July 24, 2025 RECAP Aventura City Commission Meeting (Budget Review)CITY OF AVENTURA
Aventura Government Center
19200 West Country Club Drive
Aventura, FL 33180
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CITY COMMISSION
MEETING RECAP
July 24, 2025
10:00 a.m.
Aventura Government Center
51h Floor Executive Conference Room
City Commission
Mayor Howard S. Weinberg, Esq.
Vice Mayor Cindy Orlinsky
Commissioner Clifford B. Ain
Commissioner Gustavo Blachman
Commissioner Amit Bloom
Commissioner Rachel S. Friedland, Esq.
Commissioner Paul A. Kruss
City Manager Bryan Pegues
City Clerk Ellisa L. Horvath, MMC
City Attorney Robert Meyers
Aventura City Commission Meeting (Budget Review) RECAP July 24, 2025
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order at 10.05 a.m.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge was led by Mayor Weinberg.
3. OVERVIEW AND REVIEW OF PROPOSED OPERATING AND CAPITAL
BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025/2026
Action Taken: Motion Approved for the Proposed Budget to proceed to the
Budget Public Hearings
4. MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH TENTATIVE MILLAGE
RATE:
Action Taken: Adopted as Resolution No. 2025-45
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA,
ESTABLISHING A PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE FOR THE 2025/2026 FISCAL YEAR;
PROVIDING FOR THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER
THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE AND TENTATIVE BUDGET; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
5. CONSENT AGENDA:
A. Action Taken: Adopted as Resolution No. 2025-46
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA,
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO EXECUTE AND
OTHERWISE ENTER INTO THE ATTACHED STATEWIDE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF AVENTURA AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA DIVISION OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DO ALL THINGS
NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE AIMS OF THIS RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
B. Action Taken: Adopted as Resolution No. 2025-47
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA,
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT
WITH PUBLIC COMMUNICATORS GROUP, LLC FOR COMMUNICATION SERVICES
PURSUANT TO RFQ 2025-05; PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
6. ORDINANCE — SECOND READING/PUBLIC HEARING:
Action Taken: Adopted as Ordinance No. 2025-13 with corrections for
scrivener errors regarding unloading and hours, as well as deletions to certain
language as indicated between first and second reading
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Aventura City Commission Meeting (Budget Review) RECAP July 24, 2025
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 48 OF
THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION 48-11 "PARKING
RESTRICTIONS" AND SECTION 48-12 "RESTRICTIONS ON COMMERCIAL VEHICLES OR
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES" TO MODIFY THE REGULATIONS RELATING TO
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES LOADING AND UNLOADING OF VEHICLES AND OTHER
MATERIALS IN RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREAS OF THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICT, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
7. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 10.40 a.m.
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