harland Lewis of God Empowering Kingdom Building Ministries Inc Madam Clerk Good evening Roll call Mayor Alex Desle here Vice Mayor here Yes Vice Mayor Timothy here
Councilwoman Esté Urban present Councilman Burns here Councilman Pierre France Charles present Mayor you have a quorum Thank you so much Madame Clerk Deputy Clerk Um with that being said Chris it's all yours
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all Good evening Good
evening Let us pray Most righteous adorable father God as we come before you today we give you praise We give you honor and we give you glory We thank you oh God for who you are We thank you oh God for this day because this is the day that the Lord have made and you say we
shall rejoice and be glad in it Father as we submit this meeting before you on today we pray Holy Ghost that you take full control Father we pray for every leader on today Father God We lift up oh God the mayor the vice mayor the councilmen Father God the commissioners
the police department Father God every city official on tonight Father And we pray right now oh God that you will be in control We pray oh God for a successful meeting We pray right now oh God that you will lead and direct oh God You said where the two and three gather touching and agreeing that you're there
in the midst to do good So we thank you tonight Father God for the power of agreement We pray right now oh God that you undergard the leaders tonight and hold them up oh God with your righteous right hand We thank you right now God for all that you've done and for what you're about to do Father We pray even
oh God for those that are not here yet oh God And we pray right now oh God your protection over each and everyone tonight Father God remember the resident of this great city We pray right now oh God that you continue oh God to direct these leaders In Jesus' name we pray
Amen And amen Thank you Amen Amen With that with that being said also if we could please have a moment of silence for um Larry Gera our former police chief He lost his father um earlier well
last week So if we could please have a sign in in his honor Oh yeah Yes And also um Congress and Mia Love um passed um earlier this week um with a brain cancer So with both
of them we'll keep them in our memories Thank you Madam manager do we have any addition deletion amendment to the agenda there is an add-on item Yes please
Oh thank you Do we need a vote Mr Yes sir to add on an item requires a vote and it requires a super majority vote I thank you Thank Thank you Thank you Mr Attorney This item came up at the request I'm the daughter of I I know you
all know of Miss Coobo in the com contribution her dedication to our city So our health kind of not doing too well in the last couple of weeks And this was something we were planning on doing later in the year and the family
requested if we could please kind of you know move it up a little bit sooner they would really appreciate it So I asked the board if we please kindly consider this um add-on to the agenda
So move Second I have a motion on the floor made by Councilman Burns to add on the item on Miss Blanca Kobo Um seconded by Mayor Deman All in favor i All oppose
item Thank you ma'am 5 Thank you so much Um proclamation special presentation Are we going down um okay Where on the agenda would you like this item mayor oh Oh okay Right after um consent Yeah you
should be in consent Yeah Thank you Special presentation Do we do we need to go down here are they a manager are we doing it special presentation to the
National Athletic Training Okay To the parks department It's parks Good morning Oh good evening everyone Cassandra Timothy vice mayor for the city of North Miami And the mayor has passed on the podium to me to present this
proclamation So we would like to invite the parks director up Miss Christine Carney to receive this proclamation in honor of National Athletic Training Month Um do you want to tell us a little bit more about our training programs in the city i know they have water aerobics
at um Thomas Sasso pool for Oh yeah Yeah We'll have a lot of things for it's athletic training is more for um both training for um athletes high what high-profile athletes but also you know for us individually if
we want to just stay in shape So we have many things that we offer from programs as uh vice mayor mentioned the um water aerobics but we also have a fitness facility in our rec center We also offer various boot camp style classes and if you notice a lot of our parks offer some
various fitness opportunities So um thank you for this opportunity All [Applause] right here Thank you city announcement Well well the appointment while we Oh she's ready Go ahead Go
ahead Go ahead I'm sorry You ready you're ready Good evening mayor council staff North Miami neighbors and guests My name is Savannah Dre Smith and I'm presenting the following announcements on behalf of the city of North Miami Attention North Miami business owners The city of North Miami is
offering green rehab grants of up to $10,000 to assist businesses in improving their facilities increasing energy efficiency and reducing energy costs To apply visit www.northml.gov/economicdev Help share the future of North Miami Parks Your voice matters Share your ideas and
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in Creole every fourth Saturday of the month at the North Miami Public Library from 11:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m To register please call Expert Resource Center at 305-652-7616 Join Vice Mayor Cassandra Timothy for the Random Acts of Kindness Initiative a month-long effort to support over 600
seniors in North Miami Donations can be dropped off at North Miami City Hall the police department or the North Miami Public Library by Monday March 31st Enhance your computer skills with basic to advanced computer classes presented by Vice Mayor Cassandra Timothy These free 12-week classes for
North Miami residents takes place at the North Miami Public Library and will cover topics like Microsoft Word Excel and more To register visit the library or call 305891-5535 Space is limited The D4 Smart Tutoring Program
which offers free academic support for 7th through 12th grade will resume next week after spring break Sessions take place Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays from 400 p.m to 7:00 p.m at the Suniss Grove Community Center For registration please contact 786-5433014 Empower young minds with
girls who code at the North Miami Public Library Open to boys and girls in grades 3 through 6 Join this free program every 1st and 3rd Thursday from 4:30 p.m to 6:00 p.m to learn basic coding solve problems and collaborate with peers No prior experience is required
Bring joy and creativity to your little ones with the 2025 Zoomini winter session at the North Miami Public Library Designed for children's ages 0 to 4 and their caregivers these classes blend music dance and educational activities every Monday at 10:00 a.m and
every 1st and third Saturday at 11:00 a.m Register online or call 305891-5535 for more details Attention North Miami residents The city of North Miami is developing its 5-year consolidated plan to set federal funding
priorities for housing and community development Don't miss your last I'm sorry don't miss your chance to share your thoughts at the city council meetings in May and June Scan the QR code or visit www.northmfl.gov/5year plan to take the survey today
taking place on Friday March 28th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m partaking in conversations at Mocha with multimedia visual artist Smeita Sin Immediately following the conversation venture to Mocha Plaza for jazz at Mocha Live School of Music from 7 to 10:00 p.m Jumpstart your health with the
Spring into Fitness 8week HIT challenge hosted by Vice Mayor Cassandra Timothy and Taboo Fitness Join this high energy program with morning and evening class options This $35 challenge includes orientation meal tracking and a minimum of three weekly sessions to keep you on
track Hosted by our very own Councilwoman Mary Esme Urban and the North Miami CRA the Women Empowered Network lunchon will take place on Wednesday March 26 2025 from 11:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m at the FIU Coven Conference Center Reserve your spot today at 2 2025
women empowered lunchon.eventbright.com Celebrate Haitian culture at the Miami Haitian Bookf Fair at the North Miami Public Library Meet 20 celebrated authors Enjoy musical entertainment folk dance and a Creole snack bar at this vibrant free event hosted by Jean Price
Mars Cultural Organization Join the fun on Saturday March 29th 2025 from 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m And don't miss this special conference paying tribute to Frank Etion Monday March 31st from 9:00 am to 11:00 a.m Join Councilman Pierre Fron Charles and Commissioner Mileen Bastian
for a district 4 drive-through food distribution located at the Suniss Grove Community Center Participants will need proof of residency with a valid Florida issued ID Be part of history at the Kagney Park North groundbreaking ceremony hosted by Councilwoman Mary Esté Irvin Join us on
Wednesday April 2nd at 10 a.m at the Kaggi North Project site 791 Northeast 135th Street North Miami Florida 33161 as we celebrate the beginning of this exciting new development in District 3 For more information call the Office of Mayor and Council at
305891-9815 or visit kagy park northgroundbreaking.eventbbright.com Join Vice Mayor Cassandra Timothy and property appraiser Tomas Regalo for the Miami Day County Property Appraiser Outreach event on Wednesday April 9th 2025 from 5:00 p.m to 7:00 p.m at the North Miami Public Library Property
owners can get help for applying for homestead exemption and other tax benefits For details call 3058959818 Celebrate Black Motherhood by sharing your story Vice Mayor Sandra Timothy invites local moms to participate in a special short film highlighting maternal health journeys
The film will premiere during North Miami's Black Maternal Health Symposium on April 16th 2025 in partnership with Blackmiami To be featured visit www.northmifl.gov/bmhmd documentary For more information contact Chanel Cooper
