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City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br />305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />305) 949-3113 Fax <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners <br />VIA: Stan Morris, City Manager <br />FROM: Tiffany D. Neely, Finance Director <br />DATE: August 17, 2023 <br />RE: Approval of an Interlocal Agreement with Miami -Dade County for the <br />Reestablishment and Distribution of the Six -Cent Local Option Gas Tax <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Staff recommends approval of this Resolution. <br />REASONS: <br />To allow the city to continue to receive the six -cent local option gas tax revenues which help to fund <br />the respective roadway and public transportation expenditures within the Street Maintenance and <br />Construction fund. <br />ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: <br />State law permits counties to impose up to a six -cent local option gas tax on motor fuel and special <br />fuels. Miami -Dade County imposed a four -cent local option gas tax on September 1, 1983, and an <br />additional two cents were imposed in 1985 bringing the total tax collected to six cents. The current <br />local option gas tax (Ordinance 93-53) will expire on August 31st, 2023. Miami -Dade County and the <br />municipalities within the County share approximately $63.764 million generated by the six -cent local <br />option gas tax. The county and cities rely on this revenue to support their respective roadway/public <br />transportation expenditures. Permissible uses of the tax are: <br />a. Public transportation operations and maintenance <br />b. Roadway and right-of-way maintenance and equipment and structures used primarily for the <br />storage and maintenance of such equipment <br />c. Roadway and right-of-way drainage <br />d. Street lighting <br />e. Traffic signs, traffic engineering, signalization and pavement markings <br />Item Number: 10.K <br />199