RESOLUTION CALLING OUT SPECIAL ELECTION

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

The document is a legislative matter, specifically a resolution adopted by the Miami-Dade County Commission, calling a countywide special election to be held in conjunction with the general election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, to submit to voters a question on 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 introduced on 6/26/2026, and the final action was adoption on 7/21/2026. The prime sponsor is Danielle Cohen Higgins. The resolution references Resolution No. R-225-24, which created a Charter Review Task Force. The Charter Review Task Force recommended the amendment by a vote of nine in favor and one against. The ballot question asks whether to 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 final without modification by the Board. The resolution includes provisions for notice, ballot form, early voting, vote-by-mail ballots, sample ballots, and canvassing by the County Canvassing Board. The document does not describe a construction or development project.