Meeting

The biggest money item was the budget cleanup: Council took up a final budget amendment for fiscal year 2024 to 2025 to increase revenues and move transfers in order to reverse the year-end budgetary deficit, and it also set up Budget Amendment #1 for fiscal 2025 to 2026 by pulling from various fund balances to cover appropriations that started in the prior year. That is the real story here. The village is not just adjusting numbers, it is backfilling prior commitments and using fund balance to keep the books aligned, which tells you where the pressure sits: on operating cash and on the discipline of carrying old spending into the new year. The other substantive moves were mostly operational but still worth watching. Council approved a piggyback deal with the YMCA of South Florida for after-school programming under an Aventura contract, which is a fast procurement path that gives the village ready-made service terms instead of a fresh bid. It also approved Tetra Tech for disaster debris monitoring and financial recovery assistance, and waived competitive bidding to buy cellular enclosures from High Tide Technologies as a sole source. The charter school authority ordinance would clarify that board's contracting authority, which is a governance clean-up with real leverage implications over who can bind the village. The rest was committee housekeeping, minutes, and an ad hoc traffic report, which are procedural unless they tee up the next fight.

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. Charter School Authority ordinance

   Pending

   Amends Chapter 2 to clarify the Charter School Authority Board's contracting authority, which shifts internal control over who can bind the village on school-related contracts.

2. Budget Amendment #1 for fiscal year 2025 to 2026 operating budgets

   Pending

   Appropriates funds from various fund balances to cover appropriations that began in the prior fiscal year, which uses reserves to carry prior commitments into the new budget.

3. Appointment to the Sustainability and Resiliency Committee

   Pending

   Fills one unexpired term on the committee, which affects who shapes future sustainability and resiliency recommendations.

4. YMCA of South Florida after-school programming piggyback agreement

   Pending

   Approves a piggyback contract under Aventura's RFP for after-school programming, which lets the village buy services quickly on existing terms instead of running its own procurement.

5. Final budget amendment for fiscal year October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025

   Pending

   Increases revenues and makes transfers to reverse the year-end budgetary deficit, which is a direct cleanup of the prior year's books.

6. Disaster debris monitoring and financial recovery assistance contract with Tetra Tech

   Pending

   Awards a three-year contract for debris monitoring and recovery support, which locks in outside help for disaster-related compliance and reimbursement work.

7. Cellular enclosures sole source purchase from High Tide Technologies

   Pending

   Waives competitive bidding and authorizes a sole source purchase, which removes market competition for the equipment buy.

8. September 30, 2025 Council workshop minutes

   Pending

   Approves the prior workshop minutes, which is procedural and does not change policy.

9. October 7, 2025 Village Council meeting minutes

   Pending

   Approves the prior meeting minutes, which is procedural and does not change policy.

Agenda items

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

1. 8.DResolutionpending$28KNo recorded vote
   A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE, FLORIDA, WAIVING THE COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 1124-07, SECTION 1. 6); AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF CELLULAR ENCLOSURES FROM HIGH TIDE TECHNOLOGIES AS A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $27,839.70; PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE (STAFF: PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR).
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2. 5.AReportpendingNo recorded vote
   AD HOC TRAFFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION REPORT. Final Report
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3. 8.AManager'S UpdatependingNo recorded vote
   APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 COUNCIL WORKSHOP (STAFF: VILLAGE CLERK). 2025-09-30 Minutes.pdf
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4. 8.BManager'S UpdatependingNo recorded vote
   APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 7, 2025 VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES (STAFF: VILLAGE CLERK). 2025-10-07 Minutes.pdf
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5. 8.CResolutionpendingNo recorded vote
   A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE, FLORIDA; APPROVING THE AWARD OF RFP 2025-08-01 DISASTER DEBRIS MONITORING SERVICES AND FINANCIAL 1 RECOVERY ASSISTANCE; AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH TETRA TECH, INC. FOR A THREE-YEAR PERIOD, WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS (PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR). Evaluation Committee Recommendation Resolution RFP 2025-08 -01 Disaster Debris Monitoring & Financial Recovery Assistance w add.pdf TetraTech
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6. 9.AOrdinancependingNo recorded vote
   AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE, FLORIDA; AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE VI, CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORITY, TO CLARIFY THE CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORITY BOARD’S CONTRACTING AUTHORITY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE (STAFF: VILLAGE ATTORNEY).
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7. 10.AOrdinancependingNo recorded vote
   APPOINTMENT TO THE SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCY COMMITTEE (1 UNEXPIRED TERM). SRC Applications 11.RESOLUTION(S)
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8. 11.AResolutionpendingNo recorded vote
   A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE, FLORIDA; APPROVING A PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT WITH YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC., DBA YMCA OF SOUTH FLORIDA, FOR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING, UNDER THE CITY OF AVENTURA CONTRACT RFP #2025-03 COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING SERVICES, FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD, WITH TWO ONE-YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS, UNDER SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TERMS AND CONDITIONS; AUTHORIZING 2 THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT (STAFF: PARKS AND
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9. 11.BResolutionpendingNo recorded vote
   A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL CREATING BUDGET AMENDMENT #1 TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025- 2026 OPERATING BUDGETS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM VARIOUS FUND BALANCES TO INCREASE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGETS TO INCLUDE APPROPRIATIONS WHICH BEGAN IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR BUT WERE NOT COMPLETED; PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE (STAFF: DEPUTY FINANCE DIRECTOR).
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10. 11.CResolutionpendingNo recorded vote
    A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL APPROVING A FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1, 2024, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2025; INCREASING REVENUES AND EFFECTUATING TRANSFERS TO REVERSE THE YEAR END BUDGETARY DEFICIT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE (STAFF: DEPUTY FINANCE DIRECTOR).
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