Meeting

The only item that changes the ground under private actors is the proposed “zoning in progress” declaration for the MU R, Town Center, B1, and Business Overlay districts. That is the city signaling it is actively rewriting rules in the places where mixed use, resort, town center, and business projects live. The practical read is simple: anyone with a site plan, entitlement strategy, lease assumption, or acquisition model in those districts now has a live policy risk sitting on top of it. This is not a ribbon cutting item. It is the city reserving room to tighten or redirect development standards before the market gets there first. After that, the meeting was mostly a spending and operations package. The largest checks were for a RedSpeed amendment adding red light cameras, up to $440,800, and the purchase of nine vehicles from Bartow Ford, up to $447,475.18, plus four more vehicles from Alan Jay Fleet Sales, up to $200,000. The city also moved routine but real overhead items: more security spending with Allied Universal, a fourth floor Government Center renovation, bus repair authority, fuel card spending, HVAC maintenance ratification, and a metal building change order. The budget amendment matters because it is where these kinds of midyear priorities get normalized into the fiscal plan. The flood damage prevention ordinance is regulatory housekeeping with real compliance consequences for manufactured homes in flood hazard areas. The ceremonial recognitions ordinance is governance theater by comparison.

Statura-generated summary of the official agenda and minutes. Verbatim per-item votes and dollar figures are in the Agenda & votes tab.

Key decisions

1. Declaring zoning in progress for the MU R, Town Center, B1, and Business Overlay districts

   Pending

   Would formally put key commercial and mixed use districts under active zoning review, which tells property owners, tenants, and applicants that development rules in those areas are being reconsidered now.

2. First amendment with RedSpeed Florida LLC for additional red light cameras

   Pending

   Would authorize up to $440,800 for more red light camera installations, expanding automated traffic enforcement rather than making a one off equipment purchase.

3. Purchase of nine vehicles from Bartow Ford

   Pending

   Would spend up to $447,475.18 in budgeted funds on fleet replacement or expansion, a straightforward capital operations move with immediate vendor and maintenance implications.

4. Budget Amendment No. BA2425 04 to the 2024 2025 operating and capital budget

   Pending

   Would amend the current year budget, which is the mechanism that absorbs changing spending priorities and makes the rest of the meeting's contract and capital actions fiscally workable.

5. Amendments to the Flood Damage Prevention code

   Pending

   Would revise flood code provisions to specify elevation of manufactured homes in flood hazard areas, tightening compliance requirements in a city where elevation standards directly affect project cost and feasibility.

6. Third amendment with Allied Universal Security Services for unarmed security at the Government Center

   Pending

   Would increase or extend spending authority for Government Center security services, reinforcing that this is now a recurring operating cost rather than a temporary measure.

7. Agreement with Commercial Interior Contractors Corp. for fourth floor Government Center renovations

   Pending

   Would authorize up to $275,561.08 for interior renovation work, another sign that city administrative space is being upgraded through discrete project contracts rather than a single comprehensive overhaul.

8. Site plan modification for Chateau Beach Condominiums at 17475 Collins Avenue

   Pending

   Would consider a site plan change for an existing oceanfront condominium property, the only project specific land use item on the agenda and therefore the clearest read on how flexible the city is being with built projects.

Agenda items

17 items on the agenda. Outcomes not yet parsed from minutes.

