo sseure ttd tbeso beDeftts, which arc public
prip".ty, shall be used and dirtributed for a public purpose. 'the oveniding principte ltinf
ineil iig"stionc is to curtril the private usa ofthese public benefits by govermrent ofiicials
urd crnployees for thcir or*a persooal benc8l, direcdy or iadirealy. In addition, tlcse
guidelincr arc cs'tablished 1o providc guidanco to such ofiicials and their cmployecg as well ar
ircir advison, in onler to rvoid possibla futlre Disuse ofsuch gublic rerourcc& lt is hoped
thaf 0rig will dso inr,rcaso public soofid€ncc in thc integrity of govtromout in its use of slot
rcsources, As w€ll as bclplo lcilrove thc poception thrt clcr*ed and othg. govemmeot oflisirls
diSributc thesa public bencfiU rxitb unfetterod discretioa rnd for purposes incotrsislenl witl,
thc proper disporition of public propa'ly. F'urther, if is Oe intent ofthese guidclhes rod -. _
rocommendatiom 10 m!k; clear-lhai pubtc bcncfiti mey be utilized un&r certain psrmissible
circumslanccs by olectad and olher goverament ollir:ials ond employees wherc there is_r
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genuiug le gitim-atc and rticulablo fubtic purpose invotved. To that cn4 we have 8et fofih
Selow a liriofauggosted permissiblc puhlic purposes for governmmt offcialr, shflend
coployccs to corii-der when il is appropriate to use, for lhcmsctv6 or othcr6, public benefirs
co[templared by these guidelioes.
-'ite-forogoing list is nd oibaustiw. The Commisgion on
Etbics ls elwuye aveilabtc ro provide an opinion to an inqriring Pblic official ot employeo
mgarding whahen any particular use or method of distribution ir ethically rccepcbla
A. PERMIOSIBLE FUIILIC EIIRPOSES fOR OI'TICIALS' STAFT AND
EMPI.NYEESl. tlost businces tctders to promote cconomic dcvelopment;
2. Ilost lcadcrr of cornmunity rcrvicc orgar.rizatioru (c.g. orgurizations lhal rene
tbe diradrantaged, senior citizen& disahlo( ill, ohildrptl otc');
3. lton dignitrtiei from municipal. sla& ald federal govemoentnl entitier;
. 4, Ifo$ digniudcs r.nd b,usiusss leadcrs frrrtr dhcr cowrtricr;
5. Host youilr groupa, rndcnt leaders and recipisnts of swardrl
6. Hosr old€fly Miami-Dade County re8idcflt8i
7' Hort disabled residents;
8. Host low-incore rcridents;
9, Host constil$enta as: (a) a designded oflloial by the commirsiorl f,lpirporson,
Mayor or some other person dcle gted tut responsibility' I O) uPon
invilatioa ofthe evegt org,rurizcr(s) or. a Ixrgon c[. enlity euthorizcd to extelrd
ruch invilatior;
10. Host group(s) of Sovcrnmcrrtal employees being speciatly rccognizcd torjob'
reld.ed echieveruats;
ll. Being oflicialty recognizcd by lho sponxrs of eve,r[ in a printed trrogram or
othcr publ ic ennouncsmer
12. Perfonning ooc ofthe following fuactions in one's olfi':ial caprcity 8s: (a) a
dasignated official by &e Commissioo' Cluirperson, Moyor ot olher person
dclogatcd thal rorpo:sibility, rr (b) ul individurl invited by tho vonuc
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a. ltroduorng orgaoiz$E, parlicipents, a digrrilaries;
b. Recogoizing thc costributiotrs oflho organizers or staff,
c. Receiving or giviflg an sward or othcr spccial reoognition;
4 Giving a speech;
o. Groeticg and welcrorning attendoor;
f. Ribbon crfring
g. t eading the pledgr of allegiarce or ndional enlhom;
b. Aaing as a goodwill arubassador dosignated by the Commisrion/
Council, Chsirpersoq Moyr u otber person qualilied to dclegate thar
rcepornibility;i. Arscss focility noede, proposcd changcs and constituent oooccms io
response t4 . docamenld complaint specilically a&rqss€d to lhe
ettendee;j. Atrndirg the opcning <tay garne or prrformancc of a CotupTCiry.
ownod frcilily.
B. OTIIER PENMISSIBLE USITS Otr'PUBLIC BEN&TTTS
l. Distribution to reeidents on a publicly-edvenised first+cmq first-s.rved basb
or by lotrery
2. SeIl to m€lrrbers ofthe prblic, if ponnissiblc, wittr the procecds goirgtothe
gcoerd fund or a speciallydesigutcd public purpose;
3, Rcluro 1o donor in cxuha.go for mo[Etzry value, with lhe approval of thc
govcrning body of the Coumy/City,
4. Alloc'alions to:a Nou-profit uguocics for distrtutio,n to individrals sened by the
organizlti ooa;
b. Sch<nls/studcnts or youlh a&laic lcagues:
c. Bona lidc organiialious lhal rcprcsetd needy individrals, which
orga.uizd,ions havc no afliliation with thc public official providing the
benefits or l}c olfioiEl's immcdiato family;
d. Comnrunitl bascd orgalizations for dist'ibution to individuals aervsd
by thc organizations.
5. Allocatious to rhe following based upon lheir contlibutionE to the cmununity
or local gwernmcnt:
a. Bmployecr, as part of an employcc rccoglition proEram with deflrncd
criteria;
b. Rcsidenb who havc ma.de specid corrkibutioru to re community, as
ostablished by dcfiEcd 6itcria;
c. Unc,lectcd membcrr who serve without pay on (butfy/City boitds;
County, S'tatc rnd lot fadenl oJficiols or lo6al offoials Eom olhet citier,
in recognition ofsigruficant assisranoe to thc local governmart
d. B.rsiucssee and institrtions whioh have contsibutcd to thc wclfarc ol'the
Ootnty/City;f Visiting dignilaries or forcign ollicials
784
ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF
COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS RECEIVED BY THE GITY OF MIAMI BEACH
1. The following City Officials shall each be entitled to receive two (2) tickets to a single
performance/event for which tickets are provided to the City pursuant to a complimentary ticket
program, or at any other time that the City may receive complimentary tickets for distribution. An
Event shall only include one performance during each production engagement or run at a City
venue subject to the complimentary ticket program, a non-City-owned venue subject to a
complimentary ticket program, or for a City-sponsored event or other event for which a ticket is
required for admission.. Mayor and City Commissioners. City Manager. City Attorney
2. The remaining tickets shall be distributed as follows:
a. Deserving Members of the Communitvi. Staff shall endeavor to allocate at least 70o/o of remaining tickets to this category.ii. The City Manager shall create an advisory committee to establish a list of deserving
organizations and/or groups eligible to receive tickets. Such advisory committee
shall meet no less than once each year to review the list of deserving organizations
andior groups eligible to receive tickets. Deserving organizations and/or groups on
the list shall be eligible to receive, on a rotating basis, a maximum of four (4) tickets
to a single event. The list of deserving organizations and/or groups eligible to receive
tickets shall include the following categories:. Non-profit (legally established tax-exempt) agencies who serve residents of
the City of Miami Beach, for distribution to individuals served by the agency;o Local educational institutions for use by deserving students;. Senior citizen, disabled persons, and disadvantaged youth who: are residents
of the City; do not have the financial ability to purchase tickets; and,
participate in any City-sponsored program.
On an annual basis, the advisory committee's recommended list of deserving
organizations and/or groups eligible to receive tickets shall be reported to the City
Commission.iii. While it shall always be the priority of staff to allocate at least 70 percent of all
remaining tickets to deserving organizations and/or groups eligible to receive tickets,
in the event that at least 70 percent of the remaining tickets cannot be allocated to
deserving organizations and/or groups eligible to receive tickets, then they may be
allocated to Others or to City Employees, as delineated below. ln such case, staff
shall document the reason why they could not be allocated to deserving organization
and/or groups (e.9. received tickets too late, tickets returned by organization and
could not be re-distributed, etc.).
b. Othersi. Staff may allocate 15% of remaininq tickets for this cateqoryii. The City may create a "Special lncentive Award Program" for the purpose of
distributing tickets to persons and/or entities that have made special contributions to
the community, or to individual civic leaders, including visiting dignitaries. This
Program shall have defined criteria, and such criteria shall be provided to the City
Commission; or,
785
iii. The City may provide the tickets to organizations that assist in promoting and
marketing the City through a municipal marketing agreement with the City, to the
extent that such use is permitted by the entity providing the tickets.iv. ln the event that no tickets are distributed for either (ii) or (iii) above, these tickets
may be distributed to deserving organizations and/or groups eligible to receive
tickets pursuant to the criteria in Section 2.
c. City Emplovees
i. Staff mav allocate 15% of remaininq tickets for this cateooryii. The City Manager is authorized to create an "Employee Recognition Program"
setting forth defined criteria for the award of tickets to exemplary City employees.
This Program shall entitle each selected City employee with two (2) tickets to an
event for which the City has received complimentary tickets.
City employees may not use tickets for an event if the event conflicts with the
employee's work schedule and the employee has not secured the appropriate leave
or permission of his Department Head and corresponding Assistant City Manager.
iii. ln the event that no City employees are provided or request tickets, these tickets
may be distributed to deserving organizations and/or groups eligible to receive
tickets pursuant to the criteria in Section 2.
The City Manager's office shall create a process to allow for the timely distribution of tickets to the
categories listed above in a fair and equitable manner. Such process shall be reviewed on an annual
basis by the advisory committee for any necessary modifications.
786
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Maroh 12. 201I
MEMORAI.IDIM POR.: Comhls6ionorJonsh WolGofi, Oty orMbmi BGlcl
FROty! Prrr&Del Vocchlo, 301 Oorn Drivc' Apt 604, Mtarni Ecrc\ FL33l39
SUBJI Ethios Outdolince for Acoqbrco ofGift, FEvom or Srviocs by City Employoc
I rocomncnd cnaotmmt by thc Glry commirrlor of a rnudard of cmfuct pohibitirg 0rc
oiry'r omedr rnd cmployocs tora roocpdry a glfl Ovo or raricc dllcilrhd bclow
fiir tnfikct crlun tont u o[tlty dolnE burtocls wtlh tr oity or fmm r lobbyi* Scctio
2-449 of thc Sraidsds otConduct "Aocoptnrc?of gifu, favorr, raviocr", ir tho
apptopiata rxtion of thc olty co& for sucb rfl srcndmo,t lAtbohmcilt l.l
Also rhcLrd L a nprint of tto Unitcd Strb Drgarturail ofJuiticc Etticr Orrcc
I&ndbook on lccoptanoc of glfb by Maal anployeos. [Attaotnut 2,]
Io rddifron, rbo rttechcd rt cxccrptr frosr lhe DOJ l{udboolq rppticrblc b ,OiIh Eora
Ouhl& Sourccr'(tro pa,E,er), thc foour of hc rocommcndcd additim to 6c city's
sbndr.rd of mnducr,
ATTACHMENIE: .