Constituent Aid at 7863858662 The North Miami Educational Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2025 scholarship program High school graduates and first year college students can apply for scholarships for up to $4,000 The application deadline is
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to sign up for the city's newsletters Also follow us on Facebook and Instagram at Northm FL and on X follow at Nomi News This concludes the city announcements Thank you Thank you Miss Smith All right and we are looking
forward to all of the events happening this month this Women's History Month And of course um Vice Mayor congratulations on event tomorrow Unfortunately I won't Councilwoman I won't be here um due to um the Florida
Mayor's League but I wish you the best and success tomorrow as we celebrate women all women in the city of North Miami Okay you are welcome We got appointments
on the deputy clerk Yes mayor Would you like to do the appointment in one uh sure Okay perfect So we have a a resolution of the mayor and city council of the city of North Miami Florida appointing Rodney Noel to the centennial committee term ending on
December 31st 2026 in accordance with the city of North Miami resolution number 2023 R118 providing for an effective date and all other purposes And the second one is a resolution of the city of North Miami uh mayor and council of the city of North Miami
Florida appointing Gerta G Theodore to the library board term ending on November 11 2028 in accordance with the chapter 16th article 2 section 1617 on the city of North Miami code of ordinance providing for an effective date and all other purposes So move
second I have a motion made by Councilman Charles to move the item Motion by Councilwoman Estimate Irving All in favor i All opposed Motion carries 5
Thank you Consent agenda Consent agenda Um I do have a question Would you like to add the add-on as tab G that's fine Whichever you want to number that's fine Okay So unless a member of the city council wish wait one second council The add-on can we since we just majority of
us voted can we just put on a consensate agenda that's what we did I think it's okay So you're Oh okay Just want to make sure So you said it's is Got it Thank you Unless a member of the city council wishes to remove a specific item from the portion of the agenda tabs A through
C plus tab G constitute the consent agenda These resolutions and items are self-explanatory and are not expected to require additional review or discussion These items will be recorded as individually numbered resolutions adopted unanimously by the following motion that the consent agenda comprised
of tabs A to C and G adopted So move second I have a motion made by Mayor Desome to approve the the consent agenda The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Esme Irving All in favor i All oppose Motion
carries 5-0 Thank you Thank you Um first item I um tab B Tab D A proposed resolution of the mayor and city council of the city of North Miami Florida ratifying the interim city
manager emergency procurement and issuance of purchase orders to Chrome Coating and Restoration DBA Chrome LS LLC in the amount of 167,630 for the repairs needed to pump
station G located at 143rd Street and Northeast 15th Avenue pursuant to section 7-144 of the city code providing for an effective date and all other purposes Tap D Yes sir Good evening Mr Mayor council
members uh through the manager Alberto Estrad purchasing director The item that you have before you is a request uh for the council's ratification of emergency repairs to pump station G The pump station is located 143rd Street
Northeast uh 15th Avenue and an issuance uh of a purchase order to the firm Chrome Chrome excuse me coding and restorations for not to exceed amount of $167,630 Uh this is the result of
assessment and determination by our public works department um that some of the um the containment and wall structures at the pump station were deteriorating So in order to to make
these repairs it was necessary to move forward with this particular purchase If you have any questions I'll be glad to answer I believe also the public works director is here in the audience so he should be able to also answer any questions you may have
Um thank you sir I don't have any I mean it's straightforward and members of the move open to public hearing um before so public hearing is open on the item Public hearing is open Seeing none public hearing is closed Yes sir Yeah I
I second it and ready to vote Just want to clarify It's already spent right no No not yet No it's not yet been spent It's in the process It's ratifying Was there any dollars spent it's it's ratifying a memo that was submitted by
staff uh to the city manager in order to be able to proceed So one of the things that was necessary for this particular repairs is there are long lead items that need to be ordered So in order to do that we went ahead and submitted a memo to the manager for the manager's approval recommending her approval She
approved it and now it's coming before council as a result of the dollar amount that's involved Right So I guess what I'm trying to understand is then what are we ratifying because if nothing has been said you're you're ratifying the the manager's approval Uh again the memo
to the manager is an it's a request from staff for us to be able to proceed with these purchase Uh in order to proceed with a purchase that exceeds $30,000 we have to then come back to council for your ratification Is it because that didn't go through a
normal bidding process ordinarily um if it wasn't an emergency this item would have come to council before it ever came to me Once council would have approved it then it would come to me to um um to proceed This time because it was an emergency it came through the city manager's office first and now it's
coming to council to ratify my approval of them moving forward with the repairs but we have not yet sent the money We have not spent the money yet So that here strictly when it Okay I get it Let's go You got it Um council you good any other question you're good
Councilman second Second we had a motion on the floor already by Councilman Charles and seconded by Councilwoman Esme Irving All in favor all oppose Nay No I I It's been a long day I've been here
since item passes 54 sir Yes All right Thank you He doesn't want waterfalls Lots going on Okay Tab E Uh this is the proposed resolution of the city of North Miami Florida amending
article 4 employee retirement system ordinance number 691 and article 5 North Miami police pension plan Ordinance number 748 p amending section 15-954 to permit lumpsum distribution
for all members of the Singerman Plan Amending sections 15-1345 to permit lumpsum distribution for all members of the police plan providing for an inclusion in the code providing for severability providing for
re repellent and providing for an effective date That's tab E Thank you so much Um item deputy clerk Yes How are you good evening mayor city council Um for the record I'm Laura Woodley the personnel director through the city
manager Um tonight before you is the second reading of the proposed amendment to the Claire Singleman and the police pension plan ordinance Um amending basically the lumpsum payment option from 99% to 100% Um I just provided
copies of the actuary study showing there's no financial impact for this item and basically we're here me and the city um pigeon plan attorney to answer any questions you might have Thank you so much We we this was the same item as
last Yes this is the second reading Thank you so much Um any public hearing is open on the item Um public hearing is closed on up here Move for approval Second Yes I have a motion made by uh Councilman Charles seconded by
Councilwoman Estie Irving This is a roll call board Councilman Burns how do you go yes Mayor Desome yes Councilman Charles yes Councilwoman Vice Mayor Timothy yes And
uh Councilwoman Esté Irving yes Yay Motion carries 5-0 Awesome Thank you Thank you Thank you so much Last item quasi F Okay Please be advised that the
following items on the agenda are quasi positional in nature If you wish to speak in favor or object to or comment on an item please complete a public speaker card indicating the agenda item on which you would like to comment You must be sworn before addressing the city
council and you may be subject to cross-examination If you refuse to submit to cross-examination city council will not consider your comments in its final deliberation Please also disclose any exparte communication you may have had with any members of the city council
Members must do the same Um we have the forms in the back if anyone wishes to speak on this item Tab F Thank you And we know Miss Love going to keep it real short How you doing good sir Thank you May I read the
title yes Until Okay a proposed quasi judicial resolution on the mayor and city council of the city of North Miami Florida approving an application for a conditional use permit in substantially the attached form for the development of a story of a three-story 16 unit
apartment building with 26 groundle parking spaces on one parcel of real property located at 550 Northeast 127th Street Folio number 06-2230- 025- 0030 and totaling approximately 16,500 square
ft which equals to 0.38 acres in accordance with article 3 division 4 section 3-402 through 3-407 article 4 division 2 sections 4-202 section
4-203A and section 4-205 and Article 4 division 3 section 4-305 of the city of North Miami code of ordinance chapter 29 entitled land development regulations providing for an effective date and all other purposes providing for an
effective date and all other purposes Tab F Okay for the record my name is Debbie Love I'm the development services director and I think you all are familiar with this project Um we
discussed it at an earlier council meeting but if you would like a brief synopsis I think we're good Okay Unless council woman good So I'd like to um first
