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facts, is subject to an ongoing disciplinary action initiated by the City, the City Attorney and City Manager shall stay consideration of a complaint until the conclusion of the personnel proceeding. (I) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. No action may be taken on a complaint filed more than one (1) year after the violation is alleged to have accrued. Section 3. Section 2-11.3 of the Code of Miami-Dade County as adopted by Article 8.3 of the City Charter of the City of Sunny Isles Beach is amended to provide as follows: Bids and Proposals. (a) In regard to any bid or proposal issued by the City, there is a prohibition on: (i) any communication regarding a particular RFP, RFQ or bid between a potential vendor, service provider, bidder, lobbyist or consultant and the City's professional staff including, but not limited to, the City Manager and the staff of the City Manager, and (ii) any communication regarding a particular RFP, RFQ or bid between the Mayor and City Commission and any member of the City's professional staff including, but not limited to, the City Manager and the Manager's staff unless there is a written record of the communication and (Hi) communication regarding a particular RFP, RFQ or bid between a potential vendor service provider, bidder, lobbyist. or consultant and the Mayor and City Commission (b) PROCEDURE. This procedure shall be imposed upon each RFP, RFQ and bid after the advertisement of the RFP, RFQ or bid. The City shall include in any public solicitation for goods and services a statement disclosing the requirements of this ordinance. (c) EXCEPTIONS. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to oral communications at pre-bid conferences, oral presentations before selection committees, contract negotiations, public presentations made to the City Commission during any duly noticed public meeting or communications in writing at any time with any City employee, official or member of the City Commission unless specifically prohibited by the applicable RFP, RFQ or bid documents. The bidder or proposer shall file a copy of any written communication with the City Clerk. The City Clerk shall make copies available to any person upon request. (d) PENALTIES. Violations of this Section shall subject the violator to an admonition or public reprimand and/or a fme of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for the first such violation and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each subsequent violation. In addition to the above described penalties, violation of this subsection by a particular bidder or proposer shall render any RFP award, RFQ award or bid award to the bidder or loser voidable. Any person who violates a provision of this ordinance shall be prohibited from serving on the City's competitive selection committee. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, violation of any provision of this ordinance by a City employee shall subject the employee to disciplinary action up to, and including, dismissal. Additionally, any person who has personal knowledge of a violation of this ordinance shall report such violation and lor may file a complaint with the City. Section 4 Repealer. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict or inconsistent are repealed. Amendment to Code of Ethics Ordinance Chapter 2 11/22199 -- 2:32 PM -12-