File #: 25-2193    Version: 1 Name: Commissioner Jay D. Schwartz Item #1: Add Language to the City’s Procurement Code
Type: Commission Items Status: Commission Items
File created: 12/3/2025 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 12/11/2025 Final action:
Title: COMMISSIONER JAY D. SCHWARTZ ITEM #1: THE CITY COMMISSION RECENTLY ADOPTED A SERIES OF REVISIONS TO CHAPTER 35 OF THE CITY’S CODE OF ORDINANCES, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CITY’S PROCUREMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES. ABSENT FROM THE RECENT REVISIONS, THERE WERE PROVISIONS THAT WOULD FURTHER SEEK TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC INTERESTS BY EMBRACING CERTAIN ADDITIONAL ETHICAL REQUIREMENTS AND TRANSPARENCY AFFECTING THE CITY’S PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND EMPLOYEES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CITY’S CONTINUING ACQUISITION OF GOODS AND SERVICES. IN THAT REGARD, COMMISSIONER SCHWARTZ WILL MOVE TO ADD LANGUAGE TO THE CITY CODE, TO REQUIRE THAT IN ALL CITY PROCUREMENTS, ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, AS PUBLIC OFFICERS, SHALL NOT INVEST OR HOLD ANY INVESTMENT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN ANY FINANCIAL BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL OR OTHER PRIVATE TRANSACTION WITH ANY VENDOR OF GOODS OR SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY THAT CREATES A CONFLICT WITH ONE’S OFFICIAL DUTIES AS A CITY EMPLOYEE AND AS A PUBLIC OFFICER. FURTHER, EACH...
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COMMISSIONER JAY D. SCHWARTZ ITEM #1: THE CITY COMMISSION RECENTLY ADOPTED A SERIES OF REVISIONS TO CHAPTER 35 OF THE CITY’S CODE OF ORDINANCES, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CITY’S PROCUREMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES. ABSENT FROM THE RECENT REVISIONS, THERE WERE PROVISIONS THAT WOULD FURTHER  SEEK TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC INTERESTS BY EMBRACING CERTAIN ADDITIONAL ETHICAL REQUIREMENTS AND TRANSPARENCY AFFECTING THE CITY’S PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND EMPLOYEES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CITY’S CONTINUING ACQUISITION OF GOODS AND SERVICES.


IN THAT REGARD, COMMISSIONER SCHWARTZ WILL MOVE TO ADD LANGUAGE TO THE CITY CODE, TO REQUIRE THAT IN ALL CITY PROCUREMENTS, ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, AS PUBLIC OFFICERS, SHALL NOT INVEST OR HOLD ANY INVESTMENT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN ANY FINANCIAL BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL OR OTHER PRIVATE TRANSACTION WITH ANY VENDOR OF GOODS OR SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY THAT CREATES A CONFLICT WITH ONE’S OFFICIAL DUTIES AS A CITY EMPLOYEE AND AS A PUBLIC OFFICER.   FURTHER, EACH CITY EMPLOYEE AS A PUBLIC OFFICER IN SUCH SITUATIONS SHALL DISCLOSE ALL SUCH PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN ANY INSTANCE WHERE THERE COULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR AN APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH CITY PROCUREMENT OF GOODS AND SERVICES.