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1 RESOLUTION NO .. ___ _
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3 A Resolution authorizing the City finance department to accept checks issued
4 by hospitals. who use the services of the South Miami Health Facilities
5 Authority (SMHF A), account for the funds in a pass thru line item account,
6 issue checks to pay the SMHF A expenses and directing the City Manager to
7 authorize and issue checks for SMHF A expenses.
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9 WHEREAS, the City Commission created the South Miami Health Facilities Authority
10 (SMHF A) but did not provide for the SMHF A to pay its own expenses or to accept
11 reimbursement or payment for such expenses; and
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13 WHEREAS, the SMHF A issued bonds and/or loans to certain hospitals, including
14 Baptist Hospital ("SMHF A Hospitals"); and
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16 WHEREAS, the SMHF A has had the need of a general counsel and a bond counsel in
17 the course of its business; and
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19 WHEREAS, the SMHF A hired the Law Firm of Squire Sanders and Dempsey, LLP (the
20 name has changed to Squire Sanders (US), LLP) on behalf of the SMHF A to serve as Bond
21 Counsel for the SMHF A; and
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23 WHEREAS, Mr. Reiter has submitted an invoice in the amount of $8,994.73 for
24 services rendered for the period of December 2011 to February 2012, to SMHFA; and
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26 WHEREAS, the SMHFA's general counsel and the City Attorney has examined the
27 invoice and recommends payment; and
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29 WHEREAS, an SMHF A Hospital has paid to the City the amount of the invoice
30 submitted to SMHFA for its bond counsel's legal services and the check was deposited into a
31 City bank account, no. 001-0000-219-9400 titled "Baptist -Bonds IRS Audit"; and
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34 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
35 COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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37 Section 1. The City' finance department is hereby authorized and instructed to
38 create a separate South Miami Health Facilities Authority ("SMHFA") account, to accept
39 checks paid by Hospitals who are issued loans and/or bonds through the SMHF A
40 ("SMHF A Hospitals") for expenses incurred by the SMHF A, account for the funds in a
41 pass thru line item account and to issue checks made payable to the individuals or entities
42 whose good and/or services have been provided to or on behalf of the SMHF A, as
43 approved by the SMHF A general counsel, and which have been pre-paid by SMHF A
44 Hospitals, and directing the City Manager to authorize and issue checks for SMHF A
45 expenses that have been paid to the SMHF A account by SMHF A Hospitals without the
46 need to come before the City Commission for further authority.
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48 Section 2. The City'S Finance Department's receipt of payment from a SMHFA Hospital
49 and the depositing of such money into the City's account no. 001-0000-219-9400 titled "Baptist -
1 Bonds IRS Audit" for the payments of the SMHF A bond counsel's legal services are hereby
2 ratified. The City Manager is hereby directed to pay Squire Sanders (US) LLP the sum of
3 $8,994.73 for its legal services as SMHFA Bond Counsel and to charging account no.00l-0000-
4 219-9400, Baptist-Bonds IRS Audit, with a current balance of $ 8,994.73, for such expense.
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6 Section 2. This Resolution shall take effect upon adoption.
7 Passed and adopted this __ day of ____ 2012.
8 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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12 CITY CLERK MAYOR
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14 COMMISSION VOTE:
15 Mayor Stoddard:
16 Vice Mayor Liebman:
17 READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM Commissioner Newman:
18 LANGUAGE, LEGALITY AND Commissioner Harris:
19 EXECUTION THEREOF: Commissioner Welsh:
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22 CITY ATTORNEY
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