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North Miami Commission approves TPS add-on, multiple contracts and purchases in unanimous votes
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Summary
The City Commission added and passed a resolution denouncing the termination of TPS for Haiti and approved a series of procurement and contract items — including police analytics software, lobbying agreements, vehicle and facility purchases, and an emergency pipeline contract — mostly by unanimous vote.
The North Miami City Commission on Jan. 6 added and approved a resolution denouncing the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti and cleared a slate of procurement and contract items in a series of unanimous votes.
The commission approved an add-on resolution denouncing the termination of TPS for Haiti and urging federal reinstatement; the motion to add the item was made from the dais, seconded, and passed 5-0. The meeting record shows multiple commissioners volunteered as co-sponsors before the vote.
On procurement, commissioners ratified a subscription agreement with ForceMetrics for law‑enforcement data analytics not to exceed $91,926.90. The commission also approved three professional-service agreements to provide federal and legislative lobbying services (Becker & Poliakoff; Ronald L. Book, P.A.; Southern Group of Florida, Inc.), each at a monthly cost not to exceed $6,670; each item was opened for public hearing with no speakers and approved 5-0.
Other approvals included:
- Ratification of an emergency procurement to Murphy Pipeline Contractors LLC for up to $1,461,320 for engineering design and construction to replace a 10-inch asbestos-cement pipeline along NE 135th Street (approved 5-0). - Purchase of a Terex bucket truck at an approximate cost not to exceed $180,000 (approved 5-0). - Modernization of an elevator at the North Miami Police Department headquarters via Cone Inc., not to exceed $153,750 (approved 5-0). - Purchase of an e‑procurement system through Carahsoft Technology Corp. in an amount not to exceed $215,706 under NASPO master contract AR2472 (approved 5-0).
Where votes were recorded, the clerk’s roll calls show unanimous support; items with routine procurement language were typically opened and closed for public hearing with no public comment. The commission also voted to table one item (Tab P) to the next meeting by unanimous consent.
The meeting record shows the commission handling the package efficiently and approving items intended for operations, information‑technology modernization, and an urgent infrastructure repair. The city clerk’s minutes will contain the formal, itemized resolutions and contract documents.
