Watchdog Report Vol.24 No.52 April 7, 2024: EST WATCHDOG REPORT : 05.05.00 – A free community education resource: I cover when you cannot
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Vol.24 No 53, April 7, 2024, Celebrating May 5th,2000: 24 -years of free weekly publishing! www.watchdogreport.net & Former Miami Herald news & editorial columnist. 05.05.00, I go when you cannot, for almost 22-years & a trusted community education resource & news service, without the attitude.
>>> Just because you do not take an interest in politics does not mean politics will not take an interest in you. –Pericles (430 B.C.)
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>>> I still have a touch of covid, and another issue and will hopefully return next week sorry about this wish otherwise. Doing story on City of Miami Civil Service board where members get $3,600. For being on the board and serving a two-year term. Financial support critical now if you can. Thank you, Dan., I want to thank the recent supporters for helping me keep at this after the cost to the community after Covid, and inflation decimated many of our healthcare systems and ER diversions were widespread with healthcare stretched to the max and have yet to recover, still facing “head winds,” like Jackson Health System, said CEO Migoya recently at a board meeting.
BREAKING NEWS
>>> Federal judge April 1 gives Biscayne Bay life preserver with demand for “Marine Reserve,” creation, after years of delays and political interference stymied efforts with Bay at a tipping point, major economic generator, and is great news for South Florida and the bay, a ecological treasure and economic driver.
A federal judge in Washington has ordered the National Park Service to create a Marine Reserve Zone in Biscayne National Park after years of delay and cites the harm that has been done with the delays that has the Bay at “a tipping point,” states a local grand jury report on the bays health, but has been delayed by political pressure. To read more go to: https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/04/nps-ordered-create-marine-reserve-zone-biscayne-national-park
County Mayor Levine Cava postpones new $2.5 billion GOB initiative announced at her state of the county speech after mixed reactions by commissioners who have to approve the issue going on the ballot in November 2024
She is now proposing a 2016 bond vote if she is reelected in the nonpartisan race that is becoming more partisan. She is getting support from many municipal mayors and is facing Miami Lakes mayor Manny Cid a republican.
She may have realized this bond could hurt her reelection that has the new county courthouse in mediation with the developer over millions and could remind voters that large capital projects by the county have historically had major overruns and an army of lobbyist benefitting the contracts. By postponing it won’t be used against her in the campaign. The general election will include the presidential race and a host of state questions for voters, and campaign ads will be very expensive in the media.
>>> Miami Mayor Suarez’s wife Gloria television personality on city 77 station, a first in history, promoting a clothing store on air.
>>> Gloria Suarez, wife of Miami mayor Francis Suarez is a television personality promoting a city clothing store on channel77, the city’s cable station is used often to promote a local business, but never before has featured someone’s wife.
>>> Thursday was a big day for a lobbying firm hosting cocktails with state attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, among other candidates from the county mayor to county commissioners. Rundle was elected six-times since 1993 and has cruised to victory since.
She is progressive, a Democrat in supporting domestic violence initiatives mental health and human trafficking. In 2020 she faced a serious challenger Melba Peterson, in the democratic primary for the office and Rundle prevailed. Said to have one of the “toughest jobs” in world with some 250,000 cases in a year. It is the largest state attorney in Florida. (Editor’s note: political fund raisers are legal but at the local level it gives the impression of undue influence to the host and is a major gripe of the voters, especially those in law enforcement offices. I bring this up because a lobbyist’s brother was a Miami Herald county reporter, and I was barraged with negative comments re how it enhanced his brother’s reputation. The reporter was reassigned later, ending the appearance of a journalistic conflict.
>>> I bring this up because life is short, and hope if Christian you have a great Easter with your family.
>>> THE PHT held its televised board meeting Wednesday. CEO Carlos Migoya told members that JHS was facing “headwinds,” with rising expenses and equipment costs. The trust has been implementing efficiencies but with “15,000 employees,” it takes time he said.
Further, Jackson South Health is “trending in the right direction,” said trustee Laurie Nuell.
Also, the trust by a “reduction in pay,” saved “$8. Million and March was a better month with a $1 million profit, said fiscal committee member Amadeo Lopez Castro, whose father was a past trust chair decades ago. The clearing house breach of collection agencies is “resolved, and did not have a serious impact,” on trust revenue said Castro, delivering his report.
The trust also had a “great legislation session,” this past year in the capital. A big difference from decades past when its management was being questioned, and the county commission was thinking of selling JHS, but made revisions and it has been on the right track.