declare exploit communication with the client or with the uh applicant I should say Oh I met with them as well Okay Anyone else i think I met with them you know Yeah I think I may have taken a phone call or something but yeah and I
know we we met like prior to this this two weeks which which as I had already discussed the last one Thank you Thank you It's a beautiful project right so if I if I if I may um again spoken to
them it's in my district I love it Um if I'm not mistaken in the conversation the applicant is willing to set aside three units for affordable housing for AMI of 80% Um if you want to put that on the
record and um so I'm I'm very very pleased that we're we're giving and they're giving back and you know helping our our our residents or potential residents with this affordability crisis that we're dealing here in in in South Florida Um so with that um I'd like to
move for approval Second I have a motion made by Councilwoman Estimate Irving to approve the item type F The motion was seconded by Mayor Desme All in favor all opposed Motion carries 5-0 Oh did we have to open it you had no
questions Oh I I'm so sorry So we're going to go back Public hearing is open on the item Yeah any well that that that's why we didn't see any cost Gotcha Okay No one was holding that What's going And
so I just want to clarify that Do they need to state on the record the three units that they are willing to put set aside for affordable housing and what would the procedure be and we will update the conditional use permit Okay They will have to prepare a covenant uh
of a deed restriction for the units that will be recorded in Miami Dade County Clerk's office and will go with the land and that runs for the first period would be 30 years a potential second year and then options after that Okay And in our
our side madam manager for housing is there a process that we go about so that when they are ready or we'll deal with it at the time where they fill out the application and how we select our help go through that process so we'll have that talk once it's ready to come online
Okay Just wanted to make sure everything's on record Thank you Congratulations Yes A long time coming Beautiful Thank you for being patient Thank you Thank you Thank you Um I like this I really really do Very nice Yes Um
I wish all meetings councilwoman you you up We are here with coun um with you know discussion We have three discussions and I you know I don't know how lengthy they are but definitely I think council vice mayor counselor
Timothy and then councilman France Charles and also and I also wanted to nominate I don't know if I could do that um Mr attorney I don't think we need a um a resolution while we're doing this the um Councilman Pier Charles term is
up with the Miami date league of cities and they they request it which they usually do that we appoint someone and I think it'll be up it'll be up to it's it's him not not us I council did we in the past we don't need the resolution we just kind of appoint usually appoint
that on a day and and the normal appointment procedures wouldn't apply to board this isn't a board this is you no I I know in the past Usually just Yeah you just do it here Yeah Okay All right So it's you sir
So do we So we do we need a vote for him we normally do So yes I'll unless this unless there's Yeah Yeah I'll second vote Let's nominate um Mayor B I'll second There we go So you can't get out
of Let's vote Yeah Voting So I have a motion on the floor to appoint Commissioner Council Burns to the Miami Day Legal Cities Yeah Board of Board of Directors Board of Directors Representing North Miami Representing
North Miami I have a motion made by Mayor Des seconded by Councilman Charles All in favor i All oppose Motion carries 5-0 Thank you Great Great Great Congratulations Thank you Congrats I don't know what what we can do Well um Omar was going to be the
incoming president so it should be interesting Oh yes So we have to go support our business going Yes Um so yes I do have a discussion regarding our existing landscaping contract I'll try to be short Um I think the last time we were up here we had a lengthy discussion
regarding landscaping and you know things that we wanted to see in this contract Um it went out to bid and unfortunately we did not select anyone So wanted to have a discussion up here so that we can you know give direction to staff so that all of our issues are addressed Um some of the things that
came up were there's certain areas that receive um sick services um for cleanup in certain areas throughout the city Um I think we need to add some additional areas where you know um litter is an issue in the in the city Um the
underpasses for F DOT I know they're being serviced two times per week if I'm if if I'm incorrect Jeff Gimemer if he's here Madam Manager if you can maybe have him come to if I am misspeaking Um but this is just what I was doing my
research Um so maybe those underpasses we can maybe see an increase of maybe three times per week because they get um pretty um they get pretty bad Um I know there's no supplemental trash pickup for I think Sans Susi and Keystone Um I would like to see some supplements um
there in terms of trash pickup And right now I saw that we're are we at 28 services or is it 30 services cuz I saw the memo that you provided It said that we're now at 30 We're currently at 28 The the proposal that was before you a
year ago was 30 Was 30 Okay I would suggest 32 but if um because we were at 28 for how long since when well we were originally at 30 for a very long time And when when the city went through
some financial um hardships like the rest of the nation did we cut back to 28 Um so we went from 30 to 28 So this is taking it back up to the 30 that were back in 2007 Okay And um under the the previously proposed contract that was
before you a year ago we did add additional lance um litter services for Sans Susi Boulevard Canal Drive and uh Keystone Boulevard Okay But we're still at 30 We're not at 32 Well the 30 and the 30 services does
not include the additional litter Okay And yep that was my only two additional So I would maybe I don't know if the consensus is up here I think 32 is probably industry standards for other cities our size Um I know North Miami
Beach has more So of course has more Um if we want to see our city clean if we want to see streets um you know looking like Miami Shores and Solia we have to increase this contract So I wanted to have the discussion up here with the board to see if there's a consensus to
bring it up to speed before we put it out to bid again Mr Mayor Yes please through through the mayor to the city attorney We you all had accepted a uh u there was a bid winner but was never
awarded the bid um because they wanted a future discussion of never if the applicant if the if the instead of going out for a whole new RFP if the winning bidder chose to honor a one-year-old contract I don't know if he would with
the prices the waves could we accept that and then I totally agree with the council woman that we need to increase it to 32 and the contract that I saw that your your proposal is that we could
add services at any any time because it's a unit price and it it makes no difference because um there's a lot of areas that needed to be added and unfortunately our landscaping is a hodgepodge of an outside vendor parks
some of them are cutting the same block and two different areas such as I'll take 135th Street the median east of Biscane or the outside contractor takes care of that but at the very entrance of uh the preserve city crew does that If
his if that crew is already out there let them do it I would I would like us to consolidate and let the landscaping uh company take on more so that our parks department can deal with more
stuff because the parks department does not have enough people in my opinion uh of labors to be cutting the grass They need to be doing uh a lot of other things And I would like to see we used to have enchanted forest They used to
trim the hedge once uh once a month or every two months They would go through and blow the trails out once a week Um they would do the uh uh the sidewalk clearing um on 135th Street in front of Enchanted Forest with all the oak leaves
that should be brought back in And the litter collection was so I don't want to say offbalance but west of West Dixie Highway got numerous litter pickup double than what the east of Dixie
Highway uh services that they got San Susi Boulevard Keystone Boulevard 135th Street um Biscane Boulevard And again we need to make sure that it's the litter in between the grass cuts It's the litter It's the palm frs that fall down
It's the trees that get damaged That's where people see the the lackness of neatness um you cut the grass you know during the winter time it slows down During the summer it grows like heck but it's the the debris that accumulates And I think we need to focus more on some of
the litter removal and uh and some even some of the the end caps within the the Keystone canals and maybe even in Sanusi some are maintained by the city some are maintained by the landscaping company my opinion just stick it all with the the
landscape contractor Stick it in there Define that everybody knows that XYZ is done by their there's no guessing back and forth of who's doing what that it's they're responsible If it looks like crap we go after the uh the contractor
if it and at least that's my my thought And uh and I agree with the the vice mayor about let's tidy up I would like to see 32 um pickups or uh services Um there's no
reason why North Miami should be having so many more services Yeah Right And I if you may um I I definitely agree with more services and I even think 32 is too much Remember we have too little Excuse me I meant to say
we have 52 weeks and that's only you know what I mean i I I you know I don't know what cost is going to be I like the idea of putting it all to in the contractor to just do the cleaning so that there's one person accountable or one company
accountable for cleaning and we know that's going to happen And I think it needs to be more frequent And I know that we'll see a difference in our in in the way our city is kept Right now like on my way here on Griffin Boulevard there are palm trees down I don't even
