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FIU PRESIDENCY ON TAP: The Florida Worldwide College Board of Trustees is poised Monday to approve appointing former Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez to be the college’s president. She was named interim president in February and was sole finalist this month after a presidential search. Paperwork posted on-line for Monday’s trustees assembly point out she may obtain a five-year contract with a $925,000 base wage and annual efficiency bonuses as much as $400,000. If FIU trustees approve her appointment, it could then go to the college system’s Board of Governors for a ultimate sign-off.
NOT POLICE JOBS?: Utilizing public service aides as a substitute of sworn officers at highway work websites and presumably different work may web the county huge financial savings and free legislation enforcement professionals for extra very important roles, says a decision headed to county commissioners June 3. The Authorities Effectivity and Transparency Committee forwarded Raquel Regalado’s concept with out dialogue. Public service aides “may be skilled to deal with duties that don’t require sworn legislation enforcement to be current,” the decision notes. If it clears the fee, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava might be requested to pinpoint financial savings through the use of civilians as a substitute of deputies at enchancment initiatives, itemizing the present price of utilizing officers and potential financial savings. The mayor would additionally think about negotiating the charges with Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz for utilizing her aides at such websites.
FEWER UNSHELTERED HOMELESS: A one-night census discovered 858 individuals in Miami-Dade County who have been homeless and with out shelter for the night time, down 17% from a 12 months earlier, a memo from Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to county commissioners particulars. That depend by the Homeless Belief on Jan. 23 included 13% fewer unsheltered homeless throughout the Metropolis of Miami, 31% in Miami Seashore, 43% fewer in South Dade south of Kendall Drive, and eight% from Kendall Drive north to the Broward County line. Then again, the variety of homeless individuals who have been sheltered for the night time rose 4% from a 12 months earlier, with over 2,800 individuals residing in momentary settings, the mayor’s memo says.
ARRESTS AREN’T THE REASON: Whereas unsheltered homelessness is down, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava wrote to county commissioners, neither the county nor most of its municipalities are “arresting their approach out of homelessness.” In accordance with statistics from the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Division, 165 arrests throughout the county have been constituted of Jan. 11 to March 17 associated to a brand new state legislation.
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