8CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
INTER - OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: City Commissioners DATE: February 2, 2010
IWO'`
VIA: Laurence Feingold, City Attorney
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA DECLARING THAT IT IS THE POLICY OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI TO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH ANY VENDORS
DOING BUSINESS WITH IRAN OR SUDAN OR ANY TERRORIST COUNTRY
OR GROUP; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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All too often I have become aware that numerous large companies continue to do business with foreign
countries or other groups that support terrorism. It appears that these big corporations do not have a
conscience.
Yet, the same corporations bid on public projects and otherwise seek to become vendors supplying their
products or services to various cities.
The City of South Miami is a municipal corporation, but we do have a conscience. Under the above
resolution, it would be deemed unconscionable for the City of South Miami to use public funds to pay for
services or products from companies that have business operations in or with foreign countries or other
groups that sponsor terrorism and commit egregious human rights violations.
To ensure that we don't boycott a company that is not involved with terrorism, by mistake, I have
required that the companies we boycott are those companies that are determined to be terrorists by the
United States government.
Thus City funds can never be used to pay companies that support terrorism in any part of the world.
I RESOLUTION NO.
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3 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
4 THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA DECLARING THAT IT
5 IS THE POLICY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI TO NOT DO
6 BUSINESS WITH ANY VENDORS DOING BUSINESS WITH IRAN
7 OR SUDAN OR ANY TERRORIST COUNTRY OR GROUP;
8 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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10 WHEREAS, numerous companies continue to do business with foreign countries
11 or other groups that support terrorism; and
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13 WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that it is unconscionable for the City of
14 South Miami to use public funds to pay for services or products from companies that
15 have business operations in or with foreign countries or other groups that sponsor
16 terrorism and commit egregious human rights violations; and
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18 WHEREAS, as a result of this Resolution, if acted upon, none of the City's
19 dollars will support either the genocide in Sudan, or Iran's development of nuclear
20 weapons or any other terrorist groups.
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22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
23 COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, THAT:
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25 Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this
26 Resolution are adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
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28 Section 2. The City Commission adopts as its official policy to not do
29 business with any vendors doing business with Iran or Sudan or any terrorist country or
30 group determined to be on the terrorist list by the United States.
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32 Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon approval.
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35 PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS DAY OF 2010.
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38 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND SUFFICIENCY:
LAURENCE FEINGOLD
CITY ATTORNEY
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COMMISSION VOTE:
Mayor Stoddard:
Vice Mayor Newman:
Commissioner Palmer:
Commissioner Beasley:
Commissioner Harris: