Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Maribel Feliciano
Department: Economic and Small Business Development
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Requested Action
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MOTION TO APPROVE Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Broward County and the Alliance of Entrepreneur Resource Organizations - South Florida (AERO South Florida) formalizing the County’s membership in AERO South Florida; authorize the County Administrator to execute the MOU and amendments to the MOU that have no fiscal impact to the County, subject to review for legal sufficiency by the County Attorney’s Office; and authorize the County Administrator to take any necessary administrative actions to implement the MOU.
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Why Action is Necessary
Board approval is required for the County Administrator to execute agreements and provide authority to the County Administrator to sign amendments to the MOU that have no fiscal impact to the County.
What Action Accomplishes
Provides authority to the County Administrator to execute an MOU and amendments to the MOU that have no fiscal impact to the County.
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Previous Action Taken
On December 7, 2021, the board approved the County Administrator to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Broward County and the Alliance of Entrepreneur Resource Organizations - Broward (AERO Broward) formalizing the County’s membership in AERO Broward; and authorized the County Administrator to take any necessary administrative actions to implement the MOU.
Summary Explanation/Background
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND THE LIBRARIES DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
This item supports the Broward County Board of County Commissioners’ Goal of “ensuring economic opportunities and a sustainable economy, with an emphasis on Broward's lower and middle class.”
The Alliance of Entrepreneur Resource Organizations (AERO), based in North and South Florida, is a coalition of public agencies and community non-profit organizations united to provide current and new businesses with resources to aid in their success. The Office of Economic and Small Business Development and the Libraries Division have worked with AERO Broward since 2015 to support Broward’s business community. The County entered into an MOU with AERO Broward formalizing the County’s membership on December 21, 2021 (Exhibit 1). After executing the MOU, AERO Broward changed its name to AERO South Florida to reflect its expanded scope and has added new collaborating members. AERO South Florida requested that the County execute a new MOU reflecting its name change and updating its membership list (Exhibit 2). The MOU as reflected in Exhibit 2 supersedes the prior MOU with AERO Broward. The County’s collaboration with AERO South Florida is designed to provide information, access to financial assistance programs, and referral assistance to the entrepreneurial and start-up business community in Broward County. The MOU between Broward County and AERO South Florida is at no cost to the County.
Source of Additional Information
Maribel Feliciano, Director OESBD, (954) 357-6400.
Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary
None.