Homestead committee advances a slate of procurement, interlocal and donation items to the council agenda

At its April 7 meeting the Committee of the Whole advanced a package of routine procurement and administrative items to the City Council agenda.

Among the items moved to the council agenda were:

- an interlocal agreement with Miami‑Dade County for publication of legal advertisements and notices (Tab 4);
- a first amendment to an addendum for epoxy flooring at Harrisfield Park with Gel Unlimited d/b/a Miracle Method of Miami North (amount not to exceed $177,910 plus a city manager contingency of up to 10%; staff will provide physical color samples prior to final council action);
- an addendum to the NASPO/Omnia master agreement with Civic Initiatives LLC for procurement assistance (Tab 6);
- acceptance of a donation of gym equipment from the Fraternal Order of Police for the Homestead Police Department (value not to exceed $30,853.50; Tab 8);
- a first amendment to a cooperative agreement with Toshiba America Business Solutions for multi‑function devices; and
- an addendum to a workplace solutions agreement with Cintas via the Omnia Partners GPO.

Council discussed select items in brief: for the Harrisfield Park flooring, members reviewed five finalist color patterns and asked staff to obtain physical samples before final approval. On the procurement addenda, council accepted the staff recommendation to place items on the council agenda and follow the specified cooperative purchasing procedures or exemptions from competitive bidding stated in the staff reports.

All items were moved to the council agenda for formal consideration.