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Planning board backs ban on city vendors serving on land‑use boards, with narrow exemptions
Summary
The Planning Board recommended that the City Commission prohibit current city vendors and their principals or employees from serving on the city's four land‑use boards during a contract and for one year after, excluding small transactions under $10,000 and allowing a commission waiver.
The Miami Beach Planning Board voted to transmit an ordinance to the City Commission that would bar individuals who are city vendors — or principals or employees of vendors — from appointment to the city’s four land‑use boards while the vendor contract is active and for one year after termination. The board recommended the ordinance favorably.
Under the ordinance as presented, "vendor" excludes persons or entities whose total city business or grant dealings are $10,000 or less in a fiscal year. The prohibition would apply to the Planning Board, Design Review Board, Historic Preservation Board and Board of Adjustment. The draft allows the City Commission to waive the…
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