RJ
Roberto J. Gonzalez
Commissioner
District 11
Miami-Dade County, FL
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YEA
Alright, sounds good with that. I'll entertain a motion on the two non-bifurcated items, which is 4A and 4D. So moved by Commissioner Bastien, seconded by Senator Garcia. Are you, yep, good with it?
— Motion passes unanimously.
YEA
So with that, we do have a motion. We do have a second.
Statements in public meetings
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at 1:02:55And so I've heard, I've actually heard Commissioner Cohen Higgins and Commissioner Lopez say this many times, and specifically because Commissioner Lopez comes from the state, perhaps it would behoove this committee to, as the chief has stated, after the budget has been presented, perhaps it would behoove this committee to have departments come up and then perhaps we could take a look to help.
at 1:03:41But I think it would be a great idea, as I've heard Commissioner Cohen Higgins and Commissioner Lopez say in the past, for us to take a shot at it too and help to bring whatever costs can be brought down down so that perhaps this commission and this mayor can deliver for the very first time ever a reduction in taxpayer savings for certain departments.
at 0:43Thank you, Chairwoman. Please bow your heads. Dear Lord, thank you for this wonderful day. Thank you for blessing each and every person in Miami-Dade County. Thank you for guiding us. Lord, we ask that your will be done, that every decision that we make, that everything that we say be for your will and your glory, now and always. In your holy name we pray. Amen.
at 46:53Got it, because, okay, so, just to reiterate, you put out a solicitation because something was needed in addition to what we currently had, but also, specifically, there was a PCI compliance that was necessary, right, because without that PCI compliance, certain credit card companies would not accept payments from us.
at 31:25Please close the doors. It's 10 30 a.m. And our meeting is about to commence. Thank you all for joining us. Can we please stand for a moment of prayer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Commissioner Gonzalez by your heads. Dear Lord, thank you for this wonderful day that you've given us. Thank you for all that you do for our county, for our families and for all the residents. Lord, please let your will be do…
at 31:56Let every decision that we make and every conversation that we have be to further your cause, your will and your glory in your holy name we pray. Amen. Please turn and face the flag. Will the clerk please take the roll? Good morning. Good morning. Commissioner Gilbert. Commissioner Hardiman. Commissioner Millian Orbis. Vice Chairman Gonzalez. Here. Chairwoman Cohen Higgins. Good morning. I'm present. Three members pr…
at 1:03:45And I also wanted to, I did not have the pleasure of knowing, but if we can take a moment of silence in recognition of former Miami-Dade County Commissioner, Mary Collins, who has passed away.
at 1:16:58But I have, I don't know if there's like a representative, but all the items are for 5B or 5W of which I bifurcated.
at 1:23:52I also don't mind the deferral, but the line of questioning that I had was specifically to answer that question and to answer why we're in the deferral process in the first place.
at 1:37:53And this is precisely why I did want to go through the line of questioning, because towards the end of my questioning, I wanted to ask why there was five that were considered,
at 2:10:40And, folks, I want everybody at home and here to know every single commissioner – I don't want to speak for my colleagues, but I think I can in saying that every single commissioner up here wants nothing more than to solve this issue.
at 2:11:46There are state grants that could go to these universities for workforce, which has led to conversations with particularly FIU to see if they can help with some of the maintenance and required medical treatment that's going to be had at this facility.
at 2:19But before we start, to the county attorney's office, I would like to get Chief Adala to come up and just give us an update as to what's going on with the current situation with MDFR, the fires that are happening up north.
at 47:07but I would suggest that it might be a good idea to reach out to all of the commissioners and just give an overview of why the county should continue to administer this as opposed to the school board.
at 40:37And that's why I asked you, but, but that, that, that, that's exactly why initially I asked you if anything had ever been RFP, um, because to commissioner, uh, Gilbert's point, um, if we, if we just lead with clarity, um, we can see evidently that the point here is,
at 40:56for efficiency, not only in time, but in cost, if we go back to the item and we look at, and we look at the third part in section two, um, it clearly says that there was a solicitation for two items, right?