Recommcndcd rnrandmcnt to Seci oD 2-449, CIty CodE l"AcctptsIlcc of gif,t hvon,
$n icct."t
U.S. Dcprrfincnt of Justioc Ehios Offioo Hodbook on AcccpEnoc of Glfu by Pcdcal
Employccs.
Bxocrpt frorn DOJ l{andbookr Dcfinition of GiR Exocptiou m thc Oiltido'
76
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{
Ammd Articlc W. Standadr of Conduoq of Prn II, Subp8a A, CbtDtcr'2, Mirnai Bcacb
Clty Code, by rdding r scntcnec to Scstion 24it9: the urandcd suhoctio[ ro &ad as
followr
8d" 2.419. Aeaptr[ca of llfb, favori, ,srvlcGt.
No ofllcer or omptoyac of tbc olty dutl rcopt any glfl hror or rcrvicc tlst
E r.ngusge ddtd urdarllnerl]
mlgbt rcesonrbly icnd impropcrly to bfluauco him h trc dischargr of hir o6cid dutic"
77
789
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s{ort(tlol.ILtsFiES-xUJgI.\to\oso$sI(JsIBE'eEL€cgIBd{Ebgg'(\I6o\F.EcI{ndqroE791
C&O92.33 - hnYfi,L992 Ptgo2of4
$quiild b, bw, maror tat slio! lr rccop,bd [r r' dcoac u by
Eo6il @ Oo d!!6t'r bddt c 6at rftioh i8 Dtiil or dvm b uotlr fu
u obabdf da ilaoa dirso{y,tudltoody, orhttc forlirtoofit uby
.oy orlbrr uour, fo wltot Gq0d or SrttE c,grddlrtdE L mt Sivm'
iDolttdilslO &uura &Ec, dELBioo &os, u ti*fr to lvfis,
pEfot8Eots. or fsdlitics.
14. Ary oec siEdlt *n'ioo tr &iog trving o u6tablc vduo
aot rtgsA, Fovid!'ll ftr h 6is 0octi66"
[li$ tbaaotlulu&:l, sdtf, bbE6t!, aaviocs, focr, comiainor I rrylo$r
rgaociriail c'itL 6c rodpirofs cryIoyuat
Wc ue of 6o vicw tharto riclr* providod b bc City ar r oqldilim of &. soutscB tE Ctty
rotat irto vi|h it! ,nrnag'tlr'rl cootp&yr ad proArco would ut bc coridamd igifC to So City, al
it soDo4 tst 6sy co I pad of 6. aoudd{lli@ bG City rocoivee fot la$ir8 ib audifsi15. Bvcu If
rpo'&d omuiax to tick6 to b0 Eiftr to thr Oty, scotio lfml{Br fbids StrEba, dooe mt proHbit
mo dvin* ofsifo b pvuooud oottior' Sao GEOteE,- Ulitb r€Srsd to thc ooupli*."t""y tiotdt lM 6c City ruocitu ud fta' dirEDutor to it
CoEt rtoD.ghb 3+lr.2l0@I fhdda LedobUrdva Codli Drgelds:
flbllc fu !68 h bolag duhtnod s fovldal by htu Fbli!
r$ooy ft! ta'rd q oqlrore hourtd Ia tho prfoornoo of pbtio ddir.,
tlo dmo bg ut ruoclrrtd e gtft stla r Fub[o luporc fbr tho qor
odfi. Ba!ry. tcnofb, sefltcsr, ftc, or o6s oap.os!8 rwcivotl by r
DEbllc oEcc( or tEgtoyac tgts E8 sr tts prbli! lgrorry & lot oooditut!
s{tu.
It fu oIE Ylaw fut t[aso tlolcc would aot tc ouidrcod 'bcodui ltmahtcd vtth ft! Clty
CruirrioorrC prbllc 0600 lhtnty tintcts b rBtodway rhow war utGo tlDe of bacfit wo !d in
nha vhm wo ftoulg*ra frir rula Tho ut of 6! t@. tan6tC b B11. 3+133t0 c133 itrtmdf,l to
a@t ry th5go bheft! typicc[y armoiibd witb oootg qloyoot' rurih rr tralft inmc?' 3iok lE8\'%
r ldi porttq& evd Dot ttrID&d. to hchrda auh parEririu as a lsEp mbcr 0f tidksb b OlrtE
iailrrioem,-Ibrrvs ro offrovieI,rftat6reotffig-Eonot ebolEof o600ftstwssldppohdD
?hr"" f@b6in, oudAsU I dlt
fru fr'c[! of or alirorarim frrn hmB to Eocdou llZ!148, Eotidt Srat&s, rtiA D8ovi608 h
rottsautDrrc
O)G) Iatbyilt aaaor ray rrtunl pmco wbo' ftt oompandioo.
r*tr, or rorrgb ihriag iho 1tccodi4 12 oo,dbr, b hlluacc &l
loohionurking of a r4orting iEilividr8l 6 ProsllrmltrtLetovc ca hL rgrocy or mclr u roug[ aluEing Gc tr€lodiEg 12
aoafre; to ocormga 6c peor6o. &fut or noilifsrdo of Ey lr4otlt
c roooonondatiou tV Ui llPodlg hdittied c pouroomt r*aployo
sr Us aEEEsy. Wi& tcrP!6t to rn agocy 6d h!. ofibli6E4 by rulo,
ocdtltso, oi tgr, a $giiEdot ol 66 dcdgor$on Dtoooo fts Prror
aaalfog ti ir'{lurrrrco ani*onolCry cr to omuragc bo Doeagc' d!&at,
u aodlffoation of aoy prtpoml or rcooorocoihtitnty Elh !8poEy $ sn'
roCcyoo c orfioid oi ttic qgocy, thc tao ''lolbyirir lnctrdos oly a
pafud rto L roquLod to bo ragictzod or olhtEs'bo dlriEDdod u I
iobbvi* io rscodEoot wt6 nr.U nrlo, rdilrolo, G lgw r rpio x!3
6n:ttnt2
792
CtsO92-33 -II{YI7, Dl2 Prgo 3 of4
&'lat thp FEcodiDg 12 aonfto nqufuEd to bc ngicatd or
oftrcira AaOgeta u r 6bfut ia rceordooc lpift droL n{$
ordiomco, r h!rr.
(a) A npsdqg individul or plmueomt qloyco c Ey cthp!
pccro u hh bdrlf ir phlbitld ton kro*tugly Eo0!p6!& dinctly or
haAcry, r gii aoo I politicd @itlce or !@lniltsc of cmtinnu
.d!i!om, u ilcfinod h !. 106,011, m ficm a lcbbytrt vlo lcbhior tio
,lpqrlilg iudividraTs or proarcolal alplo1ru'a rlrqy, s diroofly c
hdnotly on b*df of lLo pntor, frm, mploycr, r pinoipal of r
lobtJlirt If hE lrocrl c rtlrco$ly bcligvcs ttrrt ht ES har a mlr il
caoa of f ttXI. torlrora, l'raL I gifi 6sy !6 ucapted by ar& gerro o
f,6r$ of a govmarlal mi&y u a duitablo @Bmir!d,o. If th. Eiff ir
amoptadcnbahcfofetov@fi@l otlty or ohrrit$b cgEdzdon, t!
pcrro nc.dvhg iho Elft $dI Dd EehtEitr coltody d &! pff for uy
pcrioddlincbsf,md >rc6s@ebly lgoegsary lo maga for6o utrftr
o(ortody od marrtip of &a dn(q l. polltiod omroiths or e oomittoe of omtisuow GirEoooi
u daGacd b e 106.01I; a btbyi.t rto lobHu r rrportiqg iudiviiiultcr
Irodtrlom, loplolrE'l agporryi Iha Dttor, nm. th0loya. o pio@l
of e lobb:r{rq c aro6r m botrlf of ttc lobbyid c pchrr, 6ro,
Fisip{ .E EFldrE of &s lobbyitt ls F'oh$ltcd !,q gtldDg! d6rr
itirrotiy or hairccty, r l,'t tri hu r vrho in aoan of tl00 b 6!
rapadng iadiviad or trooutllol @Id:rao c oy odbar preoa o Dir
6rLrt tcmcrrrr, rch panoo nry jivo r gift tavhg r ndue in qccrr of
1100 b r nDtndrg iodivnhal d troar@Et ryloyct tf lhc Sli it
loiorld b to ru&rd b 1 3ovcr@Effil adg .r r ctril&lo
sfldzldr[t"
(0(c) Noh,ifunmdhg ttc p'tovttiolg of rubreodon (f), o dV
of tba hrbbdvt q julioid traod a d4rhoml q cmuirioo of 6!
dcotrtivc brucb, a oonEty. ! u[iDipruty. 3! drpoil rubority, c r
ro6ool bogd rory giw, &lr drwtly q indir&. r rift !rvi$ r$rlpo
ia *oar of $Ifi) o ug repoctilS Mvilhul cgumoat qtroyolf aia *oar of $Ifi) o uf rgpoctilS Mvilhul s t!6[!o8t
nrblio olmoeo ornbo rLova fcrfio dft ., . .publio pwpoeo orn bo fcrfiodft....