know who is responsible for that Palm trees It's it's it's a mess Yeah So I think one thing that is cons consistent among us that is this issue and it's been ongoing for for many many years Um
because we do we do know there's there's an issue internally because some stuff parks does some stuff public works do and then some the consult the the outsource that we have whoever that's doing it I know there was a a specific
issue that with the Susi guard gate that's separate from this but I know we continued and we trying to increase it with um with country with country bill Um what in in reference to what Kevin what mayor burns what um council member
was saying I do think we do need to increase it but I also think that we need to be specific which area that the city is doing it in which department the city is doing If the crew is out there um from from
public works why is it that they can't cross over and just do parks i I I really don't know why we have public works doing some parks doing some etc etc and some the consultant and also the clean team We haven't talked about that in a while I know they're out there So
we need to figure out madam manager perhaps in the next couple of weeks where we kind of sit down and and kind of assess and see where where would we need them Um I know they still functioning right it's behind the So so where we to make it look better because
I I think the end goal is we all try to you know get the city to look clean and spot Mr Mayor Mr Um if we first of all if the um uh person who the it's country bill that's been working with out of contract
for the last year and a half if they uh accepted the same terms as they did a year and a half ago Um we can do that and then add on the contract allows us to add on additional areas or take away areas as the the staff sees fit But they
weren't the lowest responsive bidder No they weren't No So this Yeah Okay Who was the uh So I think I I had this conversation earlier I think with the city attorney where um because Yeah I never got to answer this question No So
um so yes if the winning bidder who was not country bill agreed to um to the same terms we could do it Um I believe the RFPs usually um uh have them hold the price for like 90 days We're well past that Um I don't see well I don't I'm not gonna fine Um but yeah so if
they agreed to the price we we could uh go go with that same price If not it has to go back out to bid because I believe the the country bill contract was already they're on monthto month at this point So can we say your department will or is it your department or is it
purchasing within the next two weeks or before our next meeting we will know exactly or the city manager's office what's happening or if we're going to put this um RFP back out on on on the street mr May I would I would suggest that we put it back out because we're
asking that that's No no I'm saying are we skipping the asking the the the That's what I was I was thinking I was also going to ask especially to Well oh and we're asking for more service We're asking for more service right right I think we need to rightfully put it And
is this the RFP or can it be our like um bid how was it the last time it was a bid right madam manager um through you Thank you for the time I appreciate it um if you give us two weeks to put together a revised draft scope that we
could present to you before a meeting and get all of your feedback to the manager That way we know if we're on the right path or not so that we're just not trying to put it together at a council meeting But I think I've heard you I think I know what you're looking for I
think we can take what you've given us this evening with what we had before put together a solid draft that you would all appreciate and be willing to move forward with Awesome Thank you And should it be RFP or RFQ request for proposals You know that's
the direction we've always gone with this contract No thank you Mr Mayor if I may Yes it's your turn anyhow Yeah Yeah Thank you very much And um just want to say um thank you to uh vice mayor for this discussion item because uh we are
at a point that the city is extremely dirty and um we as leaders we cannot just close our eyes and then believe that it's going to get clean if we don't take actions I think this is the right step uh in moving forward to make sure that we don't have u this kind of
situation again and the great city of North Miami I do believe the 32 days is kind of too little I think we should increase it to 36 It's uh put it to 36 It's not going to make such a big difference but we'll
get more service because if uh the the reason why uh I was told in here the reason why it is kind of not so good uh compared to let's say of Miami Beach is because of the amount of days that we get in a year I think 36 days will
definitely uh give us a better better um outlook as a city And uh on that um just have a few questions uh for the empty lot that we have on uh um and
a manager for the empty lot that we have on Northwest 125th Street and Northwest 6th Avenue Who's responsible for the cleanup of that lot do you know we are That's um the parks department handles that So basically the way it's broken
down right now if it's if it's considered a a park or an like an open space parks maintains it Parks maintains all parks and that's considered like a pocket park Um if it's in the right of way or swale um or if it's in the right
way it's handled by the contract So parks is parks and right ofway is the contract Now now I will tell you that parks is parked and this lot has been in a bad condition for the longest and twice I have to beg Um I think I don't
know if it's the clean team um LZ has been helping out with that Uh that is something that we should take into consideration as we are um looking into no contract um that empty light is a concern because it's just right there It's the basically it's the gateway of
the city So as you get up on um I 95 it's just right there right in front of you And if you go there you see the light is like looking terribly bad And uh we we need to uh know exactly who's going to do it or can we um add that
since we are going to have a new contract Now the median on Northwest 7th Avenue who's responsible for that the contractor Who's the contractor i don't know Country Bill Maintenance So I'll tell you that the median on
North 7 Avenue has never touched for more than a than a year At least um last time was like about a month ago they did some clean up um up to 135th Street But from that end all the way to 143rd Street is a hot mess That area is the
responsibility of the state state is responsible from 135 to 143 From what I heard is that they turn it over to us that I you know I asked that question before and then that's the answer I get and it's been in that condition for as long as I know We reached out to him We'll follow up
again Yep Um great Councilman so the state I I thought they did turn it a portion of it over to us at our request So did we give it back to them no from our under contract we we are responsible
from 119 to 135 and that's what we maintain under contract So if you're talking outside of that area south of 119 or north of Opalaka that's maintained by the city that's councilman is right Yeah that's not that's not the
answer that I got and I've never seen anything done on that end Well south of 135th as well Yeah that's uh that is that is an area of concern It is extremely ugly if I can put it in that
term We need to um look into it cuz as we are going to get a no contract we need to know exactly because seems like uh sometime we don't know the the the boundaries of uh of our city because there's no way that somebody's taking
care of uh 119 to 135th and then 135th all the way 143rd street just leave up to there and then you just out in the wild So please um take some note on that Now next the overpass on I95 I'm talking
about 125th Street 131st Street 135th Street Who's responsible for the clean of that the contractor Uh I'll tell you again it is a hot mess Dirty as
beyond explanation So those are the things that we as we're getting into a new um looking at a new contract We need to also include those and put emphasis on cleaning them because it is it is
unacceptable as a city of our size Certain things we cannot just leave that out there for people just looking at us like we don't care Um now my other point has to do with one of the term that we
use a lot in here lowest responsible bidder that we need to take a look into it because sometime people jump and get the contract and they know for the amount of money that they accept the contract they cannot get it done and then very very soon into it we start
looking at some craziness and that is something that we need to take into um consideration because I I will tell you it is it is basically the point of uh of the next um discussion item So we need to make sure that as responsible
um as we are we are a big city This is not a small village City of North Miami is a big city So we have to do thing that look like a a city of our size So please take that into consideration My last point into that contract can we
insert a clause for local hiring mhm Um I'll let the city attorney speak to local preference and yeah local preference because we just don't want someone just come out of the blue and then not hiring anybody that is in North
Miami because we need to make sure that people in our city they have a way to get some jobs because we have um people in our city that can also work under those um contractors and everything So that we have to make sure that we look
out for them Our purchasing director can discuss local preference if you'd like Thank you madam manager Yes So councilman uh through the manager uh as I'm sure all of you know that there is a specific uh city ordinance uh that
addresses preference for local vendors and not only local vendors but also vendors that are using local subcontractors So there's uh certainly always an opportunity for local vendors to have a preference in the bidding process Um we
