CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING
Regular MeetingMiramar, FL · February 21, 2024
Agenda
City of Miramar, FL
2300 Civic Center Place, Miramar, FL 33025
Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
7:00 PM
REVISED
Commission Chambers
CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING
Mayor Wayne M. Messam
Vice Mayor Alexandra P. Davis
Commissioner Winston F. Barnes
Commissioner Maxwell B. Chambers
Commissioner Yvette Colbourne
CITY COMMISSION REGULAR Meeting Agenda February 21, 2024
MEETING
City of Miramar
WELCOME TO YOUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING
We are pleased that you have demonstrated an interest in the City of Miramar by attending a City Commission
Meeting. We hope you will attend more of these meetings in the future.
GENERAL INFORMATION: The City of Miramar is a municipality chartered by the State of Florida operating under
the "City Council - City Manager Plan." The City Commission is comprised of four members and the Mayor
selected by the residents of Miramar to serve as the City's governing body. It is responsible for adopting policies of
the City, passing ordinances, adopting resolutions and approving budgets. A City Manager is appointed by the City
Commission to serve as the administrative head of the municipal government and provides recommendations to the
City Commission on policy issues.
The City Commission Meeting is a formal meeting of the members of the Commission to transact City business .
This business is conducted in a manner prescribed by resolution, laws and regulations which require certain formal
actions and the following of specific procedures.
The AGENDA is a printed document that lists the order of business for the Commission Meeting. The public is
encouraged to contact the Mayor or any City Commissioner prior to a Commission Meeting to express their views
on items appearing on the Agenda.
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The City Commission may consider and act upon such other business as may come before it in the event this
agenda must be revised, such revised copies will be available to the public at the City Commission Meeting.
GENERAL RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS:
Who May Speak - Any individual who wishes to address the City Commission may do so providing it is
accomplished in an orderly manner and in accordance with the procedures outlined below.
1. Speaking on items on the Agenda - Individuals wishing to speak on matters that appear on the
Agenda need only to raise their hand to be recognized by the Mayor. Discussion at Special Meetings
is limited to the items referred to on the Agenda for such Special Meetings.
2. Other Business Items - These are items placed on the Agenda by the Mayor or a Commissioner and
either are requests for the preparation of future legislation or are requests for possible direction to the
Administration.
3. Speaking on items not on the Agenda - Public Participation - Any individual may speak on any
subject pertinent to the City at the second regularly scheduled meeting of each month. Individuals
must sign in with the City Clerk prior to the meeting. The Mayor will recognize those persons who
signed in, under the agenda item "Public Participation".
4. Addressing Commission, Manner & Time - Public discussion during all items is limited to three
minutes maximum per person, however, the Mayor at his/her discretion may allow more time. Each
person who addresses the Commission shall step up to the speaker's podium and shall give his /her
name and address.
5. No untested external audio/visual presentations (i.e. jump/thumb drives) will be accepted. All a/v
presentations must be emailed or delivered to the Clerk ’s Office 30 days in advance of the requested
Commission Meeting date. The City reserves the right to modify or deny any presentation request.
The above represents a summarization of the Commission Procedures Resolution. Copies of this resolution are available from the City
Clerk's Office. Any person requiring auxiliary aids and services at this meeting may call the City Clerk ’s Office at 954-602-3011 at least
two calendar days prior to the meeting.
If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Commission with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or
hearing, he/she will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose may need to insure that a verbatim recording of the
proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
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MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL/ANNOUNCEMENTS
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
MOMENT OF SILENCE
PRESENTATIONS
Proclamation: Grenada Independence 50th Anniversary Month. (Commissioner Yvette
Colbourne)
Proclamation: Reggae Month. (Vice Mayor Alexandra P. Davis)
Proclamation: National Entrepreneurship Week. (Mayor Wayne M. Messam)
Proclamation: Government Communications Day. (Mayor Wayne M. Messam)
Proclamation: Flood Awareness Week. (Mayor Wayne M. Messam)
Presentation: Recognition of 2023 AYFL (American Youth Football League) Super Bowl
Champions. (Mayor, Wayne Messam)
CONSENT AGENDA
Items listed under Consent Agenda are viewed to be routine and the recommendation will be
enacted by one motion in the form listed below. If discussion is desired, the item (s) will be
removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately. Anyone wishing to
comment on any item on the consent agenda should approach the podium now.
1. Minutes from the Special Commission Meetings of February 7, 2024, will
be placed on the agenda for the Regular Commission Meeting of March 6,
2024.