(b) Notwledadiry Oo prMeicor of gub$cdoD (4), a r+ofiing
Indivldurl or nrccnnorat @plry.c uay ocet a gt0 bt'riry r rnluo intdivldid or rrccnnorat oofrycc uay ocet a dn brriry r raluo ln
orcoar of Sl00 ftoo E lmdty of &e bsi!tr&! c julicitl bnaal, r
dlerrfurut or coroolrrioo of fro croourivo brrri' r cotdy, r
nruoioiprlity. a! iirpGf tdadg, o, a !c,[ool borrd if ] F$Ii! Etupolo
oro bo rfrcrva for &o Ee . . . ,
Submc{tsu 1t23148(4) $ould grohibi a City Couairdoux toa arc4tilg r jii vith a whc
ls oro6r of! t o0 Acor r totirilst who -htDior Oo CiB, or to4 thD DstEEE iq cmdoya, sndu@l
of a lobbyirt Whib wo rcco-gniza er( Fublic od dD rfr."',Ft to iufiutooo-to. ofEdrl
rctor oita o6oas of rhcir rublic rgwy' uro do rot brtiavo lhgt &! .hfEitiot of rb!fuiirt" *rr
i*mdert b eoool[lrt!. m.h DoroD, rErt thdr foiios wilh roaP*t to t ir or! $lDdfl 0msdtlto
'rldb!da8.n Nor ta thce' dy uOsatm thet ih! clty Cffi&r ilrarglrla ttfu turaco ir rotilg o
b&di of r raaa, fm. qlovc, of riripd sf r lobbldtt {tlo lotbioo 6. ftr. AcoordD8ry, ft i!
our viorv 6i Sostico I t1!lit(l). Flcrida srfirto, i0 bsnlotbb io thts slnldo'
Stbreotio 1123f48(5)rm,hihiE Elobtyirt vholobbfun t! Cryofl\,6tf4Boro\ u&cporhr,
f6. @lo]'!r. cE pdIxigrJ oii tobbyint aoa diruotry or hdircdly Cvius g Eift wlh e vslu h. woe_-
cf 3100 b rnobrrr of th! City CotEhicd@. Fu ht reoeoor ilErld fo e! fEofpiDg pragrqh. wr do
I
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I nrror,utlor ot tf,r cr?t qrlsrasror g, rrt;rrl ot [rr}{tIrtct(, ttarlDr, DaortDlxo rlrf,r coHPlrllrlatRt rtcrDtt tol
I'DE?OtxlrcEt raD tvtl!€ l! toll IID |l8l oor(gtrESola cDrt,tntrrg! toulD omltBxrar !l llerrvlD lr rm rrrot, orll
c6LlttaltoBrrg tLD cr?t lxrtErlta lllllL llnlltllt t! LlD8lvrrrllt B !o DrelDvttllorD IoE ilt, Dllltr,rD Drr3ol.s,
gD$ton oIltzDllE lxD oralf, lIDrvtrDErE llD Do rol lrt! tllttdt rcllrr tlrLttt lo ,DroulaB lltcxDrs ,08 ouLEolll
tvltlE . I
lEtEElS, Puatuant to oo'rtr3et! brturrn tbr olty Et tll.ri !a!Eh
alld produc.r rnd Dro[ot.-rr o! FEfornlnctr lnd ,vlntF o! thr Cl?y
o( tltanl E roh'ftr.rter'o! thr F.t l(,rrlng rrt3 (!!OPA) rnd th. tlllrI
Ecach Corvrntion ccnt.r, Eh. *ayor, Ctty cot$hrtonrE! lDd cltt
uDloyalt currtntly E.odlvG ticlat taE uar(oua cvrnt3 lhd
ptrtorlllhc.t oocurrlng at tho.! ttclllttrDi .nd
lBtial!, th. ctty Conrlrrlon ballrvor thrt theEe tloklt3
.houllt br utllttrd lor tbl . b.nrllt ol dllldv.tttAg.dl youtha,
dlrrblrii trrtr.nr, rlhtoB oftlrthr ot ths clty rnal othrr tndlvlaurl.
uho ao noi hrv! th. llnahohl lbUlty to 9utch.r. tlcl(rtc 16!
oulturrtr .vmt t and
ttrtnllt, tt l. altthq lnd 9loPtE thlt tultur.I rv.ntr lhdlld
oontLIiu. to br rvrllrble to dlrqdvrnlagrd youtba, ahrb:.ra Per.oo3,
Dur tln! 33h1or cltiDcn! lnd othcr lndlvldurlr vho Ao not h!v! tha
tl|ronBlrl rbltity to PurDb!3! tlckrt. for Eultulill tv.nttt rhd
I'D!RD[5, trlly 3lronrorad Frogr]rE fo! tshe utc arrit banctlB el
th. dtlrdvrntDgcd youtha' Ahabl.a P.rtotr5, r!,n lo! p.ltl'rnr lnd
otlr.! .hdlvldurlE vho d.o not h!v. tic tinlnclal lbilltY Eo PurEh.tr
tlch6t! tor cultural ev3nte 3ra necc33lty rrld ProPGr i rnal
f,UEnll5, olgenllltlo r culrh Et th3 tlarl ISat' havi cE.lEad
prElttats tor thl6 PurPora '
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tltrlnlrtrrtor
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of tlart Derch rnd 6tiar trrdlvliturl8 rtlo do nDt hlva EbG
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ba oilhr girurrwty c adild r dbcordcddt Airtrtr bo
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rndhod rrold rcao to anuc 6rt yuft agroizdim+ rcrisr c homa IgdrorGtg
fu ra{aity of bc pblic bcocfit' coridrta vih thc of6tch tiulidru,
tr$illd day dsncd olEdah tb uadsrvod oppothutiffb C unttc
glrcawty ofti*.*r to fuftr tbah grrmal c pdiliorl rgcndrs'd raothu
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Rarnor, Mklam E. (COE) [M8RAiroE@mlamldsdE.0ovl
Tuosdry, MErch 27 . 2012 2:46 PM
Abbot! banld; Agulla, Raul; Alfomln, LouIdEs: Amuohrsbgul Fuundoi Artn3tDng, Bsd;
BBrnes, Monlce; Btder, Alison; Blerman, Mltcfr; Blldn Sumbcrg (Chrl6llno B.r$or): Elttnor.
Wanen: Bolttner, AlelGE[.,r Bonlsks, Nhal BotJ6lg, Ewi Brlelbs, E nomotrnii Brltlon,
Tffelli: Brochln, Robertl Bru, Jullo: Cabe[ro,Syl$r; Call,alo, Karan; Gtthro, Mrrir J. ;Clhln,
Charlie; Cypen, SlsphEfi; Dennhalsror. Lynn: Dlckenr. Sonlo lhlghton; Dumar, Csrmeni
Entn, Monlca; Esplno, Daniel; Ey€ro& Clnhl.i Forta, lllanol F,lodman, Chadi Galdoll
Rolandi Garcig-Tolgdo, Viokf Ocllcr, Jotophi GrGco, Joln; Greon, Chrlr; grosnbtrg, Muroyl
GrodnloK, wlt[6m; H!am. &hn: Fbld, G!ryi HBt rnan, StE B i Herln, Jotm; HErnuidar"
El{raboethi Herlta, Jse P6pe: HEloah Atomeysi Hll, MBlon; hlzanl, Ramon; Jrcobowtte
Jan; JBr6milkrvalez! Esa; Jlmmez, Jose; Konnedy, HErian€; Kuper, Rlohrd; L.en, C78h;
Lohr, Bruo6i LDnard, l'lonErdi UoF-stlt, Rob,ert MaBr, Mrbm; MErk , Llqd; Martlnaz-
Estevc, Joro6 (GAO); MrhEfiey, lbthy; uardez, VldorlBi ltJt€ylrs, Rotoert Mln, BamEbf
IrrDe. JoEnhs: Mongdime, REslns: Moralee , Jtnmg Neqon, MelbsEt: Nortb-wErIs.. Mos, JoEnns: Monidime, REglns; Moralea, Jfnmy; Neoron, Melbcai Nortb-wort(s,
Burnadetlai Olh, JeEni O.lllnot, H6nBl Felenz!3la, Asrenderi Pcpy. Doni P3fB, Thomrr;
PH. Mlohaal: Rewe. Nlnoehkq Rlasbaro. BEftata: RosgtxBld, Robl Rdtsteln, Stsvrn:
Burnadetlal Olh, JeEni O.lhot, H6nBl Pelgnz!3Ia, Auend3ri P
Phd. Mlohael: Reyee, NlnoehkBi Rlasbarg, BEftata; Rosstxeld,Phd, Mlohael; Reyes, NlnoehkE: Rl8Ebarg, BEftata; Rosstxeld, Robl Rdtsteln, Stsvrn;
EenEloo, Amyi srrafan, Richttdi s'oldBn, Jani ShEnnap, Craig B1 Slbila, Eakcla;Slagcl,
Dsroci; Smlth, Joee; Suarez-Rlvu, Rr{6el; 6wltho9, Rob€.t ; TruvrrlhBn, BuBan L; Tum6,
D€bora; v6ntura, RalpH Vlllalobol, .lorei VtssBlno, Dlanei Wolss, Rltherd Jayi WondBll,
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Lrur K.l Wolfe, Mc[ Wdph, Davld; Xquo, Verqlcs
Ethlq6 comml8Elon ms€tlng Eummary
For lmmedlrte Releatel M8rch L7, 20U
Contsct: Joseph Centdrino, Era(.llilve DltEctDr
(3051 350{513 or crntoritomlrmldade,rq,
Ethlcs cortlmlBrion tupplementr guldsllnlB on ftse arafittlNkds
As r follou/ up to EuiddinEi lt ksued earlier thls month for the oflictaluse of compllmentary tk*ets by public otflclal3,
the Mirmloldc Commlssion on Ethl$ and PubllcTrurt (CrE) todry ldoptld internal Euidelines thst clarify ryhen .
politiclan appears Et r functlon ln rn nolhcirl cl,?ecllll." The list of lecommendrd public purposes Ior lttendlnB ticlcted
cvents tncludes hortlng dignltrries, visltors and E!Galn resldents or E[oups lnd performlnB Ections rElated tD the
offlcial's posftlon, such as lmroductlons, presentatlons, ribbon crlftln8s and tpesch makinE'
The addcndum tothe guldellnest rtco sug8etts how PUbllt offlclalr should dtstribute tlcket! th!t are received ifirDuE'h a
Co;tr.ctoal aBraemeniwls, e prlvate entfy in order io avoid porribt€ mlrus€ 6f pobllc resou]cEs and bolrter conflJ:nct
In the lntcgrhv of Eovelnm€nt. Blstrlbutlon Ey be first-come, first-rerve or by a loucry' Thc tlckets could be rold'
wtttr ttre proceeds deri8nated to r publlc purpose. Th6y could be allocitEd lo non-Profft rgsnclGs, tchoois, c+llldren's
,-groups.or.cotirmunlty.Egenlzetlois-The4lckets.elso ro$ldie.ssedls.rrvardr.hr-cltlzensprcglgloM!€5-mil{qS
iubstsntiai contrlbutloni to rhe communlty or IocrlBovcrnhent 1,a ggg wltlcontlnuc to provlale opinhnsto lnquuirE
officlals resrrdlng whether other uses are ethlcally acceptable'
811
[n s relrted m.tter, Erhlca Eommi!3loneB round I{o P.oblble Csu3e to I coEPlalnt (E 1Z.Ir7') that of{tcltls ln th! CltY ot
Mlaml vlolated County and Clty Ethlcs Ordinrnces by falllg to r+ort tl*cB tilty hrd rEEEivld to cvents !t the Knilht
gcntsr, Bryfroht parl{ end the Mayoi's 8all, but rlro Bpprov€d the dnftln8 ofr 3eneral trtter of lnstructlon lor futurE
rcfBrence, That letser wtllcltr the clarttlcltlon of 'publlc purpors" rnd empharhe ttrt offldalr rre not entitlad to th6
u:e of publlc benellt dckets rs a mrl(er of right. Public offlclrls wilt be rumlndcd th:yhlve an obllgatlon to repon glftr
lwhlch lndude tickrts to eventsl 8nd thlt whrn rn officill raEeives two tickeE for usc v'rtth r $ousr ot partnar, they
must be dliclo.rrd .3 the toElvrlue of the 31ft.
