2024-35RESOLUTION NO. 2024-----
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY RELATING TO THE PUBLICATION OF LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS AND PUBLIC NOTICES ON MIAMI-DADE COUNTY'S PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE; PROVIDING FOR AUTHORIZATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Florida Constitution requires all meetings of a county, municipality, school board, or special district at which official acts are to be taken or at which public business is to be discussed or transacted to be open to the public and properly noticed; and
WHEREAS, Miami Shores Village (the "Village"), like many other municipalities in Miami-Dade County (the "County"), historically published legal notices in the Daily
Business Review when possible because it was more cost effective than other available newspapers of general circulation; and
WHEREAS, as of December 22, 2023, the Daily Business Review ceased producing a print product and no longer meets the qualifications necessary for publication of legal notices under Florida Law; and
WHEREAS, Section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, provides that a governmental agency may use the designated publicly accessible website of the county in which it lies to publish legally required advertisements and public notices if the cost of publishing advertisements and public notices on such website is less than the cost of publishing advertisements and public notices in a newspaper; and
WHEREAS, on April 2, 2024, the County Board of County Commissioners ("BCC") adopted Resolution No. R-281-24, which, among other things, directed the County
Mayor's administration to take all necessary steps to provide for publication of municipal legal advertisements and public notices on a publicly accessible website of the County in accordance with Section 50.0311, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, on July 16, 2024, the County BCC adopted Resolution No. 693-24, which, among other things, designated "legalads.miamidade.gov" (the "Site") as the County's publicly accessible website, approved the form of interlocal agreement (the "Agreement") attached hereto as Exhibit "1" for the publication of municipal legal advertisements and public notices on the Site, and authorized the County Mayor or County Mayor's designee to execute the Agreement with any governmental agencies within the County relating to the same; and
WHEREAS, the estimated annual cost for the software, maintenance, and support
necessary for the publication of municipal legal advertisements and public notices on the Site is $707 per authorized Village employee user, which is less than the cost of advertising in a newspaper of general circulation in the County; and
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