always try to emphasize that and we will uh continue to do that Um something else that we can certainly consider and include is try to get some type of commitment if you will from the winning bidder to commit to you know using a
local workforce Um uh you know we we cannot include require specific percentages but certainly we can include certain goals right a commitment from them to to uh as part of their workforce to include uh
local residents and so forth So we can certainly include that in the sol the new solicitation that we're going to do that Thank you very much And that would be greatly appreciated because we have to make sure that we look out for North
Miami residents cuz it is important We need to keep people in our cities in order for them to be able to stay They have to have good paying jobs and if we have opportunities like that and wherever we can make sure that we have some of our residents end to the process
and the conversation making money in here that would be the way that we'll retain our people in the city Uh with that uh Mr Mayor you're back in ahead with with the training uh with the tree trimming Uh now before we get on that
I'll be able to um yeah I'll support that instead of 32 days 36 put it as 36 days Great Well you said the only reason why I said 32 is after doing some some talks with different vendors they mentioned that that was probably
industry standard since we were at 30 32 will probably make a significant difference I think where we need to increase the services in the litter pickup and the supplemental pickup So the landscaping like the actual cuts and I think that's okay But the areas where I think the concerns are is the supplemental pickups and making sure
that the areas that are you know not so clean can be tidied up But here's my my thing We got to bring in the clean team and figure out how they're being dispatched as well when they could supplement this thing because it we that's the that's the purpose that we
had them as a supplement and and they do provide a very essential um service to our city I think it's more of our management kind of making sure you know that we coordinate um making sure that team does some of the the stuff the 95
and the patent you know um you used to work with them John Yeah we could go ahead Yeah The other thing that we have to um also take into account with the clean team is the is the people that we have um with the clean team cuz um think
I don't know if all of them are up to the to the challenge because that's uh that's something that we probably internally we'll take a look into it Uh yeah Yes I think yeah Yeah I think the manager and and staff could get into all that I'm not you know I'm talking about
we just need to make sure that we we syn synchronize There you go Let's move on to the next one Yes Thank you so much Um council woman Um tree trimming Tree trimming So basically we don't have to we don't need a big and long introduction Straight um to the point I
don't remember the last time that we have um citywide um tree And then it was so that uh was um in October we um voted a contract in here to a resolution uh for
a company to um clean our trees And I was like and most of the questions that you have out there about the tree trimming and also of course the u woods of them trees that are um killing our sidewalks and having accident from time
to time Uh but tree trimming we had that contract We voted on it That was in October Now we are in March Nothing has been done And we are looking into our next hurricane
season As responsible leaders we have to plan and we have to act So if we don't plan we don't act we're going to be in a position that we're going to have to react and this is like when all hair on fire and everything So planning is key
to whatever we're doing So at this point I would like to know one two three where we at with the tree trimming because needs to be done got to be we got to be working in a way that we don't just keep on praying Believe believe me I do
believe in God I pray a lot but as a city we cannot just sit in here and expect for a miracle because we've been lucky knock on wood that for all the nonsense that is happening on the west coast nothing by here but we don't know
when something may happen could be like a little wind out of nowhere and uh condition of our trees I am not talking about uh district one or district 4 we're just talking was citywide It is something that we need to work on We
need to know exactly what we're doing and those trees need to be trained So I just want to know uh with the administration I just want to know where we at and when is that going to start because that need to be start like to be started like tomorrow Thank you Thank
you Councilman Well um assistant director I know we have a schedule right i can sum it up in in two minutes Go ahead please Um through the manager again Jeff Gimemer assistant public works director The contractor has come and gone Um they started their service
um in in early December and they finished up approximately midFebruary They did over 2,000 trees in the city Um 1,200 of which were in district 4 Um where city does have we have every address and I can provide them to you on
a list Um but the city does have over 14,000 swale trees So that puts the rotation at uh at 100,000 a year at $50 a tree at approximately once every seven years Uh remember as the mayor and council you just increased the the
budget from 80,000 a year to 100,000 a year this year But the contractor was fantastic They were efficient They came in they did their job Our team was thoroughly impressed with the work that they've done I I don't know provide you a list Maybe I need some new set of
glasses because I've been on the street and I haven't seen anything done in District 4 So this I don't know I don't really know So the contract that we voted on they went out there and clean Now that was um my understanding was a
citywide um tree um trimming So we it was not exam out of trees So when we said citywide we mean that the city of North Miami That's that's my understanding So now you just telling me at $50 a tree and everything but that was not what what I saw in here in that
in that contract in October And then I'm going to tell you again um as a councilman of district 4 and a resident of district and I'm not talking about district 4 I am talking about the city of North Miami I haven't seen anything like in our
trees So that I I don't I don't understand Yes Go ahead Um um Mr Assistant Director how many trees were trimmed in district 3 i don't have that number I provided that I I looked
up the number for district 4 because that was the councilman asked at the last meeting So I was prepared and and and looked up that number How many trees were you said 2,000 trees yes So what they we do is annually half went to
district 4 Well yes more than half were done in district four and but the year before it was the opposite So it's if you do it over a two-year average it's about equals out for the districts And I'll get you the the one year and the two-year numbers for for all four
districts through the manager I have a followup question Sure Yeah Quick Um now one um can I get a list of those um addresses that where you guys clean the trees and how did how did you
guys come about which tree um to um clean up because I am going to say it again I work a lot in district 4 and this is something that I do for you know just working like three two three hours and I haven't seen anything and I look
at them trees they're like exactly the same So maybe it's not the same district 4 that we are talking about for 2,000 trees to be trimmed and then every day that's the main complaint that we have in district 4 That's the main complaint and I'm just
not talking about district 4 Talking about citywide I put together the list so I will forward it to you this evening and you'll have it in your email Right So could is it so I I'd like I think all of us would like to know how where it was in our district So could you do that that'll take me another day Yes Okay
Whatever I I just need that So I just want to you would allow me um again what is the process i How are you choosing um which blocks or which our our rights of way um supervisor goes out and does
basically a window windshield evaluation and determines which locations need to be trimmed and he'll mark each location along the street to get to until we get to he probably has an account of about 2500 trees for the year and then he
stops and then we'll go out we'll service what we can under the contract and then his team will continue servicing the trees um throughout the rest of the year Our team consists of three employees So we operate one bucket truck
and they'll go out and trim trees as required No Oh go ahead Madam city manager um we have we allocated $100,000 to trim the trees Um for a city this
size 14,000 trees in the median trimming trees once every seven years is not efficient Um can you look and see if we can find another $100,000 out of this year's
budget or increases next year's but out of this year's budget to see where we can um bring them back to do additional um services this year the contracts existing and the need is there and um I
I think we really need to take a serious look when the budget process starts as as it is starting to maintaining what we already have maintaining the trees the rideways the parks department the buildings everything we have maintenance
it's it's maintenance and uh one former manager told me 2530 years ago here he says listen I can build you a brand new city hall I can build you any building you want He goes but it's the maintenance I can build you a park but it's the maintenance It's a year in and
year out And that's where we fall short We don't do a good job at maintaining because of the priority priorities of where the money is spent And so we have to really look at um $100,000 And if you were dividing 25,000 between four
districts um then that's that's nothing That's a few trees each district And and I don't like to divide things up by district because we're one city one North Miami If an area has a need for uh an intense um tree trimming go I I say