tn oti8r action at todafr mfe hg, problble causa wss found thlt e bu5 lnElntEnance tcEhnlclan for the lvllaml.Drde
Trenslt DEplrtment vhletEd the 'prohlbltton on oulsidE enptoymcnf provilion ofthE Confilct of lnteren rnd Code of
Ethlcs Ordinrnce. An lnvestiB.tlon by the lnrpector 6enenl's Oflice hrd {ound that Niranlan Se€persaud alro urorted
tor Anerlsen Corch Llner from MarEh 2m7 throughJune of 20:O, but felhd to obBin a uthorhation lor outside
employment and dld not file financial dischsJrE forms each year ar requlred by ttrt Code. After thc ace was lurned
over to the Elhacs Cornmlslon, Sarpersrud uls told that lf he comptlcd wlth the illng requlremr ry th6 cnd o{ 2011,
no rctlon would be ttken, He his f8lled to do so, .nd the iomplalnt {C 12S) wlll pocced.
Two complaints (C l;!-Og lnd C12-13) accuslng Homertead Mayor SEven Bateman o{ mlsspendlng crmpalSn funds rt a
llquor Etore wgre fou nd 'not legrlly 3uffcbnt.' The drarges are bared on state hw, whlch lE outslde the Ethlcs
Conrrnlsslon's jurlsd ictlon.
The rrme cltzen rcEused Homc$erd Councllman Stcphen ShellEy of "exploltatlon ofofiidrl porltlon' by utlng ! photo
of hlmsetf 6n the clty wrbrhe for hls business webclte. fhe cftydld pay for thc orlglnrl photognph. Howcwr, work ol
gorcmment lre .rcfudld from oopyd3ht pmtectlon, rrc coarldcrud h thc Publlc dfil.ln rnd cen bc used by arryone.
For thet t rlon, thc comPtllnt (C 12'16) t,!l.! dccirad 'not lrtllly sufhcllnt''
Sevan complrlnts uere lllrd agtlnrt Homistlrd CourEll$ronrn Judy Wlldmrn rehthg to her re'?lectlon crmpeltn lEst
hll. Four of thern lC L2.L7,El-z.t&t C 12-19 rnd C 1l-Z3l were deemsd 'not lEgalvssflicilnf beEa usc thry don't
vlolete rny laws, Two complilnB lC 12.20 rnd C 1Z-Z!) rxere lound 'not legally suff,cjent" bet8usc they rllc8E
uobuonr ofrtst alection lrwg whl*r ls orrtslde of tha iurlsdic{on of ih? cOE. Thr frral one (C 12-zl) does notlllege
an lctlon thrt ulolates th. Ethics code.
l,lo probable Guse was found to a Eomplrlnt (C 1il{5} accusing r Mlemi Lakes Councll member ol explolutlon ol ofllchl
porttion. A rcsldent of the cttyslleBed tiBt Rlchard Pultdo demrnded that, 13 a part of a munldpal beautllicltlon
prolect, tEes be phntrd ln front of his home firsq rnd t?rat he pr€ssured lhB Town', perk staffto Pmulda ftee use of
public lond to a flag footballlcagua, Tha lnvestigation ,ound no robsfanc? tothe charEes, rnd the complalnt wrs
dlsmlssEd'
I complaint (c 1i{3} filed r8alnrt a lobbylst,]ohn Morse, who registcrcd on bahalf of Ascent llerlthcare solwlons in
SEptemoEr of ZO1O butfrlled to fiie the required Lobbylst ErpEndltur€ SEt€ment by the ,uk:, 2011, derdline, was
dlsmksed rfter he completed the torm. {nvestltitor leerned hc hrd moved out oftownand narer recelved the
notiEcs. but oncc they crllctt hlm and exdllncd hls obllEatioff, he rtsponded.
ln ltght of Erres llk! thB! which consume lnve5tiBatue resources, the Ethks fimmlssion dlrcusssd changlng the ruh
requlrlng lobbylststo flle rnnurl expendltuE reports lrtheylpcnt no funds durlng tie reporting period. A pmposed
rmrndm€nt to the Code of Ethlcs wlll be fprwarded to the County Commlsslon lor lts Eonslderation'
A naHllty Elalrnr adjueter wlth MIernl-Oade Coumt's Rlsk Management division mayprovlde consultlng and tnrpe rtlon
servlccr for prlvate cltcnc. lnrludi4 some Eo,ernrfien6l entltles, lf he has pErflfsslon from hlt supeMsors, The COE
. p.-sj-or1F3-tp-SgsqsELf-oIllp[uohj!3{zstate{tf!!@q llgresqr.{eqlotle -
Countv or controi or malnt.in p.operty associatEd whh the CountY. The RqO also recommeods thet, fgrerted
permlsrlon, Mccoy pmvlde the ncmes of his prlvrte cllents to hls supelvbor'
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oFlC€ OF rHE CnY ArfOit{EY
JO3E SMII}I, CIIY ATTOTHEY
TO:
FROM:
DATB:
RE:
Mi@i-Dsd! County Coumi:gioo ot Efict aadPubUcTnuL;
rod Jorqh Ccolorim Eaq., Btecudva Direcbr, Ethics
Ioec Sui6, Esq.. City Attomoy, City of Miaoi
Fokury28,2012
E(HIBIT I
MEMORANDUM
Conffg&ts.
As Citv Ad@oy for the city of Mirui Boacir, tho fonsv/.ise llgrcsEotl Ey lEgd rodyair of hc
ebovt-isfrGoEce drr:R GuidttiDs 8Dd Rc.coorocodarioEr' proPorcd by loo Catsiuo. ExccutiYc
DirEtor of se Mmi-Dadc coutty c,,mrniraiso m Ethioa urd lublic TrtFt. I! crsEoEE,
Brocutivo Dirootor Ocotorino has cmciu&d tisl:
r Tiokota to w.ots llccivod by CtU oEoirls ptl3u8[t lo 'Public Barcfitc'clewcs in City
conkllts rtould notba disbibuhd by iodividurl city ofEcialr; autl
. City o6cids' rcoeptmco of tiokets/atkodsuce at such tic.kctd Eveolr ir rptopriatc only
c,*tr a public porclosc is widaced by aptivq oEEcial aotim' rsth€r than by 'barsivo
rpcdetor attadrom".
1lrhils it ii unOirputsd thst CW rosorrccE Guclr ae ove,lf tic.kets) oay bc. ttsod osly vlherc e
"torttlo punporod oxirts, a ormicipslity's policy dettroiuiioD o@TFTt 6o l-*-'rr of
aocoooliablne su!,b DuIloio ehould be 10fi to tho dim,rAiou of &c Ci$"e gov!@fug body.
l,G;il;giri"lt, siocifi.'atty ruttorizirU the Counry Ethios Como,ircioa to arrluatc raid
*u*. ,"iu d*crniiation ir aot rubjoct to rsview by thc Bthics ctruuirtisa. el6ough [&.
Entirho,r Propo*ed Chridolircs rddross lcgitirnate pr:blio concems, tlo Couoty Comoirsiol
tas-*t ,*roa dc @B with ovanigbt alUority govcruiag a City Cotnmiosicm's dantminatioa
ofiluttir purpor.. Ftr thrt ru.roa, th, Propoecd Guidelinos uo not rpproprirto for adoptioo
by tbc COE,
I thir 1uodat"d1 ikaft proponl ir trrtitlcd: 'Grriilctiras and rcoourmcadgtions rcgariliag 'public troocfif
oli'rscs in oertain Eov€rnolol oont ot3".
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I rNrROpucTIOlf,
TIIE CITY OF MI^MI BEAOI I{AS BEEN A PROI/EN I,BIOER IN @\,ERNMENT
fl'llrcS,
Subgequrot !o lhc conclurion of thc 20il State Atsrncry't iavortigrtion of thc Ct'ty of Mrmi
Boasb's aosotirtiorE with Now World Slmphoay (ftading no oiuinrl coaduct), 0p Propoecd
Gdiilctinoe wmo writtqr to addrcs "Ilawcd policioe ttrgt have rcarhr.d io locn ttattd trd
inrppro,prirtr bcncfits &l alostcd md qpointcd ofEciale'". Allhough 6c City ttcognizca that
trc Propoal i3 intco&d ro guidmca for all govanrmontal cntities mbjcct b thc jurirdiction of
bc Cor.rily Elbia Comoisctoq lh. rtdod gcocsir for uid r4ort urdrily dcpict &e City of
Mjaai Ecrch rr a taorgrccrcr of cthior hwe, fiiling to racogpizc tbt god cout$utioo tbc Gty
Lu msdo towsds cthior lrrd gooil govcroltrtoL
For wcll ovor thc put dlcadr, 6! City llr ooaotod rtigt cthios lawa rupplocatal !o Fcdcra{
Strte rgd Couuty lcgfuhtioo to #rergthEn ethicr rulco rod avoiil thc rtirting of laid lawg,
otheorriso esbiwslc due to l,oophokn or the rtnplc 6ilwc of otb* lcgirlrtivc bodiso !o to
lagielate. Includcd amoog thcrc novol City-o.aotcd dhios hr',t hst c DscE iDrrcasod lobbyut
rcsEictioo!, crmpalga f:rancc rofurn, Post-sorviac rteticime fu olccld oficietr anil
govcrmatal anployoce, prohibitione ou ilircct ul iaitlr*t lobbyiog rotividls by rypointod md
clootcd govroqent oEoirls, lncrtrscd ptohibitcd ooDEaotul rctrtiousbipo of govrancot
qoplolocs rnd o6ctels, incroarod probititioas on diroa rud indinct DmhAild budn*e
rotitiorrnipq, ud colrging aoope of voting mnflict pmroriptious. Additionally, od uost
Gvidror of tbo City'r cmaitnrcot to oEioe logialatifir ir thc Ctry Cbrtor provirioa (relf-initinted
by tho CrU Cosrmicsioo) rEquiriug votcr approvd bsFore thc cmactuicnt of my kw woakcaing
City cilhior lawr.
