HomeMy WebLinkAbout18) SEPT 11, 2025 2nd Budget HrgSUMMARY MINUTES
Special City Commission Meeting
Second Budget Hearing
Thursday, September 11, 2025, 5:30 p.m.
City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
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AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Svechin at 5:35 p.m. with the following officials
present:
Mayor Larisa Svechin
Vice Mayor Alex Lama
Commissioner Jerry Joseph
Commissioner Fabiola Stuyvesant (absent)
Commissioner Jeniffer Viscarra
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/INVOCATION
City Manager Stan Morris
City Clerk Mauricio Betancur, CMC
City Attorney Alain Boileau
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE AND TENTATIVE BUDGET
3A. Millage Resolution (Public Hearing)
A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach of Miami -Dade, County,
Florida, Adopting the City of Sunny Isles Beach Final Ad Valorem Tax Millage Levy Rate at
1.7000 Mills Per One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) of Taxable Assessed Value Which is
1.55% More Than the "Rolled Back" Rate of 1.6741 Mills, for Fiscal Year 2025/2026;
Providing for an Effective Date.
Public Speakers: none.
Action: Vice Mayor Lama moved, and Commissioner Joseph seconded the motion for
approval. Resolution No. 2025-3876-A was adopted by a. voice vote of 3-0 in favor.
Vote: Commissioner Joseph ides
Commissioner Stuyvesant absent
Commissioner Viscarra absent
Vice Mayor Lama yes
Mayor Svechin ryes
3B. Budget Ordinance (Public Hearing)
An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Adopting an
Operating and Capital Improvement Budget for the Fiscal Year Commencing October 1,
2025, through September 30, 2026, Pursuant to Section 200.65, Florida Statutes; Authorizing
Expenditures of Funds Established by the Budget; Authorizing Encumbrances; Authorizing
Issuance of Checks; Providing for Grants and Gifts; Providing for Local and Federal Law
Summary Minutes: 2"d Budget Hearing September 11, 2025
City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
Enforcement Trust Funds; Providing for Post Audit; Providing for Severability and Providing for
an Effective Date.
[Clerk's Note: Commissioner Viscarra arrived during consideration of this item.]
Action: City Clerk Mauricio Betancur read the title, and City Manager Stan Morris reported.
Public Speakers: Hirsch, Steven
Vice Mayor Lama moved, and Commissioner Viscarra seconded a motion to adopt the
Ordinance on second and final reading. Ordinance No. 2025-635 was approved by a roll call
vote of 3-1 in favor.
Vote: Commissioner Joseph
no
Commissioner Stuyvesant
absent
Commissioner Viscarra
ides
Vice Mayor Lama
yes
Mayor Svechin
fires
4. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Svechin adjourned the meeting at 6:00 p.m.
Respectfully ubmitted by: Appro d by the ity Commission on
tober 16, 2025
auricio Bdtancur, CIVIC
City Clerk
Larisa Svechin
Mayor
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