Since I watched Carlos Migoya interview for the job, he has done a great job guiding the fiscal side of the public medical health system. The man a former banker, helped by a countywide half-cent sales tax, which was inadequate in 2000, later became insufficient for the around $400 million in charity care being given in the 2000s why the potential sell off debate.
>>> The trust is getting cleanest water necessary, for medical use with $362, million funding request for reverse osmosis water purification system.
>>> PHT, Unedited agenda info: Evoqua Water Technologies/Xylem: This Request for Funding: $362,847 (For Five Years) Background A reverse osmosis (RO) water purification system term agreement is needed to be in compliance with the new ANSI/AAMI ST108:2023 standards. This is the latest industry consensus standard for selecting the water quality, testing, and monitoring necessary for the reprocessing of medical devices and surgical instruments. The RO process uses a thin, semipermeable membrane with tiny pores that allow water to pass through while filtering out larger molecules such as ionized salts and other impurities. This results in highly purified water and that is utilized in industrial boilers, drinking water systems, pharmaceutical production, sterilization and food processing. The timely execution of these services is of critical importance in order to ensure sufficient quantities of purified water under specified requirement in accordance with the new AAMI-108 standard. It is important to the health and safety of all patients, visitors, and employees that purified water is utilized at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The current water management system is incapable of meeting the new ANSI/AAMI ST108:2023 standards. Evoqua has the expertise to design, provide, and install the proper equipment for the pre-treatment systems for water in surgical processing departments. Once the equipment is installed, Evoqua has a local team dedicated to this type of equipment who can provide same day repairs with the parts in stock at their warehouse. This is Evoqua’s core business and what they focus on directly. This equipment is standardized, and the vendor previously supplied and installed new water purification systems and has preventative maintenance agreements to service these systems through Engineering Services at both the JHS main campus and Jackson West locations. The WaterOne system will be engineered, built, installed and maintained by Evoqua and includes parts replacement, instrument calibration, maintenance, data collection and membrane cleaning, maintained by their trained and certified technicians. If an emergency arises, support and services are available seven days a week and 24 hours a day. In order to fund properly these services for a term of five (5) years, the funding request covers the following: ∙ Exhibit A System Components ∙ Exhibit B Influent and Utility Specifications ∙ Exhibit C Effluent Water Specifications ∙ Exhibit D Compensation Schedule ∙ Exhibit E Schedule of Services ∙ Exhibit F Project Scope and Responsibility Matrix ∙ Attachment 1 Water Services Agreement Evoqua is providing the front end capital to fund this new RO system. The form of agreement is 60 months of rent-to-own payments with a buyout provision at the end. The initial upfront cost to JHS is minimal with Evqoua assuming all financial risk. As value added savings, the agreement covers all parts, additional repairs needed, and unlimited emergency calls and labor to support the RO system, valued at approximately $54,000.00. Recommendation The Engineering Department at JSMC has determined that it is in the Trust’s best interest to enter into a five-year agreement for water purification services with Evoqua. The contract can be terminated for convenience (without cause) upon thirty (30) calendar days’ prior written notice and include the UAP and OIG fees. The UAP and OIG fees are provided as deductions on the invoices. This procurement has been thoroughly reviewed for potential SBE participation. The water purification services provided under this agreement will be performed by Evoqua Water Technologies employees. The vendor does not subcontract any of its services. The opportunity to include an SBE partner is not available for this service activity. Evoqua Water Technologies is aware of Jackson’s SBE program and the expectation of vendor partners to advance that commitment. 1799 A Bid Waiver Justification form was approved by Raul Moreno, Director of Engineering Plant Operations, Jackson South Medical Center; Ben A. Rodriguez, VP, EPO, Jackson South Medical Center; and Adriana Herrera Division CFO, Jackson South Medical Center.
Conflict of Interest forms were signed by Jorge L. Cuesta, Building Maintenance Superintendent, EPO, JSMC; Raul Moreno, Director of Engineering Services, EPO, JSMC; Adriana Herrera, CFO, JSMC Administration, Lourdes Marrero-Camps, COO, JSMC Administration, NALCO Water, and, Evoqua Water Technologies, with no reported disclosures (L. Marrero-Camps). D. Non-Competitive Cooperative Purchasing This subsection consists of awards under the contracts of other public entities that were not competitively solicited.