go for it right and you'll do my district or somebody else's district uh on the next go round Um go where the priority is and the damage is or whatever the the priority that staff thinks it it is Um without neglecting any one district 100% But I think we
really have to take a look Um we want to be a Tree City USA We got all these trees We scream and yell when somebody cuts them back too to too uh too much and hack them And then um we don't do the as good as job as we can And again
it's it's uh funding And if you can look in the next month or so before hurricane season like the councilman said if there's an ability to uh do that um I would definitely would like you to bring it back and um say a supplement Um if
there's consensus that if the council rest of the council think there needs to be additional tree trimming in the city Um Mr Mayor to to that I'm sorry Mr Um Councilman to that point I was going to say to Councilman France Charles if we
can moving forward with next year's budget if we could look at either adding more scope to this current company or look at other you know other folks that could do the um the job and and do what you just suggested But you know I think maybe you know next year as we work
working in in the you know in the city in the budget season now and and I think also uh mayor one one of the thing that we need to do as a city we need to have some eyes out there when this contractor
are doing the job they will report to you they do X Y and Z but if we don't have someone on the ground while they doing it Because at least if they were cleaning some trees in around the block one day
I'll see some bucket shots and then things happening I haven't seen anything I haven't seen anything So we need when we give those contracts out we need to have people on the ground We need to have eyes while looking at what
these people are doing cuz I don't think in um district 4 we had 2,000 trees and cleaned up to this contract 1,200 Uh I I don't think so So I'm just waiting for
to see the the numbers and look take a deep look into the addresses and I and I'll go I'll walk into the district and make sure that I like look look at them trees and take some pictures and see exactly what happened because I I don't feel it 1,200 that's a lot Truly don't
feel it So we need to do better as a city because we have our resident the only thing that ask for is your service So we need to make sure we do better because I am going to say it again in district 4 the most complaint that we
have is about tree training Okay Next question Anything else i think yeah I think I'm good with that Thank you so much Councilman Burns you up I just uh point of question the Florida League of Cities is April 8th and 9th Um if there's any
interest on the city council members going there for date days uh in Tallahassee Um on the um agenda it's I'm not asking for April 7th It was actually April 10th which is the Thursday because on Monday they have the uh CRA advisory
board meeting in here um if there was a consensus if any of the council members were going to go and we needed to reschedule the council meetings uh just if if if the majority aren't going or uh then we don't then it's a mute mute
subject but I don't know if we're sending today days 8th and 9th 8th and 9th so that's Tuesday and Wednesday Tuesday and Wednesday no I don't think I'm going I I am going No they date No I'll be I'll
be down here Okay so three That's majority No no that's that's fine Um so I think they I just I just want to also remind you guys that like CRAAS are right now being um Oh yeah on the burner This is a good time We it's important
for us to be in Tallahassee talking to as many people and and I sent this to the city manager and the city attorney earlier but um House Bill 943 which is the expansion of the live local act pretty much what it's doing is pretty much telling developers they could just
come and build in your city Um they're removing impact fees from the cities They're taking away our local decision- making Um saying that they can sue the city if we don't allow them to build Um so that one for sure Um I've been watching it So when you guys do go up
there I know the league has taken a position of support but so my thing if we have a meeting on the 8th I'll be here and I'll go up on the 9th Um I won't go up on the 8th Um but it's it's what the the consensus Yes I know
tomorrow I'm I'm going with the Florida um mayor's thing and I have a meeting with Basabi and I think representative I did get the the funding He was he called me today to to say regarding the what was the project that we have um John the
the canal the one that we usually get money from subject it was another one cuz I subw the continuation of the storm the I think that's what it is but that was for 121 right yeah yeah yeah yeah so yeah
they had asked for project ready um project that already but they usually fund that so you know which is So okay well since this is we could also combine it also with if there's not enough thing but we can move it to we okay with the
Monday the the the seventh the meeting the the 10th because this way you don't interfere with the CRA meeting on the 7th that Monday this way on Thursday you have you have the the C advisory board can you move that
so the for that's what I'm saying I I can't do Thursday so you guys could could do it today Yeah And that's a that's a lot of stuff on that agenda Oh then we have a lot of CRA the CRA Do we have regular city the CRA's regular meet
and I I'm very cautious about discussing CRA meetings at a city meeting However the CRA's regular meetings are on the first the second Tuesday of the month So that would be the normal date for it April 8th If there is no quorum for that date I can't have it We can't have a
meeting However if there's another date that you would like the CRA to have its meeting we can then Is it the CRA meeting or the advisor well there's always advisory that's right before the Monday Advisor would have to be moved to Friday So Monday if the advisor move the advisory because that was your
question your concern right yeah Does that make sense so we're having a special meeting on the 7th on Monday But if we're having it on the 7th meeting CRA would probably meet on the 7th on the Friday So that means that the advisory would have to meet prior to on Friday Um everything depends on quorum
So whichever we have whatever dates we have for for who for the for the advisor Oh yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah I mean you can't force them But they're usually good though right those the board members right mike you guys usually get the CRA the new CRA
people right the new board because I know we had had issues in the past but I'm happy to discuss it with the CRA board Right now we're at the inter calendar and then we are the board too So it doesn't interate relate with council Okay So moving on the on the on
the so we'll do that we'll figure it out Make move a motion to uh have the city council meeting on council meeting Do we do that not the C Do we do we need a motion yeah it it requires the council to make a decision to move to So we we could you could make the motion and we
could second Okay Did you make the motion second Okay You second it Okay So I have a motion on the floor made by Councilman Burns to move the council meeting from to reschedule the April 8th meeting to April 7th Correct Seconded by
Councilman Charles All in favor i All oppose Motion carries 5 Also thank you colleagues Uh I just wanted to let you guys know that date April 7th will be at 10 a.m will be the the the street name renaming for Miss Coobo Um as well
please keep her in um in your in your praise There was something else you mentioned and I just forgot There were so many people we needed to a moment of silence Oh you know our deputy city manager um lost her husband last week The
funeral was on the former former deputy um city manager Anisha Daniel Um I was there with some I know some folks went on Friday and I was at the service with Anisha Mc with with Miss McDonald and I think two other city staff there So we
will keep her in our prayers Um in terms of that yeah this is the season people are just doing So with that state council report form citizen Oh yes citizens form
you citizen form it chief come on up the price is right there we go Kenneth H 776 Northeast 125th Street I want to thank you for honoring my colleague and dear Dear friend Larry Jerger as you know he he passed and I
had the honor and the privilege senior of working alongside senior correction Senior you say Larry Larry Jerger Senior Senior Senior I'm sorry Senior Senior Senior Yes Senior
I worked along senior And I hired junior Okay You have the privilege He was one of the most honorable and decent persons I've ever met in my life And he served this city with a great deal of distinction And he served the law enforcement community with a great deal
of honor and distinction And he also gave us a great son and probably one of the best police chiefs of South Florida his son Larry Jerger And I sincerely from my heart to this council and to our members of the police department Thank you for your moment of silence tonight
and remembering him He was a really a dedicated guy And um now on another note I'm glad that you brought up tonight the tree trimming the cleanliness of the city because we definitely need it You only have three people in that aerial
truck that takes care of the trees That's not enough folks I work I walk the city I see the trash out there I see the the trees They're not being serviced We just don't have the manpower when we do the budget this year Please let's allocate more people to keeping this
city clean It's a disgrace I'll walk down Biscane Boulevard there'll be garbage there The homeless will come and go They throw the garbage all over the place You got a few people on the clean team They can't be every place all the time It It's really horrible The embankments I I I actually clean the
embankments up myself It goes into the into the Arch Creek Canal drifts out to the ocean There's garbage all over the place You I see what you see The railroad tracks We have to get on them I don't know I know Councilman Burns is trying to work on them The railroad