1. 9.BResolutionpending$447.5KOutcome not recorded
   A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Authorizing the Expenditure of Budgeted Funds for the Purchase of Nine (9) Vehicles From Bartow Ford, in an Amount Not to Exceed $447,475.18; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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2. 9.AResolutionpending$440.8KOutcome not recorded
   A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving a First Amendment to the Agreement with RedSpeed Florida LLC for the Installation of Addi onal Red Light Cameras, in an Amount Not to Exceed $440,800.00, A ached Hereto as Exhibit “A”; Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Said Agreement; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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3. 9.JResolutionpending$275.6KOutcome not recorded
   A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving an Agreement with Commercial Interior Contractors Corp. For Renova on Services of the Fourth Floor of the Government Center, in an Amount Not to Exceed $275,561.08, A ached Hereto as Exhibit “A”; Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Said Agreement; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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4. 9.IResolutionpending$270KOutcome not recorded
   A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving a Third Amendment to the Agreement with Universal Protec on Service, LLC d/b/a Allied Universal Security Services for Unarmed Security Guard Services at the Government Center, in an Amount Not to Exceed $270,000.00, A ached Hereto as Exhibit “A”; Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Said Agreement; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effec ve Date
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5. 9.CResolutionpending$200KOutcome not recorded
   A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida; Authorizing the Expenditure of Budgeted Funds for the Purchase of Four (4) Vehicles From Alan Jay Fleet Sales, in an Amount Not to Exceed $200,000.00; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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6. 9.EResolutionpending$150KOutcome not recorded
   Revised: Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Waiving the Bidding Requirements Set Forth in Chapter 62 of the Code of Ordinances; Authorizing the City Manager to Nego ate and Execute an Agreement with Millenium Products, Inc. to Furnish and Install Elevator Surveillance Cameras at Various Locations, in an Amount Not to Exceed $150,000.00; Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Said Agreement; Authorizing the City Manager and the City A orney to Do All Things Nec
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7. 9.HResolutionpending$135.3KOutcome not recorded
   A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving a First Amendment to the Agreement with Team Contrac ng, Inc. For the Installation of a New, Pre-engineered Metal Building, in an Amount Not to Exceed $135,294.18, A ached Hereto as Exhibit “A”; Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Said Amendment; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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8. 9.FResolutionpending$120KOutcome not recorded
   A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving a First Amendment to the Agreement with KVP Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Expert Diesel for Services and Repair of City’s Buses With Diesel Engines, in an Amount Not to Exceed $120,000.00, A ached Hereto as Exhibit “A”; Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Said Amendment; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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9. 9.GResolutionpending$70,000Outcome not recorded
   A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Authorizing an Increase in Spending Authority with WEX Bank for the Purchase of Citywide Unleaded Fuel Using a Fuel Card Program, in an Amount Not to Exceed $70,000.00; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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10. 9.KResolutionpending$5,000Outcome not recorded
    A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Waiving the Bidding Requirements of Chapter 62 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sunny Isles Beach; Authorizing an Increase in Spending Authority with DreamKids World, LLC, f/k/a Dream for Kids, Inc., to Provide Theater Classes for Registrants of the Cultural and Community Services Programs, in an Amount Not to Exceed $5,000.00; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolutio
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11. 3.AMinutespendingOutcome not recorded
    Summary Minutes - Regular City Commission Meeting - April 17, 2025.
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12. 5.AZoningpendingOutcome not recorded
    Request of Ar s c Building Studio Inc. (“Applicant”), for a Site Plan Modifica on to the Chateau Beach Condominiums Located at 17475 Collins Avenue (Hearing #PZ2025-05).
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13. 6.AOrdinancependingOutcome not recorded
    Revised: An Ordinance by the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Sections 161-10, 161- 11, and 161-14 of Chapter 161 of the City’s Code of Ordinances, Entitled “Flood Damage Preven on”, to Specify Eleva on of Manufactured Homes in Flood Hazard Areas; Providing for Applicability; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codifica on; Providing for Repealer; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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14. 8.AOrdinancependingOutcome not recorded
    An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Ordinance No. 2024-618; Approving Budget Amendment No. BA2425-04 to the Operating and Capital Improvement Budget for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Implement the Terms and Conditions of this Ordinance; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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15. 8.BOrdinancependingOutcome not recorded
    An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Creating Chapter 4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sunny Isles Beach Entitled “Ceremonial Recogni ons”; Providing for Legisla ve Intent; Providing for Defini ons; Providing for Types of Recogni on; Providing for Criteria; Providing for Codifica on; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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16. 9.DResolutionpendingOutcome not recorded
    A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Ra fying a Fi h Amendment to the Agreement with Jorda Enterprises, Inc., for Inspec on and Preventa ve Maintenance Services for the HVAC Equipment Located in the Government Center; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; Providing for an Effec ve Date.
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17. 9.LResolutionpendingOutcome not recorded
    A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Declaring “Zoning in Progress” Rela ng to the Mixed Use-Resort (MU-R) District, Town Center District (TCD), Neighborhood Business (B1) District, and Business Overlay (BO) Districts; Determining that Applications for Development Orders and Development Permits Shall Be Subject to the Zoning in Progress; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate This Resolution; and Providing an Effec ve Date.
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