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Ordinance No. 2021-006-436
ORDINANCE NO. 2021-006-436
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND
ADOPTING THE CITY’S BUDGET FOR THE 2021-2022
FISCAL YEAR; PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF
FUNDS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE
CERTAIN ACTIONS; PROVIDING FOR CARRYOVER OF
FUNDS; PROVIDING FOR INTERFUND TRANSFERS;
PROVIDING FOR AUTOMATIC AMENDMENT;
PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 4.5 of the City of Miami Gardens (the
“City”) Charter, the City Council is required to adopt an annual budget for the City, and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has prepared a tentative budget document, a copy of
which is attached and made a part hereto, that details proposed city expenditures and
organizational arrangements for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, and
WHEREAS, the proposed Fiscal Year 2021-2022 budget for the City of Miami
Gardens, included an estimate of revenues and expenditures, and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has provided for various City departments in the
budget, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined the amount of money which must be
raised to conduct the affairs of the City as required by City-operating funds, departments,
offices and agencies for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, so that the business of the City may be
conducted on a balanced budget, and
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WHEREAS, the City Council has also determined the amount necessary to be raised
by ad valorem taxes and other taxes or special assessments upon all of the property, real and
personal, within the corporate limits of the City of Miami Gardens, and
WHEREAS, public hearings as required by Section 200.065, Florida Statutes, will be
held by the City on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday September
22, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. at the City of Miami Gardens City Hall, 18605 NW 27 Ave., Miami
Gardens, FL 33056, and
WHEREAS, said public hearings have been held as stated above and comments from
the public concerning said budget have been heard and considered, and
WHEREAS, the amount of funds available from taxation and other non-ad valorem
revenues equals the total appropriations for expenditures and reserves, and
WHEREAS, during the course of a budgetary year, the City applies for and/or
receives certain grants and reimbursements, and
WHEREAS, the City does not know the dollar amount of the grants or
reimbursements that will be awarded at the time that the budget is approved, and
WHEREAS, when grants are awarded, reimbursements, unexpected revenues and
donations are accepted by the City, these funds must be accounted for in the budget, and
WHEREAS, it is more expedient to allow the Resolution accepting the grant or
donation to enact the necessary budget transfers and amendments,
WHEREAS, special events listed by name that are include in the attached Budget
with a specific line item an are hereby approved in accordance with the approval of the
Budget should not need additional authority from the City Council unless they require the
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City Manager to exceed his purchasing authority for said events, as outlined in the Code of
Ordinances,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS: The foregoing Whereas
Clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as being true, and the same are hereby made a
specific part of this Ordinance.
SECTION 2. BUDGET ADOPTION:
A. The following amounts are hereby appropriated for the operation and maintenance of
the City's various governmental departments for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1,
2021, and ending September 30, 2022:
FUND FY 2021-2022 PROPOSED
GENERAL FUND $ 86,768,514
TRANSPORATION FUND 11,809,828
GRANT FUND 1,099,978
STATE HOUSING INNITIATIVE PROGRAM 479,887
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 1,111,210
SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS 739,160
IMPACT FEES FUNDS 4,687,984
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 3,980,495
DEBT SERVICE 11,246,333
CAPITAL PROJECTS 7,547,287
STORMWATER 7,711,313
TOTAL OPERATING APPROPRIATIONS $ 137,181,989
B. The following revenues will be available during Fiscal Year 2021-2022 to meet the
foregoing appropriations:
GENERAL FUND
Property Taxes $ 38,462,746
Franchise Fees 4,935,000
Intergovernmental Revenue 13,035,179
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Utility Taxes 10,810,861
Fines and Forfeitures 4,183,595
Licenses, Permits & Fees 2,780,500
Charges for Services 7,677,347
Miscellaneous 3,121,647
Grants & Loans 64,971
Interfund Transfers 1,696,668
TOTAL REVENUES $86,768,514
TRANSPORTATION FUND
Fuel Taxes $ 2,132,724
Intergovernmental Revenue 5,525,501
Fines and Forfeitures 2,800
Licenses, Permits & Fees 202,000
Charges for Services 30,000
Miscellaneous 64,900
Interfund Transfers 221,741
Re-appropriated Fund Balance 3,630,162
TOTAL REVENUES $ 11,809,828
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND
Licenses, Permits & Fees $ 2,385,832
Charges for Services 358,978
Miscellaneous 11,759
Re-appropriated Fund Balance 1,223,926
TOTAL REVENUES $ 3,980,495
CIP FUND
From General Fund $6,622,253
Build America Bonds Rebate 925,034
TOTAL REVENUES $ 7,547,287
STORMWATER FUND
Licenses, Permits & Fees $ 5,552,990
Charges for Services 35,000
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Miscellaneous 25,000
Re-appropriated Retained Earnings 2,098,323
TOTAL REVENUES $ 7,711,313
GRANT FUND
Grants $ 1,099,978
TOTAL REVENUES $ 1,099,978
SHIP FUND
SHIP Program $ 479,887
TOTAL REVENUES $ 479,887
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND
Grants $ 1,111,210
TOTAL REVENUES $ 1,111,210
SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT FUNDS
Special Assessments $ 739,160
TOTAL REVENUES $ 739,160
DEBT SERVICE FUND
Ad Valorem Taxes $ 3,960,268
Transfers In 7,286,065
TOTAL REVENUES $ 11,246,333
IMPACT FEES FUNDS
Re-appropriated Fund Balance $ 4,687,984
TOTAL REVENUES $ 4,687,984
SECTION 3. EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS: The City Manager is authorized to
expend or contract for expenditures, pursuant to the Charter of the City of Miami Gardens
and adopted Code of Ordinances, in accordance with the adopted Fiscal Year 2021-2022
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budget and budget detail, which is attached hereto and made a part of this ordinance as if it
were set forth here in full. The City Manager is hereby authorized to allocate City resources
as deemed necessary.