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2. Temp. Reso. #R8071 approving the renewal of City phone
telecommunication services from Granite Telecommunications, L.L.C.,
in an amount of $144,000, for Fiscal Year 2024, through the utilization of
NCPA contract number 01-99, and cellular telecommunication
services from Verizon and T-Mobile, in an amount of $327,600, for Fiscal
Year 2024, utilizing the State of Florida Department of Management
Services Agreement Number DMS 19/20-006C. (IT Network Manager
Jerry Logan)
Attachments: R8071 IT City Phone Telecommunications Svcs FY24 with backup
3. Temp. Reso. #R8072 authorizing acceptance of the Florida Recreation
Development Assistance Program Grant from the State of Florida
Department of Environmental Protection in the amount of $200,000, with
the City commitment to matching funds equating to $200,000, for Vizcaya
Park Enhancements. (Parks & Recreation Assistant Director Holly
Hicks and Financial Services Grants Accounting Manager Yenevin
Capote)
Attachments: R8072 Authorizing FRDAP grant from FDEP with backup
4. Temp. Reso. #R8074 authorizing the City Manager to execute a Local
Agency Program Agreement with the State of Florida Department of
Transportation, providing financial assistance to the City for
construction, and construction engineering and inspection
services of Project FM # 437795.1 - Miramar Bike and Pedestrian
Mobility Improvements. (City Engineer Salvador Zuniga)
Attachments: R8074 Miramar Bike & Pedestrian Mobility Improvements-LAP Agreements with backup
5. Temp. Reso. #R8076 approving the ratification of the purchase of
Emergency Pipeline Leak Repairs & Replacement Services from
Cacique Utilities L.L.C., in the amount of $292,198, and from DPX
Construction Management, Inc., in the amount of $149,425, for a total
expenditure of $441,623. (Utilities Director Francois Domond and
Procurement Director Alicia Ayum)
Attachments: R8076 Emergency Pipeline Leak Repairs & Replacement with backup
End of Consent
RESOLUTIONS
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6. Temp. Reso. #R8073 approving the first, one-year option to renew an
agreement with Gallagher Bassett Services Inc., for third party claims
administration services, resulting from Request for Proposal No.
20-07-22 and Resolution # 21-66; authorizing the City Manager to execute
the renewal agreement with Gallagher Bassett Services Inc., for option
year one, commencing April 1, 2024, to April 1, 2025. (Human Resources
Director Randy Cross)
Attachments: R8073 - Third Party Claims Svcs 1st Renewal Option with backup
7. Temp. Reso. #R8088 authorizing the renewal of various insurance
coverages for the City’s Property and Casualty Insurance Program
as part of the City’s Comprehensive Risk Management Program, effective
April 1, 2024; approving a projected premium cost of $4,993,096,
not-to-exceed $5,000,000, including taxes and fees; declaring by four-fifths
affirmative vote that applying the City’s Competitive Procurement
Procedures to the insurance renewals is not in the City’s best interest,
thereby exempting the insurance renewals from the City’s competitive
procurement requirements; authorizing the Human Resources Director to
negotiate lower premium amounts due under the insurance renewals;
authorizing the City Manager to execute the insurance renewal
agreements. (Human Resources Director Randy Cross)
Attachments: R8088 Property and Casulty Insurance Renewal 4-1-24 - Revision with backup
8. Temp. Reso. #R8078 approving the 5-year Master Equity Lease and
Maintenance Agreements with Enterprise Fleet Management, Inc., for
leasing and maintenance of vehicles and equipment utilizing
Sourcewell Contract No. 030122-EFM, in the annual amount of
$2,288,109, for Fiscal Years 2024 through 2028, and a one-time
upfitting cost for emergency equipment in the amount of $771,720. (Public
Works Deputy Director Kirk Hobson-Garcia and Procurement Director
Alicia Ayum)
Attachments: R8078_FY2024 Enterprise 5-year Lease Agreement Purchases with backup
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9. Temp. Reso. #R8094 authorizing the City Manager to engage the
professional services of The Goldstein Environmental Law Firm
and the total expenditure of three hundred thousand dollars to oppose
Miami-Dade County’s siting, permitting, construction, and
operation of a Solid Waste to Energy Campus at the Opa-Locka
West Airport site that is located adjacent to the City of Miramar’s border,
through the utilization of Procurement Authority Exemption 2-413(2),
professional services. (Sponsored by Mayor Wayne M. Messam, Vice
Mayor Alexandra P. Davis, and the City Commission) (Deputy City
Manager Kelvin L. Baker)
Attachments: R8094 Professional Svcs Goldstein Environmental Law Firm with backup
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (7:30 – 8:00 P.M.)
PUBLIC HEARING
10. SECOND READING of Temp. Ord. #O1823 approving the second
amendment of the Fiscal Year 2024 Operating and Capital
Improvement Program Budget; and providing for an effective date.
(Passed 1st Reading on 01/24/24) (Management & Budget Assistant
Director Carmen Dominguez)
Attachments: O1823 Second Reading - FY24 2nd Budget Amendment with backup
O1823 First Reading - FY24 2nd Budget Amendment with backup
OTHER BUSINESS
Reports and Comments:
Commission Reports:
City Attorney Reports:
City Manager Reports:
ADJOURNMENT
11. Motion to adjourn.
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS:
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 7:00 P.M.
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