Monitoring of the green fleet article.
Miami City Code § 22.5-5
in effectSec. 22.5-5. - Monitoring of the green fleet article.
There shall be created a green fleet review committee to ensure goal compliance and monitor departmental responsibilities. The city manager will appoint a five-member review committee, which may include one of the following departments:
Purchasing department;
General services administration;
Police department;
Fire department;
Solid waste department;
Office of sustainable initiatives.
The review committee's responsibilities shall be to:
(1) Review the progress towards the goals of this article and the city's climate action plan.
(2) Recommend new policies or ordinances to improve the city's progress towards its goals of reducing vehicle fuel consumption by five percent per year and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the fleet by at least five percent per year.
(3) Review the status of use of biodiesel and the biofuel content of biodiesel where appropriate. In addition, the review committee shall evaluate the overall environmental impact of the fuels entire life cycle as compared to fossil fuels, other biodiesel fuels, and other alternative fuels. Based on these reviews, the committee may recommend changes in the sources and/or quantities of biofuels purchased.
(4) Review new fuels and technologies that may be incorporated in the city's green fleet program.
On an annual basis, the departmental directors shall submit a draft green fleet plan to the review committee. The GFP will also include, as an appendix or addendum, an updated fleet vehicle inventory list in the same format as the fleet vehicle inventory completed in section 22.5-4.
Each GFP shall be reviewed by the review committee for overall conformity with the green fleet policy and for completeness in addressing the green fleet goals as outlined in section 22.5-3. Inadequate plans shall be returned to the submitting department for revisal and discussion with the review committee.
Any appeal of the review committee's decisions must be made in writing to the city manager accompanied by appropriate documentation of the reason and justification for the appeal. Valid reasons for an appeal include unavailability of appropriate fleet vehicles, incremental costs in excess of the full life-cycle savings that would accrue from the acquisition of a given vehicle and the primacy of a given vehicle's mission to public safety or a similar area judged to be applicable by the prior acting review committee.
Approval of vehicle procurement requests for each department is contingent upon a satisfactory recommendation from the review committee as to the merit of the department's green fleet plan. Final approval of individual purchases will be made by the GSA director.
The department submitting and implementing the most innovative green fleet plan shall receive an annual award. The review committee shall determine the recipient of the award during the annual green fleet plan review process.
(Ord. No. 13001, § 2, 6-12-08)
Source: City of Miami, Florida, City Code, City Charter, Special Acts and Related General Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/miami/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIITHCO_CH22.5GRIN_ARTIGRFL_S22.5-5MOGRFLARFetched: 11/1/2026