All of the aforalrted mc8nlrd clennorutrata an aboolutr and unwavcriag.conmibcrttt by thc
City to Gosct cfoctivs othhs lawa. Ary ruggcsdon that ttrc City bar exploitad its policioc
ignorcr tho Cit/s dcmonstated roeolvc toqrardl oDocinB ud :rrforcilg mcadngfirl cthlcs
legielation.
IL FACTU,{L BACil(GROUND.
TIIB CITY OF MLLMI BBACII'S TICIGT POLICY Ei\S BBEN IN EFFBCf, SINCB ITS
A}PROVAI BY THE STATE BTHICE COMMISS1ON IN 1993, WITHOIIT CON4MENT OB
CRIflCISM TROM @UNTY ETHICS C-OMMISSION.
Thc Ciry of MiiEri B€ach 6ckct policy as emboitieit h City R.cootutim No. 93-20694 (.i8nEd by
theo Mayor Sc!,rnou Gdbcr) had 3s it frundstiou rn oPiuim foa &c Floride Coomisdqu ctD
Btlioe condoniag public of8ciatr' eDco,Ptalpc of couplimeolcy tioke$, conditioacd only rrycn
disclosurt of ric&ets rocoivod, In Ststo COE 92-33, tbe tietee c,Erc hcld to coaEitutl
prraiaeiblo Bifu to tho City coramirsioumr, which hrd b tc dieolorad qurt*ly if thcir valuc
r S6!, Propo8cd Policy at prgc I . garsgrsph ,.
815
ficaedld $100, ThD baris for tho City's rcquctt fcE tho opirioo wo a eoDcro for cric
oompliatrcc witb agplicablo othioe rogulatioas and 8 need lo eoswe tegality of the City's
contnctual prooees, whotoby (in tbat instarce) it nagotiatcd *ith r trootcr maorgcrnrDl compBny
to opcrEtc tho Cityt thqatorr and thc City would raccivq ar partirl considcrrfioo, tickc{r pcr
pcrformrnoc for cvcry ov.ot stEgcd tt thc lbeator.
As rolloctcd in Stato COB 92-33, lhc City of Miami Bcach madc irll disoloam to $c 8t8tc
Ethice Comrniraion of all rtlavaDt fects ennceming lhc mmnu in whic! tre Ciry nogotiatc<l for
and rocoivc(t thc tiokets, uril tho City'r procoss for diefibutioo rod utrgc of ttrc ticlcls. Aware
of all rclwant frcls ttrc StBtE COE determined ttrc ticka policy to bc conristot wlth cthic lass
ro long ar the appr@riato dicoloourc forms wcrc 6led ollec,ting thc Dsnes of tickd rccipic,tts
.rra tli vArr oi iotiut receivod'. Binoc tbo Opinion's irsumcc in t992, tht Ciry of Miaoi
Beach bas rolicd in good faith rpon its bo)diug, rnd bas rdhcrsd ro fir dictatE of timcly grfi
dlscloauro.
Drspite th? traDrpumry of the L'ity'r ticlBt Poficf , ft has novlr boen qucgtioaod by be tvliaori'
Dade County Btbio Con riasion or anyooe elsc. '
lll. IJGAIAI.IALYSI|.
Mnoicipglitias il tbs Stltc of Florida enjoy hourc rula powe, gantiag the,u "...tpvcrnmatal,
oorportb cnd propricary pos,Err to anablc than !o oorducl munictprl gpvenocot' pcrfora
urunicipal tbndioas ond rcndcr mrurioipal s!ryioEs. 6rd rrly aarcieo rny power fot municipal
prrpoocs o(copt aE othril,iec providcd by larr," Fh Concl. Art VIII, tco. 2 (b).
Home rulc municiprlitier are rubjcct to tho sdditionst Corstitutiooal reguinncot thet
oxpooditurae of City fwrda bc fur a 'lublio ptrposC'. Fla CoDEt., &t YII' sec, l0'
.rtcooraingty, altrough a City mEy cruot a policy with rcgud b itf ucc of public teEowccq ruolr
policy must eerve a "public purpose". As wili be ceeo halow, tbe 'lublic ptupose '
detensioatioo by a City oarrios the prcsunpticrn of oonstitutional validiry, rnd iE lubjoot oEly to
judioirl rcviaw.
I Nots: Ar tho May 26, 201t C-ounty Ethics Commissian heariug on Co4hiff il-04, CoB
Corudrsionc,r Soymour Gelba (aftr reoognizi':rg tlr City of Miarni Betch'e well+strblislud tiokrt
polisy) datod hiE bolbf lhit tE somPlirnsnt8ty dok6 rcocivcd by City pclwu&l wrc not "git" rld-ttcrciire did not riquiro diuclosurt, Conqdssioncc Gclbcr 6dic, walt on !o 6t8i. thol lbt ticltct iotttc
wer 'tnuch edo about:rothing".
I In nrb*quanr opinion8, &a 8E& COB hrg cqrdoncd idtot'rcal tiolcst ilirqibotio usc policir of tlu City
ofD*ytonr Barch ($tar COE 0S rq tickets lo InLElstional Spccdwry), City of Sr letcrsh,r_g (Sb& COE
0!.1frc; Tropicaru Etrdium), md thc city of orlmdo aod ormgc ccuity (stste coB 95-36 tt: tic&ots to
Amway Sualium).
5 Saa f.n- #8 hcrcin,
816
A. THE CITY COMMISSION'S TICKET POLICY IS PRBSI,JMED VALID.
I, POUCY DBItsRMINATION IS POR (:ITY COMMISSION AIONB TO MAIG.
NOT THE ET}IICS COMMISSION.
Whsr ooDrtitutos r public purpobc is, in tbc fira insboc, a qucstion for ihc lcgishturc
(i.a, City Commision) lo dctcrmine, and its opinior should ba givcn grnat wcigfu. Iaf,aon
iermbcr Co. v. Walton Countv. I I 6 Eg. 771 (l928li Statc v. Houshe Ftntnce Aulhodtv 9f polk
Cormtv, 3?6 So.2d 1158, I 160 (Fls. 1979)' holding thal the ilctEmimtiotr of whet ooostitutcs a
valid pubtii pl)Ipo$o for the o$codinno of p:trblic flm(h is a fact,Jal dcbmiDatioa for the
IOgialative and govamiag body involved. lbe question of lublic purpor" thue involvet tho
ox-croice of logishrivo judgmcnt aad ir a mftcf rhat thc Miuni Berch Ciry Commirsior' ar tha
togislgtivc and govcrdag body of trc City of Mitmi Bcsch. mnlt detcnainc by City Rcrolutiqn
ectring forth the roquisib legitlativo findings aad iutat'
A lcgie)ative dcctaration ofpubliopurpooo is pt6su&ed to be vdid, Eud should ba alocmed conccr
unlcss so clcatly cnoucorrs as to bc bcpnd thc pova of tho lagislatuc. Wald v. Srrasot! Co. untv
I{ealth Faoililits Auhoriil. 360 So.Zd ?63 fFlE.lgTEl: Nohlr v' Brcryed Coustv Eguc3tioBd
Fgcilitics Autloritv- ?l? So.2d 3& Gla.lgZll: Pricc v. CinrofSLfdrebne- 29 S:o.24 753
M-&st6 v. M"iloo c"untv. 3 Eord ?5 Ualcsr ooqrtaely or inplicdly
36.tainA by tta$to, a nrrnicipat corpuuiol bss dlirorction in lhe choioo of mesnr rnd mothodr
for xeroiolrg t[c powo6 givm it for govcnunatal or lublic ptlfposg3, md ihc urud limitrtims
gpon {bc ections of muahipatities within thgir legal powsrr u? good faiflr 1rrd rcaroa$lcocrr,
lor wiEdom or pfif*tion, All doubt^e ss !0 tho Popdoty of apane ruod in tbo lxlrabe of itr
uadoubtad rnu[ioipsl powct' will be nsotvcil in fsvu of thc municipolity, Statc v. Trrnog
Watc$rorkr Co..47 So.358 (Fla, 1908)'
2. THB oOUR.TS. AND NoTJIIE Efi{IeS Cot*{MIstON- HAVE
REVIEW CITY COMMISSION'S POLICY.
Wlen a policy docision is broug}t into qucsiol rcstlng upo! thc polioc lonrcr, ooly thc
oourtE havs the porrar ald duty to iuquiro wbothet il is within consuNriond liaits' It is thus
narticuJrcly a judicial question wheth6r thc lcgislrtivc deErmiurtion of 'lublic purposC'
comporrs with congtitutional and rtrUtory rights. Scc. Asks* v. Schustcr. 331 So.2d 297
(IIa-19?6); fut. Il, $ 3, Ela, Copst.; rrd LiouolStore v. Continemal Distilling Com" 40 8o'2d
371,374 (Flt. 1949).
