Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee - Regular Meeting

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee of Miami-Dade County. I am your Chairwoman, Natalie Millian-Orbis, proudly the Commissioner of District 6. Can we please stand and have our invocation, which will be led by me, and then our Pledge of Allegiance led by Commissioner Lopez. Can we please bow our heads for the invocation? Dear Lord, thank you for having us here today. As we gather together to make decisions, we know that only you can guide us through moments that we don't even think we can get through. So thank you f

Thank you. At this time, we will open the reasonable opportunity to be heard. If there's anyone in the chambers who would like to speak, please come forward and present yourself at this time. The public opportunity is open. I do not have any speaker cards. Good morning.

Thank you, Mr. Manager. I appreciate you being here on behalf of Florida City. I do believe those items are being deferred, so I appreciate your testimony on that. Thank you so much.

Is there anybody else who wishes to speak during the reasonable opportunity? Seeing none, we're closing the reasonable opportunity to be heard at this time. To the attorneys, is this the appropriate time to take the deferral?

So moved. Second. Moved and second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Our agenda is set. Do we have any requests for pulls or bifurcations on the agenda?

Madam Chair, I'd like to discuss item 3B.

Just wanted to say that I want to co-sponsor. I know when we get to the item, to item 2C, I'd love to be able to co-sponsor with you.

Okay, so bifurcating 3B, and with that, the balance of the agenda, with the deferral of 1G1 and 2B, correct? Correct.

And the co-sponsorship of 2C. So we move the balance. Do we have a motion to move the balance of the agenda? All in favor? Aye. Okay. Commissioner, 3B.

Thank you, Madam Chair. On 3B to the administration, I certainly am supportive of the item. I just have questions regarding the details. It's a $19 million spend for defibrillators, the lion's share of which I think a little over 18 is going to our fire rescue department. Again, I support the item, I support the spend. But the item doesn't break down the $18M in any way, shape or form. How many defibrillators are we buying for $18M? When was the last time that you purchased defibrillators for the department? What's the cost per defibrillator, etc.? I know that it was competitively procured, bu

Okay. And when was the last time that you bought defibrillators?

So this is an end of life situation. The last time you made a purchase similar to this was 12 years ago. I understand. So- And I just want to be clear. You said it's not only defibrillators. It's, I guess, equipment that accompanies the defibrillators. Defibrillators are what you all use to resuscitate someone that needs to interpret heart attacks and other abnormalities that are going on with the heart.

Okay, and so there's no question that you need this there. Like I said, I want to be clear. I'm supporting the item. I just wonder I see striker and I guess this is more to our procurement department is $40,000. The going rate for these machines. Is that industry standard to pay that kind of a price tag for this equipment that I completely understand that our department needs? But is that price the going market rate for this equipment?

And I know that this was competitively procured instead of one the but there's not much detail in the item it's only 7 pages regarding what the price of these products typically are from an industry standard so I'd like to take a look at that just because 3040 $50,000 for defibrillator Seems extremely high and maybe again, this is not my industry. It's not something that I'm familiar with, but I would like to see similar to there were contracts that we had not long ago. I think it was Motorola and I had a similar discussion. I said, man, this really kind of blows my mind from a price point per

Thank you. I'd greatly appreciate it. Nothing further, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Commissioner. Chief Edwards, did you have you needed us to do something on this item?

Happy to oblige with that, so long as we have that information that Commissioner Cohen-Higgins requested included in the item.

Okay, we have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Do we need a motion to move this to the commission meeting? Thank you. Well, with that, seeing no further items, do we have a motion to adjourn? Thank you so much. Good morning and good afternoon, everyone. Thank you. Have a great day.