tracks are an utter dump They dump garbage out there They're sovereign They just tell us they'll blow off I'll find a portal to toilet out there Stolen uh motor scooters out there Garbage dumps Uh people dump construction material on
it And you know when they have that train driving through North Miami that that reflects on us So we have to get on that railroad And the other thing that I see it really annoys the hell out of me The CRA came in They did a beautiful job a few years ago in my neighborhood Spent a quarter of a million dollars getting
rid of the pine trees and everything else They put up these beautiful buttonwood trees Green Island fus Florida paron light or an outside contractor will come in rip them up not replace them We're not replacing them I'm missing right now on Arch Creek Road
17 Buttonwood trees that were put in there I don't know how many years ago They got knocked over in an accident They're not replaced They knock over that they run over the the sea island f the green island green island fas not replaced I I have trash being thrown
over the fence on on to the lakeside on the city part of the lakeside Hasn't been picked up I've called several times to get it They're tied up and they give me the 30 seconds or please go ahead Okay Yes So I I I agree with you You see what I see and you know it's not the
staff We just need more bodies out there and we need to coordinate in a in a better way When a tree goes down and the car hits it our uh risk management should get their settlements and the insurance and that should go back into the tree fund I mean when you see the
trash out there it pulls the whole city down Developers don't want to come here People don't want to live uh live here So I agree with you Thank you for bringing this up tonight I really mean it Thank you Thank you so much And I and I personally pay paying from my discussion to to do the the susi um
guardgate with working with the homeowners and Tracy to make sure that that happen in terms of that So we're working we we we may not announce it but we we try to do the best that we can to ensure it Thank you Thank you mayor Thank you Thank you And you always have a moment of privilege as a former chief
here Thank you sir Thank you With that being said public hearing is closed Thank you Yes sir Public hearing Come on up Come on up Yes Yes Come on up Anyone else for public hearing on Virginia nothing Did you
see my camera oh God I Oh Lord Great No no no We'll be done in 30 minutes Yes sir Oh Oh So it's for this one So go ahead sir Um Vginina give him
one sir Yeah he'll go ahead You can go you can go there You could make your the unfortunately the the item that you presenting us already passed So I don't know if you still want to make a comment We more than happy No no it wasn't for for that item It was just something else that I want to comment Go ahead sir
You're more than welcome Yes sir Your name your name and address for for the Yes My name is Ralph My address is um 885 Northeast on 33rd Street So what I want to talk about is I know that with the projects going on in the city such
as the North Frammy um it's the um the Ken Park North project So they have HVAC jobs recently the the job fair this past Friday um electrician jobs and plumbing But when I went to the event I didn't
see much of that really there So I only see two potential opportunities there And I don't think the multitude of people that were there are even going to get hired So I do feel that that's an issue I want the I would say I want the city council to maybe devise something
where you have to be concrete where the people are giving the jobs the employers are held to account and say hey look these people are from the community they've they invested their their lives here Let's get on the same page and actually have them get another career
You are so right You done sir that's it Thank Well first of all we want to thank you Thank you for your input and please do come by um and come back anytime you have these type of input and we encourage all residents to do that Um we were talking about that the deputy
manager and I did this morning about you know potential um business coming into our city and I think we got to look at it and we had the the same issue when with Solomonia with the you know our workforce the folks that we have and the demand that's out there sometime does
not do the best matching and I know Solomon they were supposed to kind of do the education training with North Miami senior so I I think we as North Miami need to look at that particular pillar plan and see what works best for us Not necessarily like you said these folks
when we say jobs hire people from from the community If they say yes we're going to hire the folks Do we have the people are they ready can they meet those type of needs that the the employer need um if you're going to put a gun into somebody's head to say you have to hire people from here we got to
ensure that these folks are ready or they have the the um the right training or the education to do the job So it's it's very and we have UN health um um health that's coming that's bringing thousands and thousands of jobs and they
I I would assume that they want to hire North Miami but the real thing the realistic goal is do we have folks but we knew this was coming couple of months so could we have created a program where we get some training for residents in in
H you know in healthcare whatever whatever the case so I think to his point and we've This council has been very proactive in terms of making sure that employers who are coming in I just heard it again today especially I I'll say um you know Mary estimate Iran has
championed this on a while in terms of making sure that local preference the folks who are hiring but we got to make sure we we you know the folks are ready um and and it's a good point sir for taking us through that so thank you thank you it's Gilmore Virginia Gilmore
1635 northwest Ross 120th Street I agree We need more money in our budget to hire more employee City employees were short staffed They're overworked and they're going to kick the bucket soon We need to stop
privatizing and bring back most of job back for city employee 44 years ago city of North Miami was a golden city It's trying to get back there now but privatizing We need more money in our budget Tree cut in three
people Public works they're understaffed The all the departments are under staff They need to cut back somewhere on their budget some of the overspending that's unnecessary in the city and put the money and hire employees Thank you Thank you Thank you Miss Gilmore And Miss
Gilmore please tell the president that indulge So thank you With that being said um we are h this is this is good We we we actually did it Yay I'm I'm kind of
proud Okay Um council report and let's go Council number four Oh yes Oh you thank you very much Usually I'm I'm like last So so uh I'll take that admit just to say thank you for um
everything So um instead of uh doing my um well prepared um report I just want to speak on a topic that is um different from the from the report because for the last two meet two I think the last two meetings we miss one member uh that we
don't have a full council since um we have the advantage of having a full council tonight I just want to um open up to uh um again the team that we have in place they've been working and doing
a great job and everything but still we are it's almost a year and then we have um entream administration So um in term talking about um stability and uh you know the keep the city uh moving forward
So we need to um to look into that and then you know folks are getting tired and then overworked and everything So we um as a city need to uh make the decision how we going to move on Um I brought up a resolution but there were
like uh missing members and everything And um tonight um I would like to basically um see if we can do exactly what we did um couple of years ago for the um North Miami CRA and then um posting that position put it out for
statewide um search for um 30 days and um looking just just um I don't like that term from uh from um I don't like the piggyback but we uh we did it uh we did back in in the days and then see
um if we can uh just uh post the position and then um get the some application and then start working on uh bringing like um stability to uh the the great city of North Miami So um again um
so that's that's my point and um and I look forward to a healthy healthy um discussion on that All righty Thank you so much So wait So your point is you're making a motion to wait Yeah What is your motion position
oh you didn't state the position Oh no No For the No no For the city manager So you you want to um to clarify you want to bring back what you're going to post It was It was It was to just through the mayor through the city attorney city manager There was a resolution that was
going to be on the agenda to do a statewide search for for 60 days and then it got pulled Um and then put on to the April 8th That's what he was saying He wanted you want to put it now in the interest of time Do you understand in
the interest of interest of time um while we here Well let me I didn't No no no I thought we were they were supposed to give it to us to So I didn't I didn't I don't have any problem with it Yeah I don't have an issue with it as well cuz I remember when we when I think Councilman Burns brought it up um I had
mentioned that we should all review the position we should all you know discuss the salary or maybe not discuss it but I know what we did for the CRA at that time We all reviewed we gave tweets and then they just put it out to um they posted the position So it doesn't I
guess he what he's trying to say is that it doesn't need to be posted on the agenda We can give direction to staff tonight to you know maybe give us a week to review provide comments and then from there it can be posted to that So madam manager and but I don't know what you
want to state your motion Am I incorrect that the resolution was coming back on the 8th well well yeah No I think you correct No I'm just saying it in my briefing it says the it's coming on That's what I thought But we have to give input on what we want the salaries
