HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-019-3418 Youth Summer Program RESOLUTION NO. 2020-019-3418
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER AND THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST,
RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT WITH CAREER
SOURCE SOUTH FLORIDA FOR A YOUTH SUMMER
PROGRAM, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AS
EXHIBIT "A", APPROPRIATING FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
($200,000.00); PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY
CLERK; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF
REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Gardens City Council has expressed the
importance of creating economic growth and employment opportunities within the City,
and
WHEREAS, Mayor Oliver Gilbert proposes entering into a partnership agreement
with CareerSource South Florida to provide summer employment opportunities for youth
and young adults within the City of Miami Gardens, and
WHEREAS, CareerSource South Florida will provide summer job placement for
youth within the age group between fourteen (14) to seventeen (17) year olds and will
provide comprehensive administration of the program utilizing their staff in preparing
time sheets, recruitment, and payment of program participants, and
WHEREAS, CareerSource South Florida will further provide paid employability
skills training for youth enrolled in the program, and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Gardens will provide TWO Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($200,000.00) to CareerSource South Florida for the establishment of this
partnership, and
WHEREAS, CareerSource South Florida will match the $200,000 provided by the
City with $200,000, towards summer youth employment in the City of Miami Gardens,
and
Resolution 2020-019-3418
WHEREAS, Mayor Oliver Gilbert is recommending the City of Miami Gardens
Council approves the request of appropriating Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
($200,000.00), for a summer employment partnership with CareerSource South Florida,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS: The foregoing Whereas
paragraphs are hereby ratified and confirmed as being true, and the same are hereby
made a specific part of this Resolution.
Section 2: AUTHORIZATION: The City Council of the City of Miami Gardens
hereby authorizes the City Manager and the City Clerk to execute and attest,
respectively that certain Agreement with CareerSource South Florida, for a Summer
Youth Employment Program, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" in an
amount not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00).
Section 3: INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK: The City Clerk is hereby
authorized to obtain two (2) fully executed copies of the subject Agreement with one to
be maintained by the City, and one to be delivered to CareerSource South Florida.
Section 4: EFFECTIVE DATE: This Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon its final passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
GARDENS AT ITS REGULAR MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 26, 2020.
OLIVER GILBERT, III, MAYOR
ATTEST:
I
MARIO BATAILLE, CMC, CITY CLERK
REVIEWED BY: SONJA KNIGHTON DICKENS, CITY ATTORNEY
SPONSORED BY: MAYOR OLIVER GILBERT. III
Moved by: Mayor Gilbert
Seconded by: Councilman Leon
VOTE: 7-0
Mayor Oliver Gilbert, III X (Yes) (No)
Vice Mayor Rodney Harris X (Yes) (No)
Councilwoman Lillie Q. Odom X (Yes) (No)
Councilman David Williams Jr X (Yes) (No)
Councilwoman Katrina Willson X (Yes) (No)
Councilman Erhabor Ighodaro, Ph.D X (Yes) (No)
Councilman Reggie Leon X (Yes) (No)