RESOLUTION CALLING OUT SPECIAL ELECTION

Board of County Commissioners · 2026-07-21 · resolution

The document is a resolution calling a countywide special election in Miami-Dade County, Florida, to be held in conjunction with the general election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, for the purpose of submitting to the electors the question of whether to amend the Home Rule Charter to create an independent salary commission to determine compensation for the Board of County Commissioners. The resolution was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on 7/21/2026. The proposed charter amendment would replace the fixed annual salary for County Commissioners with an independent, five-member Salary Commission appointed by the Chief Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, State Attorney, Public Defender, Executive Director of the Commission on Ethics, and Inspector General, with all decisions being final without modification by the Board of County Commissioners. The Charter Review Task Force recommended the referendum by a vote of nine in favor and one against. The resolution was introduced on 6/26/2026, and the Policy Council forwarded it to the Board with a favorable recommendation as corrected on 7/13/2026 and 7/14/2026. A scrivener's error was corrected on 7/9/2026, changing a reference from Resolution No. R-255-24 to Resolution No. R-225-24. The Prime Sponsor is Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins. The case/file number is 261181, and the reference is R-680-26. No street address, parcel, acreage, or dollar amount is stated. No public comment or stakeholder sentiment is stated.