>>> Past December breakdown FYI: PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023, Mark T. Knight, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, presented an overview of the Jackson Health System (JHS) consolidated financial statements ended December 31, 2023. The first quarter was a bumpy period. JHS anticipated some head winds relative to volumes for surgical division and transplant specialties, however, observing a reduction due to low organ availability. This creates a significant impact on JMH. It drives a lot of patient revenue and contribution margin. For the first quarter 57 transplant cases down from budget and 50 from prior year, which creates a cumulative effect of significant short fall of about $8.5 million dollars at JMH. For the first quarter $6 million behind budget, with a loss of $6.7 million on budget loss of $450 thousand dollars. January still trending under budget, working with operators to put together a budget recovery program for the last 7 months of the year. Anticipate will be back on track by the end of year with opportunities by operator in place by April 1st. Challenging year, in light of COVID, reducing labor cost and stabilizing staff, a process of quantifying reductions. Overall expense management is strong, volumes throughout system around budget, focus on some of J35 transformation initiatives. Will provide update next month on transformation projects.
>>> HUD NOFA application gets $46 million for county’s homeless trust.
The Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust on Friday announced that the trust had received $46 million in funding. The trust reported that Jan.25 2024 unsheltered point of count had 1058 in 2023, and now1033, and is a reduction and the trust is a national model and Ron Book the long time chair went to L.A.to see former Supt. Alberto Carvalho, and the homeless is widespread and they don’t have a program like here he said at the meeting. Here in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed legislation to allow communities to create homeless encampments, but with facilities and other benefits. Book a major state lobbyist said given the county’s continuum of care he expects “no encampments here,” he said and rehabbing of properties for housing is the way the trust is going and about Miami’s homeless, where there was a mayor, decades ago dropped from 8,000 homeless to 631 in January and year prior was 608 on the streets, state trust documents.
>>> Miami-Dade County Chief Bay Officer Irela Bague resigned recently and is the Director of Governments &Water resilience for Black &Veatch.
A environmental firm with projects around the world. Bague, a former South Florida Management District member appointed by Jeb Bush her focus was on Biscayne Bay, and coordinating efforts to clean up the bay was done with great fanfare and her profile was elevated. Her resigning to the private sector will further slow the county’s efforts to clean up the bay, a major tourist draw on its last legs. And at a “tipping Point,” some say without immediate help.
>>> NO progress on synchronizing traffic lights county wide 2027 deadline in question, sold to public back in 2002, vote.
In 2002 Miami-Dade County passed a one-half cent sales tax to upgrade the transportation system and one of the big hooks to its passage was synchronizing the traffic lights county-wide, that has yet to be achieved by the county and these monies have been siphoned off over the years for a variety of uses, and last Tuesday the county once again was still sending millions to a politically connected vender for the conversion and Commissioner Raquel Regalado when the issue of software problems that she has been working on this when a school board member and their performance gives her heart burn, she said.
>>> Florida Ethics Commission is trying to collect $851,994. In delinquent fines, the body shows little consequence to not paying penalties.
With ethics and conflicts of interest at the top of the public’s mind. The Florida Ethics Commission is a sad example “given it has $851,944 in “delinquent fines in state collection agencies,” state commission documents https://ethics.state.fl.us/
MIAMI-Dade County Ethic’s commission press release: Commission Directs COE Staff to Draft Formal Opinion for City of Coral Gables Commissioner After hearing from interested parties, including land use subject matter expert and former Miami Dade County Building Official, Charles Danger, the Ethics Commission directed Commission staff to draft a formal opinion regarding prohibitions on elected officials’ outside employment when the employment involves contacts with the official’s city.
>>> MIAMI-DADE COUNTY: Brian May, chairman of the county’s Cultural Affairs Council, kicked off the ‘State of Arts presentation,’ Thursday in the county commission chambers. Mayor Daniella Levine Cava followed noting she has known May since his time working for former Mayor Alex Penelas, and senator Nelson. May a prominent lobbyist have a vast array of clients, including the county’s venders. The mayor said during Covid some of the “dollars went to the arts,” struggling during the lockdown. She played the guitar in her youth but has expanded the mayor’s office staff, which has been criticized and she is up for reelection in November.
>>> PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST: JHS Foundation announces, “ONE DAY FOR JACKSON,”4/4, CEO Migoya notes public system will never have “millions-millions,” in “reserves,” Foundation helps fill gap, hospitals around nation hit as well.
The deal pitted the public school i Prep, against the Centner’s $10 million sports dome project. The school the brainchild of former Supt. Alberto Carvalho near the administrative office with 15,00
>>> Further the City of Miami Finance Committee has not met for months and should be investigated, public’s firewall of finances.