tlnlike tho Eourt8 wbictr potscss jrriediction to rwlcw public policy dcbrmjnarioos' agcacicr
such as thc Miami-Drao Couty Bthics C,onpission rory mgaBE in susb ,svi'rl' ody if tlc
authority to do so is grotad in lhe conesponding onrbling lcgiolation. As m rdrninistetive
boily, thc powara of tUL Ethios Commission ,rt limitod to 6t6tmory auttoriaatioa_ u set fo-rtb irl
tlo
-County
Codc, and ths COB may only act within tho8B grstlt! of powcr Epccificaly afforded
itr ..Adminiruativo autboritios 0rg crcEftrcg of gtatru rnd havc on! auch powcrs aB tb8 statuto
cdnfd! o:1lhem." !la. AGO 75-120 cithg 42 An. Jur', Public Adminiotrative law, rcc' 68, ud
Srats 6x rcl, Grccnbrq v..Floridi Slstc Board of pc,otiEw- 297 So.2a1628, at 638 (l D.C.,.u Flr,
tg5Stjf,th1fi. Etzrc nttoraey CcnersJ and Florida Commission on Ethics havc rccoSlizcd thEn
lack ;fjuri8diotiou b rpviow a City's legielrrive 6adingl gpvc'raing "public ptuposC';
4
817
,,.s,e vi?w 6is question [arpcoditg City firo& tderlrds Sille City progran] u baing
prinarily a quc*riou of vfiothcr thac is a tcgitimato publiopurpora... rathrr rh*r rr being
an cthisal quortim. AE lherc ls tto issve ndet llE Code ol Dhtcs Pr64Ed ln this
tllwlion, tw hsve no outhortty lo ibtifu ln on dvitory opinioa whcther lhe usc of C y
t,rr,orarc*s in thb mancr b groPer,
(Eaphxis addcd) Srdc COB 85-13; mtl roc, Fla AGO 83'5 bolrting trat a 'lublic pttrpoac"
dctcmrinatiol oorot bc delo6a&d to tlc Atomoy Genccal'e Officc,
the Ethios (bmmirsion 6a powcr.to arood-Eusss a City's pub[o polioy detrmioatioo. See
BuriarurRoqutdioQ$ 371 So.zd I52(Fl& UTDCA 1979)'
Accardiagly, the iasuc of (pnblic purpoad' io not within the purviafl of t}rc Miani-Drdc Coudy
Er}ios Corolds8ioD. l.troithor ttro Mirrai-Dode (Cor:rty Coda roctiou 2-11.1) or iho rolatod Codo
pmvisions .llsbllng the Etice Cmmi*ion (Consry Code Chrptor 2, frniola L)OGIItr) givo lho
bOg Urr iogsl Eubc'riry b isnrc guidelines ottrblishiag *h.rt ic god wtrt k Dot rcosptdle
jggtifrortiou for r City's Publio polioy rogordi4 ib ure of govanmcat racoutccs, A thorougb
?*i* "f
t"C"-tyifi. AU'r" *.i'.O-*v eithority, oithcr cx,pmu cimplied6, grailing unto
Tho ody acotiong of 6c corruty Etrtcr codo rolcl|art to tb city'r uBo sf it3 rcaoltEos (rudh ar
dotlt! to ovGtrts itbar rcosived vla EB&loogth nogotiuioar) arol
. County Coda rcctioa 2'l I .l (o) lovQrqiry "Solicitation of Gi.fir"; gld
r CourU Co6e tcctiou 2-l l.l (g) govcoing'tsxploitatioo of06cirl Positioo".
Noitbrr of the rbovc tthlcs tcgul*ioor trowwcn cstiblisb a critaria fq 'Dublic !urpocg?',
Morcovcr, botb of thssc Code reo{ions racogoira thnt ro long ar tbc aotiors tr}cn wcrc prururrl!
to City polioy (i.a, City of Miami Bcach Rcrolutios No. 93.2I)59{), thoro Coile sectionr erp
oompliad wi1i. (S6s, Couuty Codc a*tion 2-11.1 (o)(2), urd (g): "...No pitrc,B irrluded in the
t![r[r arzua in gubsmtion OXI) through (O and (b)(13) sball uso cr attc,'mPt to uso his ot hcr
ofEoial poaitiou to rccuro rpocial privilogcs or eotcmpdone for hi:nrclf or hemolf or othcra except
as mt!-be spaifically pen$ttzil bt othq ordinances o.il scsolutlotls yeviottsly ordaiaeil or
anoptd or ierejfiet b ba otfutned or zdoptd by tllr Boad of Cott tty bmnisalonqs",
(Emphr^sis eddert) Id..ruthoueb thc coB rnay dosift b revie{t, ilEue6 of r City't public policy
iAuiuinutioo', absEr CuuDry Code orthorizatioq tho COB hEkE Eut.lh rwiewing powcr. See,
6 Alttougt County Coda EEction 2-f066 prouidrr thet ihe COE "...tBy cxaciee dl tlrorc porratt dthrt
op*inoity gruta lorrin or nooceeary io thc crccie. of &orc powcrs lrcrein crrr:rncratad", ruoh iuplicd
authcity uriy nof yrane( tha .ncrsicp of a subot&tive Po!*,s Eot confErd. MglS&lnX-Ca.J.Ig€t,
167 So. 33 (it". tCao); n& Aoo ?3-3?4, Aoy ir4Dod Power,!3llst be DrccalE y rmpliod !m a dutr
rlbidh ir ryo-eifioally oi qrp.*ciy iElpo8cd ty BtahrE Fla. A60 75-16t; FSU v. Isrkin., 323 So.2d syt
(Flr, IDCI I9?5).- Any por or-to bc irupliod muBt alio bo esse|'rla, i! oldal ro crrry olrt drc axp:teely
grlotcd?ow.r d &ny i4oecd. e.8., Fls. AGO ?3-3?4 erd 67 CJ.S, Qfioeze e, 1O2,
t ttrowglrEf taudcblo ot ooonacnibblc fro rctious of t]c @E ar strlad i! Et. Brrir Psp.E Comorrv v.
shta 23? So.2rt ?9?, ?99 (Fb- lrt DC l9?0). "(i)i is ncll rcElcd tb8t s elatut6'y agatcy dooe not
818
Contafi DovolopmEnt Co. v. D8daco'urty. 374 So.?n lI43 (Flr. 3DCA 1979), ia which the
ftftd Disbict Courl of Apprsl foutrd thst M!!d-Did6 CouDty'u DERM tlid not havc thc lcgal
urtbority !o ieorp a parriculer ordcr !s tho Dircaor lackcd ary lcgidativo altlrcity uEdGr tbE
Dade Code to re4ui$ 6Dy edviroDtrrstrtol impsot staED€rt Aom rppellut:
,..in our opinion cootrry to qpalloo'couta ioas, rono ofappollaat'o lgtivitior u
nflwtod by tbfu rroord etow a violmion of tbc Dadc Codc proviaiouo rdiod upcn in tto
cecsc snil aloaist ordor, Appelloee argua ilat qgricultrral ruq h trd of irsdf, cmditutos
a dischrrge of organic or ioorguic osflsr as ohtidaal compoudr into tba.wqtqs of
Dade County witlin lhe ilefnitioa of 'lrulcqnpe" iD tbc Dadt Cotlc. 5eg g ?4-304)0),
Dad6 Codc. Howavor, . ..tha imponant qu!3ticm bc6to u3 ir not whobcr tbolc rctivfico
rcaplainod of rbodd ot oould bc forLid&n' but rarhr orly rrhdhrr thcy havo boo.
!d- et 1149.ftut u ir ftnrtcxL ruore. thc lssue boforc lho COB is whrthcr thc City policy violrtes
thc Couaty Bthics Codor lot urtdbcl tlrc City'r polioy shorld bc mbjoct b rcvicw bytbc B&ics
Code. Rcgardlors of ih good intentionq thl @E utay rct llvokc jurisdiction orer a mettar
wberr the Connty Clmmissior hee Bot grmtad it arcb porrrr.
3. CONSTTTUENTS HAVET LIIMATE SAY CONCERNINGPROPRIETY OE'
CITY:S TICETPOIICY.
Aftcr dl logal argumeau havo rastod, tho ultimrtc dxidor of Yrtg&r tba Ory'r dplct
policy ir vrJid uil rorve tho public istmet is, of courao, lhe clcctoralc" If indscd CitY Eridrrt*
ob5".t to thc pnorot tio.kst Dolicy, tbcy rrc foc o voice thcil objcaiorr ro 6c govorning body,
aad it tlc policy ir aot tmcndud to ro0rot the publio'r concaror, tlo rocoune will undoubtcdly
bs at tho bsltot box:
C;ourts will not dcterminc whc{hlr or not thc sstim of public o{Ecrs is vbe, ocoo.omicsl
G ldvatrtageous, sud quoetiou belsoging ?sclusively to lle public o6ccrs urd bosds.
If they qxeroice their powere fmlisbly or ulwisoly, the rea vrc of rhclr ccm&lrlteils Is lo
go to the fullot box oil not to lle courts.
(Ernpbasis adrte4) Browtd Counw Rubbish Contactom .AxF v. Broyrrtl Coutqv- 112 So.2d
898, 903 (Fle- 2DCA 1959). Acoord,53 So.2d 828, 83t (Fis-
f951) oiting tvlpQuilliu ur Muaioipol Cor4ontiorc 0F Ba.), rr lo.t0gf .
I
poEscrr rrry in'hFrir{ !'s*ar!i ruch egaoy L lituitd to ttB PosE grutcd, ci$ct a4rasdy or by
ncoc*rry irrglioetim, by t Q Btdtut6r (h!'rc the Dade Code) croating tbota" Soe c- g.., AqE!w,v' groq-B-K€y
Wxffifldr,6. IZZ So.la 9t3 (Fb. t9?8); Irwis v. Burk of ?aao?-Coqtrf, 346 SoId 53 (gle,197ol
ssrtscrtr couaty v. gtrq 302 So,zd 73? (Fl&1974)i End $srEroia Cjlrtw v.l*srIh0E:EE-C@', 322
So.2d 5ss (!la. ld DcA 1975).
819
It ir sipifica* to 6otc. honever, that ttre City'r rcaidenb hrve mt oblodod to ttu City'6 tickct
poticy. In a City of vooal, pro-active. gsv.,rment-involved &sid6ot8 vrifu
. ovctr 4t citizcn-vohrntcer committcea (tlp najorig of urch marmitlcs mccting at
lcast I I or tnorc dtuo por yoor),
r 4-6 public mcctiagr pa rcct
r 1 rcgulrly.rchcdulad Cip Coumisrion plblic ueeriry pa ruoDtrB (includilg al laatt
1 mmhly Coonircion cornoiua mcctiag),
. Blproxfudatdy 46 public roccrdr rrgncsls landlcd ol a roonthlybasis i! 2011, ard
t !292 phonc roquerts in 201! dtc.tud to ihe Cit/s mrio ptllic infomation tclcpbcrc
lile
llaz hevc aot boru roy completrts rogttdirg tbe C[ty'r uec of lh ucgotletcd ddtrh. If tbp
cttizcos bad objcotod to fis tickct policy, nuely the. CiW Comiuion wDuld hsvc tddffiBotl
tbosc conccns pric lo te COB'a hgtast rcvicw of ths !rdr. In ligbt of ttc abrcoco of COE
jruisdictiro owr mch policy llctcroioatim it.!s particulerly iElPProPriste fu 6e COB to iuerrt
iuolf iato vbat ie urcoSally a looal irnrc, oopecially qivea the abgncc of oitizm outory.