SECTION 4. AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY MANAGER: The City Manager
is hereby authorized and empowered to make budgetary transfers, limited to line item
allocations within a single fund, including apportioning budgets within funds to line items in
the Chart of Accounts for the City. Said authority shall include the authority to correct inter-
fund transfers and accounting allocations.
SECTION 5. AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY MANAGER: The City Manager
is hereby authorized and empowered to amend the budget on an as-needed basis in order to
correct typographical errors or omissions that are purely scriveners’ errors.
SECTION 6. AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY MANAGER: The City Manager
is hereby authorized to appropriate unanticipated revenues as deemed necessary including
but not limited to accepting grant or donation of funds or upon issuance of a bond or other
municipal debt instrument and re-appropriated “assigned fund balance” for Parks &
Recreation operating purpose for completed projects funded from the General Obligation
Bond.
SECTION 7. AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY MANAGER: The City Manager is
hereby authorized to carry out all requirements associated with Special Events that are
specifically listed by name in the attached Budget with a specific line item. The City
Manager does not need additional authority from the City Council for the special event,
unless the special event requires the City Manager to exceed his purchasing authority as
outlined in the Code of Ordinances.
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SECTION 8. CARRYOVER OF FUNDS: The budget shall also automatically re-
appropriate any encumbrances and outstanding contracts carried forward from fiscal year
2020-21.
SECTION 9. REVENUE MANUAL: All fees shall be set as outlined in the FY
2021-2022 Revenue Manual and any amendments are included in the FY 2021-2022 Annual
Operating Budget Document. This manual may be amended from time to time during the
fiscal year by City Council by resolution.
SECTION 10. FINANCIAL POLICIES: All policies included under “Financial
Policies” in the FY 2021-2022 Annual Operating Budget Document is adopted and approved
by Council. The policies may be amended from time to time during the fiscal year by City
Council by resolution.
SECTION 11. INTERFUND TRANSFERS: The City Manager is authorized to
effectuate all interfund transfers anticipated by this budget to include line items classified as
‘Transfers to,’ and ‘Transfers from’ regardless of fund.
SECTION 12. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER: The City Manager is
authorized to take all actions necessary to implement the terms and conditions of this
Ordinance.
SECTION 13. CONFLICT: All ordinances or Code provisions in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 14. SEVERABILITY: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
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provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance.
SECTION 15. EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its final passage.
PASSED ON FIRST READING IN FULL ON THE 8th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2021.
MOVED BY: VICE MAYOR REGGIE LEON
SECONDED BY: COUNCILMAN ROBERT STEPHENS
ADOPTED AND PASSED ON SECOND READING BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS AT ITS MEETING HELD ON THE 22nd DAY OF
SEPTEMBER 2021.
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RODNEY HARRIS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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MARIO BATAILLE, CMC, CITY CLERK
Reviewed by: SONJA K. DICKENS, ESQ.
City Attorney
SPONSORED BY: Cameron Benson, City Manager
1st READING MOVED BY: Vice Mayor Reggie Leon
1st READING SECONDED BY: Councilman Robert Stephens
1st VOTE: 7-0
Mayor Rodney Harris X (Yes) (No)
Vice Mayor Reggie Leon X (Yes) ___(No)
Councilwoman Shannon Campbell X (Yes) (No)
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Councilwoman Shannan Ighodaro X (Yes) (No)
Councilwoman Linda Julien X (Yes) (No)
Councilman Robert Stephens X (Yes) (No)
Councilwoman Katrina Wilson X (Yes) (No)
2nd READING MOVED BY: Councilman Robert Stephens
2nd READING SECONDED BY: Councilwoman Julien
2nd READING VOTE: 7-0
Mayor Rodney Harris X (Yes) (No)
Vice Mayor Reggie Leon X Yes) ___(No)
Councilwoman Shannon Campbell X (Yes) (No)
Councilwoman Shannan Ighodaro X (Yes) (No)
Councilwoman Linda Julien X (Yes) (No)
Councilman Robert Stephens X (Yes) (No)
Councilwoman Katrina Wilson X (Yes) (No)
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