Katz asks SIB to adjust 183rd Street safety deal

The largest taxpayer and self-anointed “No. 1 citizen” of Sunny Isles Beach isn’t a happy camper.
Again.
Raanan Katz, principal of RK Associates, thinks he’s being unfairly gouged – to the tune of $16,000 over two months – for a police officer and two crossing guards at the troubled intersection of Collins Avenue and 183rd Street. He [...]

SIB looking at hole in budget

The new fiscal year begins Oct. 1 and Sunny Isles Beach’s budget already has sprung a leak.
On Sept. 22, the City Commission – with Bud Scholl absent — gave its unanimous approval to the spending plan in under three minutes. That edged out Aventura’s City Commission, which took all of four minutes to approve its [...]

SIB buys another park site

Sunny Isles Beach has taken another step toward satisfying the need for park land in the southern portion of the city.
Commissioners voted unanimously Sept. 17 to spend $4.5 million to acquire a small retail center at 16050 Collins Ave. Plans call for creating a park and open space. The center has two tenants, one of [...]

SIB gives Solis Resort one ‘final’ delay on fees

The oft-delayed Solis Resort Spa & Residences is behind in its fee payments to Sunny Isles Beach and the city says it’s time to pay up or face legal action that could sink the oceanfront high-rise project.

Danny Tantleff, the former Bal Harbour mayor who is the public face of the project, told the City Commission [...]

SIB looks for savings in cultural, social programs

Sunny Isles Beach commissioners have instructed city staff to take a hard look at  recreational and cultural programs as the city tightens its belt in the face of lower anticipated tax receipts.
At a budget workshop June 30, commissioners pored over the proposed $1.8 million budget of the Cultural and Human Services Department looking for potential [...]