B. TEECITY'S TICKIT}OHCY IS SUPPORTED BYTTS COURSEO,F CONDUCT,
lVhilo it ir clsu thst ttc @E lac.la jruitdiotiol to ltrrrt tbt olty tctivc pudcipatioa by Ctty
pcsomol cqDstitutas '!ub[rc purpora" for purporer of sasessbg ht CiW of Misd Boactr's-tic&* poUcy', thc fotlowiug raalyiir bcarr npon tlc City'r polioy for tickd usrga
AXhouEh thc bity 8badooco cc'rtaiE ttlmE of ih Rsrolution g3-20694,10.1bo polic/t dbjoctive
of aeuring bighJovol City pcrroucl 1r€BsDc€ Et cuch wcutd has beoo 0re custom of tho City
cirpc 1993, rsd b.a boca uuEsailcd- Tbo frct th* this golioy tas bcar in cffec.t for almost two
dcoadoslr; 8nd hE not bcro tro arbject ofprior oitizear outcry, is relovant rupport of ttc City'r
legidativo poticy dotcrainatios:
In deciding whetb€r ouctr pwpoac il pttblic or privrtq oourtE Eust bo lrrgely
inllusneod by tho oourre and usagc of lhe goverarnen1 6e objoct for wbich tst(ts
I Ar ao undiuputable fis!, llmErou5 '?ublio Ecoefits" claures }Erle bccn includld rithiq ooo&srs' prErentod to thc Oty CoutieBio! b plblio blsringE.
? Soo E:coutivc Dirccts Ccntodso'c popcral rl pagc 12, pua. 5.
l0 No suggsstisn bre bcln nrilc tr* &e City'r mnoomllhncc wi6 inplernatilg tsor (rush at
car$Urhing r City bortd fpr nsr-profil tickct dirtihrtim) ws8 alu. to s!y{Li!B othr ttuo irailvErlent
oYcrtiSltl.
ll Scc, h r ncarrieqe ofl-rerv Lanoe urd Lvrr Lapoc. No. 81605. May l, I99?: "Furtbcr. thc lcgielation
otalloo5ad hro hrl beo in a ottaoe h rhis 6t!tD fE over 20 ycrre. Il dctennlniog wlatbcr r dsoro
rcnoa a publio purporc, u cout "oslr takc i o cstsiala:cEorr a loag couro of logrrlation ald uragc of tbo
govcaamot D
820
and op,propiaions havc boct curtomEdly ud by l,oag oounc of logislation lcviod
rnd mrdc. and what objecls bve boon cooridercd ne*8rrry b ihc rryport rnd for
lhc propcr ruc of 6a govcrtunent Whalevcr la*fully peruit*s b ,hlt Drr;o e a d ,t
*ttctlotud by time ard the @qyietc.,/t4€ ol the peoph" nay well b nld lo be a
pl,bl/;a puwose ond propa tor the ,nahleruine oJ good gov*wwrl (Eophreis
rddd) Haplcr v. Smrll- 138 N,8.849 (1923).
Furtbormorc. whrt is a 'lublic pttrpose" ir aot a strtie coocep( brtt is 0cxible ud cryeble of
aprnrion tc roet thc r+r:'rgin8 oonditioor of r oompla< eociety. thc Florida Suprome Court.brs
ruognizcd trir coaccpt md hgs fousd that '...[a] roh gcne.ratiou nay datcrmine itr cmcqpt of
thcre thingr.' Stde v. We$binfion Coilntv Dcvclopmmt ArtLoritv. l7B So.2d 573, 579.F1&
1965); StlteyJirypf TEllS0sE66. t95 so. 4o2 (1940), Sos also Stato v, CitvofJacksonvillc^ 50
So.2rt 532 Flrt951). IDdeo( lht mtuonsur of uodcrn tegislaiive End Judiqial etuldlg
(pmiarloly sfi.r the $tdc Srrat of muaicipal horns rule power) b to broadgn ho rcopr of
rotivitior that ary bs cltssiiod ar involving a pGlio prrposa
l'The City'o dola ?olicy Las rot tocn objccod to by ttr public. dosoib its dccadcr'-loug ?rist dcc.
(Scc, rbow rrgumcot gt III (A) 2(b).)
It Eoononrlo Dctrelopmrot hts bcqrt slitutotily tccoSniuad rs an appo,prien publio purporc of
rruiciplitics. Soc Flori& Stit 166.021(EXb),
G) nr. govcrriiu3 body of r rnuaicipoliry mey cxparil public funds to attrrct md retaia buiuesr
cotarpriroo, rsd thc pec of pullic 6.udt towrrd thc rohialetteat of ouch pcmomic davelopr*nt godr
conotitula I public purporc. Thr grovirioae olthir ohaptor crtrictr ocofer powerr and duticr on lbc
govonriog body ofr BuDioipality, including any powort not tpeciEcally prohihiEd by lnw thnt crntG
attrolsed by tho fovrrnilg body ofe municipstty, rhtll b! libarlty oomstrucd io ordn to Gtrcctivcly
orrry out llc ynrqporer ofthir subrectiorl " (Erttphuit addcd.) Id.
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For oylr 25 yarE tho City of Miami Boeoh hu dsvotld ilo rtsouroor towcd ocoqgmic
atcvolopocotl'u,ith ragud tD ptanning mrt zoniag irducs, iofrt$ucrrno improv@hl, isotudiog
thc oagohg nebEnanc,e urd pomotiol of facilitica providing virual palonning rrtr
produotione and odhrEl ovcok. Tbo City hrs de.od it a public nopd for hi$*urkhg City
offcialr' Btta[danoe at firoctioru of City+wnod vcnuos in ordcr to proviile tha' wittr tho
opporardty to 1lam Dorc Ebout thc oitizoos' ooncrms Erd iut{63tt ar woll re tllr ho3t
orgrnizaliour rld thcir unique isaucr utd Docds. Tbc excbasgo of inforsration facilit&d by
attrodirg ttcBc firnctims holpa City o$cials bc aorr rcsponsivc to thcsc ncodr. Itis conrirtart
witb the City'r god to allow tbosc higb-ranling City of[cials to att od, d City expcorg culhual
productions and ovrots uking plaor ,! thc City't facilitict, r*ulti.ug ia in*oaed.conmunic*iol
regardiog City Bfairs with tbc prblic outaido of City Hatl, as woll as publicir,ieg &e produetiooo;
rad ovmta ard thus arcouragiry p$lic atoudanoe.
Tho Atlnmey Gcogral's Ofir'e bs formd that oo long rs the Sovomiag body ha: EPlrovGd tho
ruo of publio rarourcos, gubtic firnds may bc cxpor&d for cutlrlainmcnt o(pcflditurcN that t?
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detcrmincd by the body to serrrc a public purpose, ln m culy ryinio,n Aoo 1958, thc. Atbrocy
Gcueral edclrcescd the legelity of a rpooirl disda rgcnding public funds Cor cotdldnEMt and'
ac,howlcdged thc rcqufucmtot that thc l*Bislaturc urtborizc te use of publio funds for purposor
of horpitality ard cfltcdaituncot A.brcnt nrcl ryeciEc lcgiolative authorizrdo. tLc Auoaey
Gsrcral'r o6cc found that lhc orcrtio of epccial diaticb xtould Dot ir ard of itrotf indicrlr r
lcsd lo ccrry otr cxtcasiveprogreras of hospitslity and enlcrtBinllcot. See, Fla. AGO 58-12,
TIIE CIry'S TICK.E',T POIT,ICY PROVIDES A PRBDOMINAIIT PUBUC
BENEPTT. AND A}{Y BENEFI TO CITY PEB$ONNEL IS INCIDENTAL
this too ij a mrtEr oi gootl faitb disdctionary decisiort-trrking by tha City's govc,tDmg bo.ty.
ANDTTIUSPRO?BL
Finally, thc fEEt tlst City ofEja.la may bc iucidooblly bcoaf,ttod by utc of thcsc tic,tdr
docs not ile4fioy lho public naturo of tho City'E policy. Floritla's courtB havr rccognizcd tlet rhe
atcoution of a public purposc iha, lnvolvcs thc orpcoditrrc of moncy it r.rsualty dlodod Yith
privala broefiu. rad so tong as thc principal purposc of the onaobeut ie public in uuua,-it ir
irotovant that thcro vill be ur incidmtrl bcDGIil to privele intaccts, Sec, BhctbUra v' Sretc
C,onrmiuiog m Ethig. i89 So. 2d 43 t (Plu l'r DCA 1991)i rnd Thourbrr v. C8gfForr Wdtoa
Beaoh. 568 So. ld 914, 9I7 (Fla. 1990) (dcfondtU against rccall lauiruit orcrtod incidcotal
bcnefit to olcotod oficial wbile providing primary bouefit rc public)'
IV. CgNCLVSIOM
Iho ruthoritior citod tbovc nrpport thc lcgrl pmporition tlEt otc crry of Mirni Bcacb may,
ubjea to judiciql rqviow, cetablieh poiicy govardrg lhe dlatributioo ad rurgo of ir tic.kots to
Ciry.ouaod venuce. whioh policy oanios the prcsrrmption of validity. lte COE lecks juriadiction
to irsuo a policy itato66rt etatilg what is rad what ir not r ltwfirl 'lublic piupoae" wi& rognrd
to thc City's dirdbution itrd osc of tblso ticktts. It is the City Cornmiosioa 6at ls &c filal
ubitar of itE tickor polioy, and uot the Ethics Commissior .
With rogsrd to tbe distriburbn of City tiokila !o Egh'r'"t'i''g City pcnouol'. ir ie aot
rmrcaeoriabla to premme $at plrt of thsir oIEcieI dutios ery be to atlad oortain high-ptofiIe
rpcciat wartr (rurch rr Art Basel or tho South Boroh Wha & Pood lesrival) tbat focua national
-O iotcmationut Btt4ntiotr on thD City of Misni Beach aod thur promote commace aad toruiro.
