Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

A. MOTION TO DISCUSS Board action on Item 45 at the October 9, 2018, meeting, based on media reports detailing problems with the awarded contract vendor, Build Your Dreams Motors, Inc. ("BYD").

ACTION:  (T-12:16 PM)  The Board discussed Board Action on Item 45 at the October 9, 2018, Commission Meeting.  (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)  (See Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated October 23, 2018, submitted at the request of the Transportation Department.)
 
B. MOTION TO SUSPEND Board rules requiring a motion to consider rescission and requiring that a motion to rescind be placed on the subsequent Board meeting agenda.

ACTION:  (T-1:00 PM)  Vice Mayor Bogen made motion to suspend the Board’s rules.  The motion was seconded by Commission Udine. 

(This motion requires 6 affirmative votes.)

The motion failed 5-3.  Commissioners Holness, Rich and Sharief voted no.  Commissioner LaMarca was not present during the vote.

ACTION:  (T-1:00 PM)  The Board approved a substitute motion to consider rescission, which requires that a motion to rescind be brought back to the Board at the next Commission Meeting. (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)

(This motion requires 5 affirmative votes.)

VOTE: 5-3.  Commissioners Holness, Rich and Sharief voted no.  Commissioner LaMarca was not present during the vote.
 
C. MOTION TO RESCIND Board action on Item 45 at the October 9, 2018, meeting. (Vice-Mayor Bogen)

(No Board Action taken.)

Permits the Board to discuss this matter, suspend its rules as referenced above, and rescind previous action taken by the Board on October 9, 2018.

Permits the Board to discussion and action.

On October 9, 2018, on Item 45, the Board approved the awarding of a fixed contract to BYD, based on a State of Georgia contract, for the purchase of 15 forty-foot, low floor, heavy-duty all-electric transit buses to include diagnostic equipment, spare parts, and training for the Transit Division, in the total amount of $13,096,121.
 
The attached media reports detail problems with BYD. This item allows the Board to discuss this matter and to consider rescinding the Board's prior action on Item 45.