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>>> The Florida ethics Commission updated their financial disclosure system and it’s terrible. I tried multiple times to review county mayor Daniella Levine Cavas’s financials and nothing came up. Further, county commissioner Rene Garcia’s disclosures are not online and the commission webpage in this are needs to be corrected Here’s a link to the page:
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>>> Homeless deaths on Miami streets down for year, was 189, last year over 200, says Trust chair Book: >>>New version next week with my computer finally back thank you supporters.
The Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust did its annual somber ceremony remembering the people passing on the streets. This past year. This year it was 189 and down from last year when over 200 passed last year. The trust a national model has helped transform the homeless issue facing so many American cities. The county decades ago had over 6,000 homeless with even a mayor, and through community efforts and tourist sales tax funding has created a continuum of care capability.
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>>> The benefit of two medical schools in Miami-Dade came through recently that up to 120 to 130, (I lost the notes on the exact number,) fellows and residents at JHS who were in good standing in their specialty graduated from the programs.
This is good news because physicians many times stay in the community where they trained. The FIU medical school and UM, via Jackson Memorial Hospital, and Baptist Health will be helping the community when more physicians and staff will be needed with our ageing population.
>>> Dade residents get numerous medical choices, from FIU & Baptist affiliation, to public JHS, preventative care main mission, reduces uncompensated care costs countywide.
Miami-Dade County will be benefitting from the relationship with Baptist Health and FIU’s Wertheim College of Medicine, a school dedicated to preventative community-based medicine after its first dean Dr. Joe “Pedro” Greer instilled preventative medicine to the school’s students and has many FIU trained physicians doing a good examination of the patient, given my own personal experience.
This along with public JHS and UM affiliation will give residents top notch medical care, and keep more physicians in the community they train in. Further, it helps south Florida be a medical destination, offering specialized healthcare here. Jackson Health System is also benefitting from the approved county wide $830 million bond program that in the end financed almost $2 billion in capital projects drawing a host of new patients with a past campus that was frozen in time. For more go to:https://news.fiu.edu/2023/baptist-health-and-florida-international-university-to-begin-exclusive-negotiations-on-comprehensive-alliance :FIU medical school launches partnership with Baptist Health | Miami Herald
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>>> All Miami employees go through county’s ethics training, never takes after in laws of manager get furniture contracts, says WLRN investigation of wife; why at county all employees went through training, under Stierheim administration in 2000,
Includes mayor Suarez under SEC & FBI investigation, with mayor representing middle East countries, from Qatar to others, Isreal Flag replaces Ukrainian Flag at city hall entrance, WDR first reported on mayor’s income rise 9 months ago from 2013 disclosures which he now has to explain the high new worth and outside income as calls for his resignation increase, Carollo is waiting to stick political knife in wounded mayor
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>>> Anniversary of life saving procedure when I was septic at South Miami, Baptist Health, hospital in 2009, and I thank you Dr. Jorge Rabaza for saving my life, back then.
The next few days is the anniversary of my almost passing in 2009. I was septic and operated on at 2;00 p.m., “because I could not wait,” not something you don’t want to hear from a surgeon, said Jorge Rabaza,M.D. at South Miami Hospital back ’then and he said, “I was a flip of the coin,” that I survived, he said and since then every day is a free day.,
The Miami-Dade County Children’s Trust is celebrating its 20th anniversary and during its time. There have been no scandals except some trust tee shirts being sold in little Havana decades ago. They trust the brainchild of former Miami Herald publisher David Lawrence, Jr. and mayor Alex Penelas and Will Bleckman, M.D. For more on the trust go to: https://www.thechildrenstrust.org/
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Charter schools have expanded to 155 schools and receive $797 million from the Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The schools do not have to follow the same procedures as public districts, and many are managed by private for-profit companies. The district does audits of these schools. Further, the Fla. Leg.is proposing expanding vouchers, which could cut funding by over 20 percent, adding to the charter school hit. However, many scandals with these schools many sexual in nature, and they need better background checks.
>>> Past WDR: Cardiac EKG screening should be required by state, number one killer of young athletes in schools, highlighted at school board Wednesday, after Bills player cardiac arrest should ACDs? be included on the field?
Student Athletes dying from sudden cardiac death, was highlighted at Wednesday’s school board meeting. Sudden death is common with athletes and the need for an EKG screening is important. And advocates say screening should be mandatory. And Florida has nine districts that have this screening requirement before entering school. Further, some parents are hesitant to screen, and just have to be notified, said advocates including a girl with an implantable defibrillator. For more go to: https://nzdsos.com/2022/09/09/unexplained-coincidental-collateral-damage/
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