As to thoBe 'Ordin:ry' perlOrmanoes or ovBols which do not uccas[ily garaar natiouel
attoutioq thorc is a public purposo in the p'resoacc of Citl' ofEoials at thosc ovcots as wcll end
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1) Determine the potential audience for ihe tickets.a. lf inappropriate for youth (aduli show not intended for persons under 18 lrears of age), then only used the organizations/groupsidentified as serving adult populationsb. lf appeals to all populations, then go in order listed2) Contact the identified community organizatbns/groups to offer the tickets.a. Follow the order listed to call and offer tickets (unless not appropriate for the population serued by the organization/entity; if so,note that the agency was not called, so it can be called with the next sel of available tickets.)b. lf an agency does not accept the tickets, then they will need to wait until they are next on the rotation.c. lf an agency does not respond to an offer for tickets, pursuant to he process described below, then they will need io wait untilthey are next on the rotation. ii. Efforts to contact agencies should be as follors:1 . Email to contact person2. lf no response within 24 hours, call contact person3. lf no retum call within 24 hours, go to next entity.d. Once you have distributed the tickets, note the last entity called/distributed tickets.e. Start diskibution calls beginning with the ne)d organization/group on the list, unless there is any organization/entity that was notcalled the preMous time because the tickets were not appropriate for their population served. ln those cases, call thatone/those first.f. lf the tickets are receirred last tninute (day of event), or retumed, distribution to employees can be made. Distribution toemplolees can also be made if requested by the Human Resources Department for purposes of recognizing certainemployees.i. Department Directors are to be offered tickets to provide as a recognition lo employeesii. lf there are no interested Department Directors, then tickets can be offered on a 'first come, first serve' basis. However,no employee can receive tickets through a'first come, first serve" basis more than 3 times in one year.iii. Employees must sign for the tickets; employees must be advised the value of the ticket and that a Gift Disclosure maybe required.3) Fill out the portion of the ticket distribution spreadsheet to reflect the organization/group that received the tickets. Secure theirsignature when they pick up the ticket. Request that the agenry keep a log of their participants that received the tickets for the City'sreMew, if necessary.4) Attach to the ticket distribution list in the binder the process used to allocate the tickets for that event. For example: contacted #1,#2,#3 - not interested; contacted tl4, provided four tickets; contacted #5 - not interested; did not contact f6 - not appropriate; contacted#7, provided four tickets. ln this example, Iffi would be contacted first for the next set of tickets, and then you would proceed with #8.mxI6-{t-823
#AgencyContactAddressTeleohoneEmaillarget Population1ASPIRA of FloridaAymet Chaples6100 BlueLagoon Drive,Suite 460. 3312630$269-6767acha oles@fl .asoira.oror/outh, families2Ayuda, lnc.Diana Susi7118 ByronAvenue,3314130$.864-6885dianasusi@awdamiami.orofouth, families3Biscayr ElementaryCommunity SchoolLeslieRosenfeld305-532-45154Choices Et Al, lnc.CherylPolite-EafordP.O. Box 645409,3326930s332-2074coeaford@bellsouth. netfouth, families,:ourtdirectedservices5Fienberg Fisher K-8CenterLeslieRosenfeld30s531-04196Get Credit HealthyElizabethKanrrowski250 NW 23rd St.Ste 205. 33127877-850-3,144ek@oetcredithealthv.comndiMduals,iamilies7lnstitute for Child &Familv HealthAdriana Kochen430 West 66thStreet.33012akochen@icfhinc.orqfouth, families8Miami Beach CommunityHealth CenterKathryn Abbate710 Alton Road,3313930$69$2184kathrvna@mbchc.comnfants, youth,amilies,ndividuals.9Miami Beach Sr. HighSchoolLeslieRosenfeld30$532-451510Nautilus Middle SchoolLeslieRosenfeld30s532-348111North Beach ElementarySchoolLeslieRosenfeld'30s531-766612South Florida Center forFamily CounselingJose Matos17801 NW2-Avenue #207,3316995+2,43-6298iosedmatos@hotm ai I.comt/outh, families,ndividuals,;ouples, court-lirected services13South Pointe ElementarySchoolLeslieRosenfeld305-531-543714Stand Up forThose WhoCan'tJeannette Egozi71 18 ByronAvenue.3314130$864-5237ieannette@ecoz.bizfouth15Switchboard of MiamiNathan Gomez190 NE 3rdStreet, Miami FL33132305-358-'1640nqomez@switchboardmiami.orsYouth, families,ndividuals,rcuoles16Teen Job CorpsDeborahRuooiero7356 GaryAvenue. 3314178S.357-5972dimmruo@omail.com\dolescent, lowerncome vouth17Unidad of Miami BeachArsenio Jorge833-6m Street,33139305-532-5350nsantiaqo@unidadmb.orqt/outh, families,ndividuals824
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CenterCasanora4021"'Street Teen ClubWillie Prieoues305-673-7784wDrieques@miamibeachfl .qovYouth41Scott Rakow YouthCenterEllen Vargas2700 Sheridan305-673-7767emrgas@miamibeachfl .govYouthHMdministration\Gift Retum memos & ticket distribution\PRocEss FOR DISTRIBUTION OF ADDITIONAL ICKETs NOT DISTRIBUTED TO OFFlClALS.docx826
FILLMORE MB @ JGT AND CONVENTION CENTER TICKET DISTRIBUTIONRESOLUTION NO. 93-20694SHOW/EVENT:DATE/TIME:COST:827
EXHIBIT K
January 31,2013
Hon. Matti Herrera Bower
Office of the Mayor
City of Miami Beach
1700 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Mayor Bower:
This opinion is provided in response to your recent inquiry regarding a pending proposal to
establish a comprehensive policy for the City of Miami Beach regarding use and distribution of
complimentary tickets to events and productions occurring at city-owned venues and/or city-
sponsored events. The request for this opinion was made by you in light of the adoption ir.2012
by the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust of "Guidelines and
recommendations regarding 'public benefit' clauses in certain govemment contracts," as well as
an addendum to said guidelines and recommendations in which further elaboration and
explanation were provided by the Commission conceming permissible public purposes and uses
for such public benefits.
First, we recognize that in creating such a policy, the City of Miami Beach would be addressing
in a comprehensive way many of the issues which arise in connection with its receipt of
complimentary tickets intended to be used for public purposes. We applaud this effort. In
addition, inasmuch as the proposed new policy in large part mirrors the work of the Ethics
Commission in creating guidelines in this same area, we are appreciative of the City's efforts to
come up with a policy that comports with those guidelines.
For the most part, we find the proposed guidelines to be useful and beneficial to the protection of
the public interest in connection with the distribulion of public resources. There aie, however, a
couple of issues raised by the proposed policy that need to be addressed to insure that the policy
fal1s within the guidelines of the Ethics Commission's recommended policy, which is based upon
the requirements of the Miami-Dade County Conflict of Interest and Ethics Ordinance, made
applicable by County Charter to all municipalities within Miami-Dade County. Each of these
issues is described below.
1) In the sixth introductory paragraph to the resolution establishing the new Miami
Beach policy, it is stated that "...public purpose is further served via the distribution
of tickets to exemplary City employees and other notable members of the
community..."
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2)
The provisions in the Ethics policy which correspond to the language cited above are
contained in Section B. 5. of the Ethics Commission Addendum. The latter section
refers to distribution of these benefits to "a. Employees, as part of an employee
recognition program with defined criteria; b. Residents who have made special
contributions to the community, as established by defined criteria."
We suggest that, in order to bring the Miami Beach policy clearly within the
Commission's suggested policy, the above language in the resolution be amended by
deleting the words "exemplary City employees and other notable members of the
community'' and replacing them with "City employees officially recognized for their
exemplary service and members of the community officially recognized for making
special contributions to the public welfare." Of course, it is also a permissible public
purpose to distribute such benefits to the general public on a first-come, first-serve
basis.
#4 of Exhibit 'A" of "Acceptable 'Public Purpose' Uses (By Category) of CMB
Tickets," attached to the City's resolution, lists "Monitorhg and evaluation of City
venues and the quality of performances therein (in particular, attendance at opening
day events at City-owned venues), and/or monitoring and evaluation of the value of
City-sponsored events and their compliance with City policies, agreements and other
requirements." There are corresponding provisions cited below which were adopted
by the Ethics Commission in its Addendum, but these provisions do not create as
broad an allowance for the distribution of public benefits as the City's proposal
appears to do.
A.l2.i. of the Addendum recognizes "Assess facility needs, propssed changes and
constituent concerns in response to a documented complaint specifically addressed to
the attendee." This would not justify an open-ended invitation to any public official
to attend any event for the purpose of "monitoring" the venue, unless there were a
specific issue brought to the attention of that official which provided a reasonable
basis upon which to attend an event, notwithstanding that it is likely that most such
complaints could be dealt with without attending the event itself. Without such a
specific issue to deal with, the attendance at an event for "monitoring" purposes
would likely be considered to be outside of the guidelines approved by the Ethics
Commission.
A.12j. of the Addendum would permit "Attending the opening day game or
performance of a County/City-owned facility." This was included at the time because
of the opening of the Marlins Stadium, an event that would certainly justify the
attendance of public officials at the opening ceremonies for such a facility. It was
clearly intended for "facility" openings, however, not for the opening night of every
theatrical event or sports series . Such a broad interpretation would render the rest of
the policy meaningless. It is not a proper public purpose to provide public officials
with opening night tickets to every perfonnance event at a publicly-owned facility.
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I hope that this has provided you with a better understanding of the County Ethics policy,
such that Miami Beach officials can be guided toward a policy that is consistent with that
of the Ethics Commission. Please do not hesitate to call me or my staff if you have
further questions.
Sincerely yours,
Joseph M. Centorino
Executive Director and General Counsel
Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust
cc: Jose Smith, Esq., Miami Beach City Attomey
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Smith, Jose
From:
Sent:
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Attachments:
Centorino, Joseph (COE) <CENTORI@miamidade.gov>
Friday, February 01,2013 4:48 PM
Smith, Jose
FW: Opinon regarding proposed comprehensive ticket policy for the City of Miami
Beach
INQ - MayorMattiBowertickets.docx
From: Centorino, Joseph (COE)
Sent: Friday, February 0t,2OL3 4:45 PM
To:'mayorbower@miamibeachfl .goy'
Cc:'josesmtih@miamibeachfl .gov'
Subject: Opinon regarding proposed comprehensive ticket policy for the City of Miami Beach
Mayor Bower,
Attached is a copy of the opinion that you requested regarding the proposed comprehensive ticket policy for the City of
Miami Beach. Please contact me if you have any further questions.
Sincerely,
Joe Centorino
Joseyfi tt4-. Centorino
Executive Director and General Counsel
Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics arrd Public Trust
19 W. Flagler Street, Suite 820
Miami, PL 33130
Te1: (305) 579-2s94
Fax: (305) 579-0273
www. miamidadeethics. com
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