and stuff to look like and it has to be done before the 8th So I'm just a disconnect here There's not a there's not a disconnect Um either we are the one to make to make Exactly And the decision is in there and then we are all
five are here This is the this is the best time Yes So So we would be still on track for us to bring it on the 8th to post the the seventh Yeah Yeah Now it's on the seventh So would that give just I guess it's just a deal to because you
now I don't know if HR would need more time So yes So what I think I'm hearing is that so because we did that similar process with the CRA where we said hey this is what we want this is a directive they spoke to us about the details and it was just put out I don't think it it
came it doesn't have to come back as a resolution so I think I think that right so I think I think the direction what I think I heard the direction tonight is to put it out there um well to to put it
out there for 30 days get input for us from the week I guess Is that right is that what I'm doing get input for the week and then open it up for 30 days No no no We don't have any problem with the process The the the question that we have for us to review what HR has which
we have with the CIA before the job description or the salary whatever So they they need to do that like this week you know before the 8 So that's all I'm saying If they have enough time then we No they have it They already said they have you would have to provide the tweets Okay I think we need to put like
years of municipal services and so forth Yeah But I think so with the through the manager um to through Miss Lauren Woodley if we if we have the whatever that you have you we already have It's a matter of emailing it to us and we
giving you a feedback within a couple days as long as it's before Thursday that you know we would we would need to you know so the attorney she will work with the attorney to get it out We we'll I think we'll make the the seventh deadline and we should be good by then
So the process is it'll go out No I'm I'm sorry Just to clarify because I I think we keep we keep we've heard a couple different things here So the two things I've heard is uh there's a direction to staff to send you all the uh descript the description of
the job and then once you all looked at it we would just post it But mayor you just said bring it back on the 7th So yes Well whichever Okay That that that was my understanding So we don't need to bring it back Okay Yeah So I just I'm
okay with either way Yeah We're talking about So now you're number one as the city No we we don't And did was there not join our briefings a resolution to do a search i give 60 days for a manager but it was
pulled pulled just like mine Mine we pulled off and then the the councilman put his on there which was fine and it was and it was going to be on this agenda but it got pulled and put on to the 8th as a resolution to start a statewide search
in that he's saying can I make a suggestion guys because it looked like we we rushing and there's there's no need I I am suggesting that we do what we said we would do last time get the stuff on the eth we we announce it for the 30-day we do whatever that we're
doing because right now in and when the attorney mentioned it to me it does make although it does not need to come back to us but we would need to give some specific dates because in terms of where where the manager and the the director would have hey you guys have four days
to get back to me because people once we leave here people get busy and we don't want her or the manager kind of waiting for somebody's email to wait if if it's going to be out I we need timeline if we're going to do option A Mayor I hear you But the only thing that I would say as well is that
we're in the month of March So we have April May June and one meeting in July So if we start a surge and I'm I'm in favor of hey let's put it out We we review it and put it out cuz we've had this talk this conversation now for
months Everyone knows that we're we're looking for a city manager Well I didn't know Well no I'm just saying like the whole world knows like you know that we've been talking about that we're we're probably going to be in the process of talking about a surge because it's been on the agenda several times I think at this point let's not belabor
the point if we can Um hey let's review it put it out and be What I'm saying is I don't mind the reviewing but I know what I'm talking about because I know folks once we leave here they'll be busy I want our professional let's get some time If it's gonna be she'll send it out
and we have a deadline when it's post because it will be staff you say that show but if they don't get it and then they post it out and then somebody going to say well she did that and I didn't look at it that's not but it can be posted by Monday correct or whichever the date is but we need to set some
guidelines and some parameter that's why I say it we only talk about week tomorrow then yeah we cannot post it tomorrow Yes Good evening again everyone Um I can provide the job description as early as tomorrow I will give you guys until next
Monday to get me back any revisions Um after your review I can have it posted by April 1st Exactly Exactly That's it Now that one second Do we have to agree as a body of one in particular if I make
a revision and there's not a consensus for that revision then it should not go out based on one person's revision I mean if there's obviously if it's two conflicting things right then then obviously we need to bring it back The only thing which I was just signaling to
the uh personnel director the only thing I've heard so far tonight that we probably need to make a decision on no it's not even the salary cuz I think that's negotiated is uh I've heard 30-day search and 60-day search Okay And that that is a that's 30 days What what I heard from the
ICMA International City Manager Association whatever that is and they said it's going to take 2 weeks to get it up on the internet and out to the world um properly and that they they believe 45 to 60 days is a
best result Again again I'll argue again Um was about two years ago with the uh Nomani CRA was like 30 days We got about what 11 applicants um and in less than two weeks send it over and then we
review and everything and then we made a decision from there So again the time is not is not a factor If we need to um extend it we can always extend it as a body I believe Um so I think um
the early we start with this process at least we on track to uh move on and get it done because remember that we have a lot of um important deadlines that are coming We're into budget season and everything So we need to make sure that we okay and then we move on and do what
we got to do So that's my that's my entire point Just to add clarification um when I post the job advertisement on April 1st basically that will push it out instantly to government jobs as well as Indeed And then I will also submit um a
job advertisement to ICMA and it usually takes I would say 48 hours to get the post up And um we have been circulating our job vacancies on social media So we'll make sure we do that as well It shouldn't take 2 weeks It will take at
least three days at the most to get everything going and basically I can provide an update within 30 days If we don't have enough applications at that point you can await to extend it for another 30 days Exactly Okay Yeah All right So thank you very much Um Madame
Manager um John Council report You let you let the first go I'm sorry Cut up come to the women's lunchon to tomorrow I wanted to Yes I And I I councilman I'm so sorry As
we close out women um women's history month I I do want to offer my deepest and sincere thanks to all of the women employees which we do have a lot of directors and including our city manager and residents business owners and community leaders who make our city
strong beautiful and resilient because of your contribution That's right Miss Gilmore That's right Whether it's seen or unseen some of my favorite I don't see don't see them here tonight Have shaped our city in the presence and will continue to shape the future So thank
you Thank you Angela Everybody I can see Debbie all of all of y'all Katya everybody thank you Thank you And especially to my colleagues here on the council Thank you Thank you Madame Deputy Clerk Thank you And sir no
I we had a uh the Miami the North Miami Police Department hosted several nights ago a women's defense class and I have to uh give a shout out to Sarah Simpson and Commander Angel Rivera and the chief
and her staff They did an amazing job They had a very well attended um event and um they're I believe they're looking forward to to doing it again And the response that I got was that the uh the women that
part participated in it really uh felt that they got a lot about it and and empowered themselves a little bit more and they would like to be able to come back again and also to share it with their some of their friends And I just want to say that the PD has been doing a really great job of uh community
engagement and responsiveness Um I have thrown some things at the the chief that people throw at me and forward emails to to to her staff to her office and um they've been very very uh responsive and I have to say that almost all the
departments have been very responsive Um building and zoning madam manager are doing great parks great public works Um I I had some issues and they took care of them with the for the residents and uh all in all the the the staffs are all
uh re responding um quite well Sometimes we don't um throw out a an appreciation thank you But uh uh as far as when I'm not getting angry calls from people because things have been taken care of that makes me very happy and it makes them happy So thank you That's all I
have to say Uh thank you so very much Um with that being you got Yes sir move to adren Yes sir We taken Scott Thank you Motion to adjourn by Councilman Charles seconded by Mayor Desome All in favor it
was over I know Motion carries 5 time is